Congratulations to Warroad Seniors Kendan Curtis and Linnea Harren, who have been selected as Warroad’s Triple A Award winners.

The Minnesota State High School League’s Triple A Award recognizes students who excel in academics, arts, and athletics, and Kendan and Linnea represent the best of those three areas.

Both seniors demonstrate strong leadership in the classroom, dedication to their sports and activities, and commitment to their teams, all while setting a positive example for their peers. Both their hard work and balance of school, sports, and fine arts have been noticed and awarded for excellence.

Once again, congratulations to Kendan Curtis and Linnea Harren on this well-deserved honor of the Triple A Award.

Rainy River’s Winter Carnival begins this weekend, and runs Feb. 6 through Feb. 8, with three days of family-friendly winter events across the community. Friday includes public skating, a parent-versus-kids hockey game, and a meat draw with karaoke. Saturday features a pancake breakfast, family curling bonspiel, chili cookoff, and cornhole tournament. Sunday wraps with the Rick Bourre Memorial Ice Fishing Derby, winter games, and awards. Events take place at the Rainy River Rec and Legion Branch Fifty-Four. For full details, visit Rainy River Rec Page on Facebook.

The Grygla Chargers Robotics and Drones team 4149 wrapped up their season this week with a competition in Newfolden. The event followed last Friday’s Red River Valley Robotics Tournament, where the Chargers finished 38th out of 57 teams.

The Newfolden competition was a much smaller field, with just eight teams taking part. Grygla entered two teams into the final drone competition of the season, the Iron Skin and the Iron Wings. Both advanced through their 6 qualification matches, with the Iron Wings being eliminated in the semi-finals and the Iron Skin being eliminated in the finals.

To cap off the season, the Chargers’ 4149F Iron Wings team earned the Airmanship Award, for their outstanding skill, control, and professionalism while flying.

For a robotics and drone team like the Chargers, the award highlights technical ability and disciplined piloting for the Charger team.

Minnesota Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth brought her campaign for Governor to Crookston on Monday. The Republican spoke to supporters for about an hour about changes that need to happen in the state.  Demuth tells R&J News how things would be different under her leadership as Governor, as opposed to current Governor Tim Walz.

She also talked about education and falling test scores in Minnesota.

Demuth also campaigned Monday in Moorhead and Bemidji. Early reports from DFL officials indicate strong turnout at Democratic-Farmer-Labor caucuses statewide, with party leaders estimating about 30,000 in-person attendees. Minnesota Republicans also held caucuses, though the GOP has not released a statewide attendance total. If GOP candidate Lisa Demuth secures the party endorsement, she would face incumbent U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, with no other DFL candidates currently in the race. KQ92 and KRWB will continue to follow and provide election coverage.