David Colburn
REGIONAL- The adventures of a wayward wooden eagle tossed adrift in a lake and the unpredictable circumstances that brought it back home is ultimately a story of strength of character prevailing over the violence of a summer storm.
Kabetogama Fire Chief Bryan Wichner began planning a week-long camping excursion with his wife, Cindy, and their children Bryanna, 16, and Zachary, 12, last November when he booked reservations for a campsite on Voyageurs National Park’s Wolf Pack Islands on Namakan Lake for the first full week of June this year.
The Wichners were joined by three of Bryanna’s friends for an overnight stay at their camp on Tuesday, June 8, and they all piled in the Wichners’ boat the next evening for the trip to the Ash River Visitor Center to reunite Bryanna’s friends with their parents.
Dec. 18, 1917-Feb. 22, 2021
LAKE BENTON Visitation for Frances “Fran” Hanson, 103, will be from 4- 7 p.m. Friday, April 30, at the First Baptist Church in Lake Benton. Visitation will continue at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, with a funeral service to follow at 1:30 p.m. at the church. Interment will be in the Memorial Hill Cemetery in Lake Benton. Arrangements have been entrusted with Hartquist Funeral Home Lake Benton Chapel. To sign an online registry or watch Fran’s tribute video, please visit www.hartquistfuneral.com
Fran was a wonderful Christian mother to Darla, Judy and Daryl, and a loving grandmother to her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She went home to be with her Lord and Savior Feb. 22, 2021. Her love for the Lord reflected the warmth and kindness that will live on in the many lives she touched.