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Hunter Charles Houle, age 18, of Forest Lake, died on January 6, 2017 as a result of injuries sustained while testing for the upcoming snowmobile race.
Preceded in death by uncle, Larry Houle; grandfather, Charlie Lofton; great-grandparents, Andrew and Delores Marier, Prosper and Helen Houle, Robert and Irene Snow and great-great-grandmother, Elsie Olson.
Hunter is survived by his parents, Steve and Charlene; siblings, Lucas, Jeremy (Haylee), Larry (Maggie), Jennifer (Nick) Peterson; nieces and nephews, Hudson, Hayden, Rilynn, Brody, Colten, Lyric, Harleigh, Liam; grandparents, Cindy Lofton and Ken Omundson, Gary and Luana Houle; girlfriend, Amber Cron; aunts and uncles, Chad (Patti) Lofton, Mary (Mark) Brown, Mike (Lori) Houle, Laurie (Vern) Wicklander, Connie (Chris) Weinman, Chris (Rick) Robinson, Andy Houle, Mike and Jessica Omundson; several cousins, great aunts and uncles and many friends. Hunter will be missed by all those whose lives he touched with his quick wit and personality.
Funeral Services will be held

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Submitted photoMembers of the Minnesota State Academy senior investments class include, from left to right, teacher Steven Fuerst, John Fechter IV, Sehuam Bakari and Dawson Moder.
To credit one student as star quarterback, captain of the basketball team and active member of the student body government is impressive in its own right, but senior John Fechter can add one more feather to his cap as he is now known as a stock market savant.
Fechter, a Forest Lake resident attending the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf in Faribault, recently placed fifth out of 584 in a statewide stock market competition sponsored by Wells Fargo.
The competition followed Minnesota high school students for 14 weeks with the premise that if they had $100,000, what would they do? The game mirrored real-world situations, and students were required to use their skills in math, English, economics, and social studies with the hope that they would

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As a father, grandfather, educator, taxpayer and University of Minnesota alumnus, I think it’s time for the University of Minnesota to fire its head football coach, Tracy Claeys, and conduct a thorough review of the football program to ensure in the future that standards are upheld and promoted.
Explaining my rationale will include an explicit discussion of sexual activity that some readers may find disturbing and distasteful.broadstreet.zone(48036);
My recommendations come in part from 22 years of teaching at the University of Minnesota and working on projects with the Athletic Department. This included teaching student athletes about leadership at the Athletic Department’s request. This gives me insight into what is and is not appropriate for hosting recruits as well as how some coaches guide and mentor athletes.
First, Claeys failed one of the major responsibilities of his contract: “Recruiting and managing the recruitment of student athletes.” The contract, obtained via a Minnesota Government Data

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Come play in the snow for free as the Anoka County Parks and Recreation Department, in collaboration with the cities of Lino Lakes and Blaine parks and recreation departments, will offer the 17th annual Snow Day Event at the Wargo Nature Center. Participants of all ages will have a chance to partake in a variety of activities on Jan. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m., including snowshoeing, ice fishing, kick-sledding, cross-country skiing, winter crafts, live animal presentations, and more. This is a free event that is open to the public. For more information, call the Wargo Nature Center at 651-429-8007.

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Edith R. Rasmussen, age 78, Laguna Vista, TX, joined the Choir of Angels in the Lord’s Mansion on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at Valley Baptist Medical Center, Harlingen, TX. She had been admitted to the hospital in the early evening, Wednesday, Dec. 21, following an attempted radiation treatment of her left lung. Complications developed and she was later transferred to the MICU. She had survived two other battles with cancer and her family thought she would also survive this one. She was born Jan. 24, 1938, to parents Lloyd Dennis and Marion Young (Love) Wilkinson in Clearlake, SD. Her family was 10 children, eight daughters and two sons.
Her parents farmed near Clearlake, where she attended a one-room schoolhouse. When she was eight, her family moved to Soquel, CA. She recalled that the kids called them “Oakies” as from the book, Grapes of Wrath. Schools were taught in shifts, 6 to

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Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary
to our parents – January 7th.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Love, Joe, Amy and Jason

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Loving “Momsie,” Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and Sister Carolyn Marx, age 80 of St. Paul and Pine City, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on January 5, 2017.

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