...County, where inmates have been cleaning and doing other chores for churches for 20 years, newly elected Sheriff Ralph Johnson said he was looking into the matter. "What's legal, we'll keep doing, and what's not legal, we'll stop...

...JoAnn Morgan, of Brainerd. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Donald; two brothers, Olav and Ralph Johnson; two sisters, Raghild Harmala and Alice Fulton. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Immanuel...

...step-grandchildren. Lenny is preceded in death by his parents; brother, August Graf; and brother-in-law, Ralph Johnson. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Brenny Funeral Chapel, of Baxter.

...Andrew Johnson, Palisade; eight grandchildren; two sisters, Arlene Scherber and Marilyn Tvedt; and a brother, Ralph Johnson. His parents and a brother, Robert, died earlier. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethel Lutheran Church...

...daughters, Arlene Scherber, Minneapolis, and Marilyn Tvedt, Wrenshall; two sons, John Johnson, Aitkin, and Ralph Johnson, Isanti; 22 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Clarence Patrick, Aitkin, and Donald...