Births

Dan and Kim (Herold) Rocheleau, Pierz, a boy, Preston Alcid, 6 pounds, 11 ounces, Feb. 27, 2000. Grandparents are John and Donna Herold and Darlene Rocheleau, all of Pierz. Great-grandparents are Elsie Monson, Clarence and Delores Herold and Madeline Voigt, all of Pierz.

Troy and Michelle (Lound) MacFarland, Swanville, a boy, Riley Scot, 7 pounds, 7 ounces, Feb. 28, 2000. Grandparents are Beverly Bettinger, Stanley Lound, Ila MacFarland and Kerry Thiery, all of Brainerd. Great-grandparents are Evelyn Lound and Evelyn Christopherson, both of Brainerd.

Kimberly Skillings, Long Prairie, a boy, Dominic Lee Skillings, 7 pounds, 13 ounces, March 4, 2000.

Richard and Cynthia (Wiseth) Smith, Little Falls, a boy, Keegan Jack, 7 pounds, 10 ounces, March 6, 2000. Grandparents are the late Jack and Peg Smith, Connie Wiseth, Little Falls, and Darrell Wiseth, Royalton. Great-grandparents are Juliena Wuebben and Inez Wiseth, both of Little Falls.

Randy and Amy (Pipenhagen) Thieschafer, Holdingford, a girl, Samantha Rose, 8 pounds, 2 ounces, March 9, 2000. Grandparents are Rob and Betty Pipenhagen, Swanville, and Leo and Charlotte Thieschafer, Upsala. Great-grandparents are Donald and Muriel Pipenhagen, Onamia, Ken and Ruth Peterson, Anoka, and Norbert and Josie Roering, Upsala.

Dondi Murphy, Royalton, a boy, Colton James, 6 pounds, 12 ounces, March 11, 2000. Grandparents are James Murphy, Redlands, Calif., and Penny Miller, Denver, Colo. Great-grandparents are Lynn and Peggy Miller, Silver City, New Mexico, and Barbara Murphy, Grants Pass, Ore.

Rebecca Montague and Charles Duscher, Fort Ripley, a boy, Jonathan Ash Duscher, 7 pounds, 14 ounces, March 11, 2000. Grandparents are Anna Montague, Little Falls, Charles Montague, Richmond, and Don and Edith Duscher, Remer. Great-grandparent is Mary Rasinski, Little Falls.

Christine Finken and Danny Judkins, Little Falls, a girl, Hailey Marie, 7 pounds, 5 ounces, March 11, 2000. Grandparents are Roxy Judkins and Jay Judkins, both of Little Falls.