Willie Walleye 

"Rose City Sign reels in 45-footer"

A Lake of the Woods icon has received an upgrade thanks to Rose City Sign.

Willie Walleye, a 40-foot fish synonymous with the city of Baudette since 1959, has been replaced after more than half a century.

"Willie the Walleye was made in the 1950s. He's really deteriorating. They've been trying to repair him," said Bruce Strandskov of Rose City Sign, a sign and canopy company in the middle of farm country. "They spent a lot of money and the repairs were getting costly. ... They felt like the original structure was pretty much beyond repair."

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