The Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association awarded its 2025 Linda Ulland Memorial Scholarship to Pine River-Backus student Kelsey Bergem.

Scholarship committee member Mike Schwieters presented the award at the Pine River-Backus High School awards night in May.

Every year the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association offers byway area students an opportunity to apply for the Linda Ulland Memorial Scholarship, an award of $1,000 that was established in 2012.

Byway area schools include Pequot Lakes High School, Pine River-Backus High School and Crosslake Community School.

Linda Ulland, this scholarship’s namesake, was instrumental in helping the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association organize as a nonprofit group and in crafting the bedrock documents that continue to guide the association today.

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