PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF KROX-AM IN CROOKSTON, CHRIS FEE, WAS GIVEN AN OUTSTANDING MEDIA SERVICE AWARD FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE DURING A PRESENTATION AT THE GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.
MINNESOTA’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS FALLEN TO IT’S LOWEST POINT IN OVER 20 YEARS AS MORE PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO WORK. THE RATE LAST MONTH FELL TWO-TENTHS OF A PERCENT TO 2.7%. THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOLLOWED THAT TREND, DROPPING TO 3.8%. BETWEEN LOW UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE ROUGHLY 9.25 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS, WALZ SPOKE WITH EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE POSITION IN WHICH THE STATE FINDS ITSELF.
THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION IS ASKING FOR LANDLORDS TO JOIN THE LANDLORD RISK MITIGATION FUND, WHICH IS MEANT TO REDUCE RENTAL BARRIERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND TO ESTABLISH A NETWORK OF PARTICIPATING LANDLORDS. IT WOULD SERVE THOSE 25 YEARS OF AGE AND YOUNGER, UNABLE TO FIND A LANDLORD WILLING TO RENT TO THEM BASED ON AGE AND RENTAL HISTORY, KNOWING THERE IS FINANCIAL BACKING FROM THE PROGRAM FOR A SAFETY NET.
THE GRAND FORKS HERALD FEATURES A STORY ON THE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE ALERUS CENTER IN GRAND FORKS TODAY AND TOMORROW. ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL HAS A TEAM PARTICIPATING, ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA SCHOOLS.
A 13-YEAR OLD BOY WAS KILLED AND HIS MOTHER INJURED IN A STABBING INCIDENT EARLY YESTTERDAY MORNING IN OLIVIA, MN. POLICE WERE RESPONDING TO A 911 CALL FOR A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE, AND THAT IS THE SCENE THEY FOUND UPON ARRIVAL. A MAN KNOWN TO THE VICTIMS IS IN CUSTODY.
AN OTTER TAIL COUNTY JUDGE SENTENCED REGGIE BETHEL TO 12.5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIENDS 11-YEAR OLD SON BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO DO THE DISHES. THE INCIDENT DATES BACK TO JULY OF LAST YEAR. THE MAN PLEADED GUILTY TO A SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGE IN JANUARY. ACCORDING TO THE BOYS MOTHER, HE WAS ALSO AUTISTIC.
FLOOD WARNINGS DO CONTINUE FOR AREAS ALONG THE RED RIVER, ALTHOUGH MOST TOWNS DO NOT SEEM TO BE WORRIED ABOUT HE AFFECT THEY WILL HAVE ON THE TOWN. OSLO IS EXPECTED TO SEE SOME OF THE WORST FLOODING, BUT EVEN THAT IS CONSIDERED MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER THERE IS EXPECTED TO CREST ON MONDAY AT 34 FEET. MAJOR ROADS IN THE TOWN ARE GENERALLY PASSABLE UP TO AT LEAST 35 FEET.
THE PENNINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE AN ALLEGED HAZING INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN DECEMBER WHILE A JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA HOCKEY WAS STAYING IN THIEF RIVER FALLS. THE ALLEGATIONS SAY THAT AS MANY AS FOUR BOYS HAZED AS MANY AS THREE BOYS AND A GIRL. THE ALLEGED INCIDENT HAPPENED AT SEVEN CLANS CASINO HOTEL AND WATER PARK. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
Last modified: 03/25/2022
