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LOCAL NEWS MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2022

08/08/2022

PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE TOMORROW, WHERE IN ROSEAU COUNTY THEY ARE LOOKING TO NARROW THE FIELDS FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN DISTRICTS 1 AND 3. SENATOR MARK JOHNSON ALSO FACES A PRIMARY CHALLENGE FROM FELLOW REPUBLICAN DAVE HUGHES.

A RECENT ROSEAU BLOOD DRIVE BROUGHT IN A TOTAL OF 93 DONORS, WITH VITALANT ABLE TO COLLECT 103 UNITS OF BLOOD FOR PATIENTS IN NEED. THE BLOOD DRIVE WAS COORDINATED BY THORA HALVORSON.

AN ARTICLE IN THE GRAND FORKS HERALD LOOKS DEEPER INTO THE PROCESS OF THE MINNESOTA DNR AND FISH POPULATION SURVEYS, LOOKING TO DEBUNK THE OLD ANGLER COMPLAINT OF “THERE AREN’T ANY FISH IN MY LAKE.” ALL COLLECTED DATA ENDS UP AVAILABLE AT THE DNR WEBSITE UNDER THE LAKE FINDER FEATURE.

AN AQUIFER BREACH IN NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAUSED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF LINE 3 OIL PIPELINE IS CONTINUING TO LEAK GROUNDWATER. THE SITE THAT IS NEAR LASALLE CREED IN HUBBARD COUNTY IS ONE OF THREE PLACES WHERE A BREAK WAS CAUSED. ORIGINAL REPAIRS WERE DEEMED SUCCESSFUL, BUT ON JULY 11 ENBRIDGE NOTIFIED THE DNR THAT WATER WAS STILL FLOWING FROM THE GROUND AT ABOUT 20 GALLONS PER MINUTE, THAT WAS ABOUT ONE-FIFTH THE FLOW FROM THE ORIGINAL BREACH.

A Funeral service for Sharon K. Orvis formerly of Roseau, MN will be held on Monday, August, 8, 2022 at 11:00AM at Moe Lutheran Church in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be held at Pine Grove Cemetery.
Sharon passed away at the age of 79.

A Visitation for Harlen Wellen of Roosevelt will be held Wednesday, August 10 at Helgeson Funeral Home in Warroad from 2:00-4:00pm. Harlen was 64.

DIGI-KEY ELECTRONICS IN THIEF RIVER FALLS WAS NAMED ON FAST COMPANY’S LIST OF BEST WORKPLACES FOR INNOVATORS.

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