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LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019

10/17/2019

MINNESOTA VOTERS ARE AT THE POLLS NOVEMBER 5TH FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS.

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE STEVE SIMON SAYS THE STATE WAS ONE OF TWENTY TARGETED BY RUSSIAN HACKERS IN 2016;  AND HIS OFFICE IS STAYING VIGILANT.

 

31 YEAR OLD CLARENCE CLARK, JUNIOR OF WARROAD  PLEADED GUILTY IN AUGUST  TO FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT,  IN CONNECTION WITH THE STABBING OF AN ACQUAINTANCE LAST APRIL.  CLARK’S BEEN SENTENCED TO NEARLY SIX YEARS IN PRISON.

 

THE ROSEAU RIVER, IN THE CITY,  WAS AT LESS THAN FIFTEEN FEET THIS MORNING;  DOWN MORE THAN TWO FEET SINCE SUNDAY.

BUT THE RIVER LEVEL AT ROSS WAS AT BETTER THAN SEVENTEEN FEET.

TORIN McCORMACK IS A WATERSHED SPECIALIST FOR THE ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED;  HE SAYS TYPICAL FLOODING INVOLVES SPRING SNOWMELT,  OR FLASH EVENTS LIKE THE 2002 FLOOD.

 

AN ANNUAL HALLOWEEN DANCE IS FRIDAY,  OCTOBER 25TH AT THE  4H  BUILDING  AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.

GRADES FOUR THROUGH SIX IS  5:30 TO 7:30,  AND JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH FROM EIGHT TO TEN.

IT’S SPONSORED BY THE ROSEAU COUNTY  4H STATE TO STATE EXCHANGE,  AND ROSEAU COUNTY TEAM  ‘EPIC’.

 

A 47TH ANNUAL  GREENBUSH COMMUNITY HALLOWEEN PARTY  IS A WEEK FROM SUNDAY  (October 27)  AT THE GREENBUSH/MIDDLE RIVER SCHOOL GYM.

 

 

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR KENNY VONGSALY OF WARROAD ARE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT ONE  AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.

KENNY VONGSALY WAS  74.

 

A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR NORBERT FAST OF WARROAD IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN AT THE WARROAD BAPTIST CHURCH.  VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.

NORBERT FAST WAS  86.

 

MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR KAY JOHNSON OF ROSEAU ARE SATURDAY MORNING AT TEN  AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.  VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.

KAY JOHNSON WAS  78.

 

A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DIONNE AMMERMAN OF BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA IS SATURDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THIEF RIVER FALLS.   VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.

DIONNE AMMERMAN WAS  46.

 

A GATHERING OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR GERALD DYBEDAHL OF BARRETT,  MINNESOTA  (AND FORMERLY OF ROSEAU)  IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON  (2-4 PM)  AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.

GERALD DYBEDAHL WAS  76.

 

LOCAL AUTHOR ALEDA J. MARSHALL IS AT THE ROSEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY THIS EVENING  (6:30 PM)  WITH HER LATEST BOOK,  “GREATLY LOVED AND DEEPLY PRIZED”.

 

THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY ESTIMATES PREVENTED PLANT ACREAGE IN THE U.S. THIS YEAR AT A RECORD  19.6 MILLION ACRES.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS LESS THAN ELEVEN MILLION ACRES EIGHT YEARS AGO.  SOUTH DAKOTA HAD THE MOST PREVENTED PLANT ACRES AT NEARLY FOUR MILLION;   MINNESOTA HAS  1.2 MILLION PREVENTED PLAN AG ACRES THIS YEAR.

 

THE MINNESOTA  D.N.R.  SAYS NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO HARVEST DEER DURING NEXT MONTH’S FIREARMS SEASON.   PERMIT AREAS THAT WERE DESIGNATED INTENSIVE LAST YEAR MOSTLY STAYED THE SAME THIS YEAR.

 

THE NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK,  WHICH IS THE PROVIDER FOR THE ROSEAU AND WARROAD FOOD SHELVES,  IS ASKING THE CITY OF ROSEAU FOR A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR APPROPRIATION FOR  2019.  THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE REQUEST AS PART OF THEIR BUDGET PROCESS.

 

A KICKOFF EVENT FOR THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA  ‘IDEA’ COMPETITION IS NOVEMBER 6TH AT THE LAKE OF THE WOODS  BREWING COMPANY IN WARROAD.

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