SCOTT JENSEN, A REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, ALONG WITH FORMER MINNESOTA VIKINGS MATT BIRK WILL BE MAKING A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. THERE WERE NO FURTHER DETAILS ON WHAT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE.
A 22-YEAR OLD UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA HOCKEY FAN IS IN JAIL IN OMAHA AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING A FAN AT A GAME LAST WEEK. TYRESE MURPH ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH 60-YEAR OLD STEPHEN THOMAS IN THE STANDS, AND POLICE CLAIM HE PUSHED THOMAS DOWN A SET OF ABOUT 20 STAIRS, RESULTING IN A LARGE HEAD WOUND. AUTHORITIES ARE WEIGHING WHETHER TO USE A MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT CHARGE OR PUSH FOR A FELONY CHARGE.
THE CROOKSTON DIOCESE HAS DETERMINED THAT A FORMER CLERGY MEMBER ACTED INAPPROPRIATELY WITH A YOUNG MAN, BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM THAT HIS ACTIONS WOULD BE CONSIDERED SEXUAL ABUSE. THAT CLERGY MEMBER WAS NAMED AS MONSIGNOR ROGER GRUNDHAUS, WHO HAS BEEN BARRED FROM ENGAGING IN PUBLIC MINISTRY SINCE MAY OF 2017.
AN AGGRESSIVE MOOSE NEAR EVELETH HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED BY THE DNR, AFTER THE MOOSE SEEMED TO THREATEN AN AREA MOTORIST ON THEIR WAY TO WORK, AND THE NEXT DAY A LOGGER HAD HIS TRUCK DAMAGED BY THE MOOSE. THE CARCASS WAS SENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAB FOR RESEARCH INTO WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE AGGRESSION.
ARE CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTS SAY THAT WALLEYE AND SAUGER ANGLING HAS PICKED UP SOME ON LAKE OF THE WOODS AS OF LATE. OWNERS OF PERMANENT FISHING SHELTERS ON THE LAKE ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER REMOVING THEIR HOUSES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, AS THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW, WILL MAKE FOR POOR CONDITIONS WHEN WARMER WEATHER ARRIVES.
THE GRAND FORKS HERALD HAS A STORY ON A GRAND FORKS WOMAN PLANNING A SOLO, 1,600 MILE KAYAK TRIP FROM ST. PAUL TO HUDSON BAY. SHE ESTIMATES ONLY 10 PEOPLE HAVE COMPLETED THAT TRIP IN THE PAST, AND NONE HAVE DONE IT ALONE. MADISON EKLUND IS A 26-YEAR OLD POSTAL WORKER, WHO ESTIMATES THE TRIP WILL TAKE FOUR MONTHS.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR DOLORES F. KROUSS OF BAUDETTE WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY ( 2 PM) AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. DOLARES FRANCES KROUSS PASSED AWAY BACK ON DECEMBER 24.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CLEO MADOLL WILL BE HELD AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD (11 AM) THIS SATURDAY.
ST MARY’S CHURCH OF BADGER WILL BE HAVING A HAM AND SCALLOPED POTATOES SPRING DINNER, AT THE CHURCH, ON APRIL 3 FROM 11:00-2:00.
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:
The lead sponsor of a House bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota says he’s confident the state’s tribes will drop their longstanding opposition and let it become law because it would put them in control. Rep. Zack Stephenson, of Coon Rapids, says he’s met in recent months with leaders of all 11 of Minnesota’s Ojibwe and Dakota bands, and that he would not be pressing forward now unless he was comfortable that they’ll support it in the end. The bill gets its first hearing Tuesday.
Teachers in the Minneapolis School District said they would go on strike Tuesday after failing to reach agreement on a new contract. It’s a move that will idle some 29,000 students in one of Minnesota’s largest school districts. Meanwhile, the teachers in neighboring St. Paul reached a deal late Monday to avert their own strike.
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