US SENATORS AMY KLOBUCHAR AND TINA SMITH SENT A LETTER TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN SUPPORT OF THE RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS’ REQUEST FOR MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION TO ASSIST WITH RECOVERY FROM A SEVER SUMMER STORM. A RECENT STORM PRODUCED TWO TORNADOS AND CAUSED AN ESTIMATED $7 MILLION IN DAMAGE TO TRIBAL BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY AND THE TRIBE CURRENTLY REPORTS A HOUSING SHORTAGE OF 20 PERCENT, SO THE NEED FOR REPAIRS BEFORE WINTER IS URGENT.
GOVERNOR WALZ ANNOUNCED A NEW INCENTIVE PROGRAM CALLED “KIDS DESERVE A SHOT”, IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE UP THE VACCINATION RATES FOR THOSE 12-17 YEARS OF AGE. FOR THOSE WHO COMPLETE THEIR VACCINE SERIES BETWEEN OCTOBER 18 AND NOVEMBER 30, THERE WILL BE A $200 VISA GIFT CARD ISSUED. ALSO, FOR ANY TEEN THAT HAS EITHER PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED THEIR VACCINE SERIES OR WILL DO SO BY NOVEMBER 30TH, THERE WILL BE A DRAWING FOR FIVE $100,000 MINNESOTA COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. YOU CAN FIND ENTRY INFORMATION AT THE MN.GOV WEBSITE.
CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTS THIS WEEK SHOW AN INVESTIGATION INTO A REPORT THAT DEER HAVE SHOT AND LEFT IN THREE DIFFERENT FIELDS IN ROSEAU AND MARSHALL COUNTIES.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME INCREASED SUCCESS FOR GROUSE AND OTHER BIRDS.
TRAFFIC DEATHS ARE ON PACE TO HIT A 14-YEAR HIGH IN MINNESOTA. 392 PEOPLE HAVE DIED ON MINNESOTA ROADS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, UP FROM 313 AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR AND THAT’S ON PACE FOR A TOTAL OF 475 BY YEARS END. EXCESSIVE SPEED RELATED ACCIDENTS ARE THE BIGGEST SECTOR.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ALROY RAYMOND MONSRUD WILL BE HELD THURSDAY (10:30 AM) AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BADGER, WITH VISITATION ON WEDNESDAY (5-7). INTERMENT WILL BE AT ST MARY’S CEMETERY IN BADGER. ALROY MONSRUD WAS 65.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DALLAS C. MCCLOUD OF BAUDETTE WILL BE HELD FRIDAY (11 AM) AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR AND INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. DALLAS MCCLOUD WAS 49.
ROSEAU WILL BE THE HOST FOR THE 2023 MINNESOTA DIVISION 2 LEGION STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT. THAT TOURNAMENT WILL BE IN THE FINAL WEEK OF JULY.
A UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA PLANE CRASHED YESTERDAY, KILLING THE PILOT WHO WAS A UND STUDENT. THE CRASH IN UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SEVERAL AGENCIES. THE PLANE WENT DOWN NEAR BUXTON, NORTH DAKOTA… ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND FORKS.
THE INVESTIGATION INTO MISCONDUCT WITHIN THE PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAS CONCLUDED AND REPORTS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE JUVENILE COUNTY ATTORNEY THIS WEEK AND THEY’LL HELP DECIDE IF CHARGES ARE TO BE FILED.
FLAGS AT ALL STATE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF TO HONOR THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF GENERAL COLIN POWELL. GOVERNOR WALZ SAID POWELL “EMBODIED THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF BOTH A WARRIOR AND DIPLOMAT AND LED WITH COMMITMENT TO THE DEMOCRATIC VALUES THAT MAKE OUR COUNTRY STRONG”.
Last modified: 10/19/2021
