AFTER A COLD, WET SPRING… MONDAY SERVED AS A DAY WHERE MANY NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS WERE FINALLY ABLE TO BEGIN THEIR SPRING PLANTING. SOME CROPS ARE BEING PLANTED 2 TO 3 WEEKS LATER THAN NORMAL. WITH A BETTER WEATHER PATTERN MOVING FORWARD, SOME FARMERS AREN’T AS CONCERNED AS SOME YEARS, AS THE SOIL CONDITIONS ARE GOOD TO ENCOURAGE EARLY GROWTH.
A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A CASS LAKE MAN DIED FROM APPARENT STABBING SATURDAY NIGHT. AUTHORITIES RESPONDED TO A CALL AT A HOME IN PIKE BAY TOWNSHIP NEAR CASS LAKE. DEPUTIES PROVIDED LIFE SAVING EFFORTS AT THE SCENE, BUT THE 19-YEAR OLD VICTIM WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A HOSPITAL. SO FAR, WE ONLY KNOW THAT THE SUSPECT IS A 34-YEAR OLD MALE.
ALEC BANEY, THE PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A TEAMMATE IN WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS “A JOKE WENT TOO FAR”, HAS PLEADED GUILTY. BANEY WILL BE DESIGNATED AS AN “EXTENDED JURISDICTION JUVENILE” MEANING HE’LL BE ON PROBATION AND HIS ADULT SENTENCE WILL BE STAYED. HE’LL LIKELY REMAIN ON PROBATION UNTIL HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY. BANEY WAS 17 AT THE TIME, BUT IS 18 NOW.
WITH ANOTHER OPEN WATER FISHING SEASON UNDERWAY, DNR OFFICIALS IN BOTH MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ARE AGAIN REMINDING BOATERS OF THE PROBLEMS OF INVASIVE AQUATIC SPECIES. THE DNR WEBSITE CAN OFFER TIPS ON HELPING TO STOP THE SPREAD.
GOVERNOR WALZ TODAY IS GOING TO BE TOURING LOCATIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA TO ACCESS STORM DAMAGE FROM LATE LAST WEEK. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED A TOTAL OF SIX TORNADOES IN THE STATE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SYSTEM.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR IDA EVANGELINE NORDVALL WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (11 AM) AT JOHNSON FUNERAL SERVICE IN THIEF RIVER FALLS. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FRIDAY (5-7 PM) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AND ONE HOUR PRIOR ON SATURDAY, BOTH AT THE FUNERAL HOME. BURIAL WILL BE AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY IN THIEF RIVER FALLS. IDA NORDVALL WAS 101.
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