CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISHBACH ISSUED A STATEMENT YESTERDAY ON THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSAGE OF THE WASHINGTON DC ADMISSION ACT, WHICH IS AN EFFORT TO GRANT STATEHOOD TO THE DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA. SHE CALLED IT AN “UNCONSTITUTIONAL POWER GRAB… THAT WOULD CONSOLIDATE THEIR POLITICAL POWER BY ADDING TWO SENATORS AND AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM A HIGHLY PROGRESSIVE CONSTITUENCY.”
JOB SERVICE OF NORTH DAKOTA IS SEEING ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC AND RELIEF BEING OFFERED TO THE UNEMPLOYED. JOB SERVICE HAS NOTED AN INCREASE IN JOB INTERVIEW NO-SHOWS, AS WELL AS REFUSING REASONABLE OFFERS TO RETURN TO EMPLOYMENT. DOING SO ARE VIOLATIONS OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. POLARIS, MARVIN, AND MANY OTHER EMPLOYERS CONTINUE TO AGGRESSIVELY SEEK WORKERS.
LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR JULIE PAHLEN SAYS 6459 PFIZER AND MODERNA VACCINES HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN ROSEAU COUNTY SINCE LATE DECEMBER; 3610 WERE FIRST DOSES, AND 2849 COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED BOTH SHOTS.
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF COUNTY RESIDENTS AGED 75-84 ARE FULLY VACCINATED … NINETY-SIX PERCENT OF THOSE 85 AND OLDER HAVE GOTTEN TWO SHOTS … AND EIGHTY-NINE PERCENT OF PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 65 AND 74 HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.
THE BUSY PLANTING SEASON IS NEARLY UPON US FOR AREA FARMERS. A UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION STUDY SHOWS THAT FOR BEST YIELD, CORN SHOULD BE PLANTED BETWEEN APRIL 25 AND MAY 10. THE OPTIMAL SOYBEAN PLANTING DATE IS RIGHT AROUND MAY 1. IT SHOWED THAT MAKING THE MOVE TO PLANT EARLY RARELY INCREASES YIELD, BUT FORCED TO PLANT LATE AS IN THE VERY WET 2019 CAN BE VERY DETRIMENTAL.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION, REQUIRING A SHORT DETOUR, WILL BEGIN ON HIGHWAY TWO, WEST OF BEMIDJI ON MAY 10TH. THAT WORK SHOULD LAST THROUGH EARLY JUNE.
YOUTH BALL REGISTRATION IN ROSEAU OPENS TOMORROW. THAT IS FOR T-BALL, INTRO, AND ROOKIE LEAGUES THAT SPAN FOUR TO EIGHT YEARS OF AGE.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARLYS BENSON OF WILSONVILLE, OREGON AND FORMERLY OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY (11 AM) AT RIVERSIDE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WANNASKA. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. MARLYS BENSON WAS 80.
ANGLERS FISHING DURING THE SUMMER SEASON ON UPPER RED LAKE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL HAVE A THREE-WALLEYE BAG LIMIT THIS YEAR, WITH ONLY ONE WALLEYE LONGER THAN 17 INCHES ALLOWED, DOWN FROM FOUR FISH ALLOWED IN 2020. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON TUESDAY SAID ANGLERS HAD AN EXCELLENT WINTER SEASON, HARVESTING 143,000 POUNDS OF WALLEYE.
WADENA COULD SOON SERVE AS A STOP FOR A SECOND PASSENGER TRAIN THAT WOULD CONNECT FARGO/MOORHEAD TO THE TWIN CITIES AND CHICAGO. CURRENTLY A TRAIN ROLLS THROUGH WADENA AT ROUGHLY 3 AM, A SECOND TRAIN WOULD COME THROUGH AROUND 8:30. THAT PASSENGER DEPOT HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR SUCH A THING SINCE 1971.
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