THE SUPERINTENDENT OF TRI-COUNTY SCHOOLS IN KARLSTAD IS ON PAID LEAVE AFTER AN ARREST ON SATURDAY FOR SECOND-DEGREE DWI. MICHAEL RENE GADBOIS WAS ARRESTED WITH A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .21, WHEN HE WAS FOUND IN A SCHOOL OWNED MINIVAN ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE DISTRICT WILL LIKELY LOOK TO A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT FOR HELP WITH LEADERSHIP AS THE INVESTIGATION AND CASE MOVE FORWARD.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A PRELIMINARY SEVEN PERCENT LEVY INCREASE FOR 2022, AND APPROVED AN EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR OF JUST OVER TWENTY-NINE-POINT-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. THE STATE REQUIRES THE COUNTY TO APPROVE THOSE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AND MUST FINALIZE A LEVY AND BUDGET BY THE END OF DECEMBER.
BELTRAMI COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER SCOTTY ALLISON MET WITH THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD THIS WEEK, SHOWING PLANS FOR A VETERANS HOME IN BEMIDJI WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE OPEN IN TEH SUMMER OF 2023. ROSEAU COUNTY CONTRIBUTED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS THAT BUILDING PROJECT.
ENBRIDGE ENERGY ANNOUNCED THE OFFICIAL COMPLETION OF THE LINE 3 PIPELINE, AND THAT IT WILL GO INTO SERVICE TOMORROW.THE 337 MILE STRETCH OF PIPELINE IS THE LARGEST PRIVATELY FINANCED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN STATE HISTORY. THE COMPANY HELD A VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY WHERE THEY ADMITTED THAT CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO OIL AND THE ENVIRONMENT IS ONLY NATURAL, BUT LOOKED TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
MINNESOTA BEAR HUNTERS HAD HARVESTED 2,757 BEARS THROUGH MONDAY, THAT’S A 56% SUCCESS RATIO SINCE THE SEASON BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 1. IT’S DOWN 8% FROM 2020, BUT STILL THE SECOND HIGHEST OF ANY RECENT YEAR. THE SEASON DOES CONTINUE THROUGH OCTOBER 17, BUT 94% OF BEARS THAT SHOT EACH YEAR ARE TAKEN IN SEPTEMBER.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ROY N. ODE OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON (2 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT BADGER CITY CEMETERY.
A VISITATION FOR LAMAE R. LUNDBOHM WILL BE HELD AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU ON MONDAY (5-7 PM). A SERVICE WILL BE HELD TUESDAY MORNING (10 AM) AT MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU, WITH INTERMENT AT RIVERSIDE CEMETERY IN WARROAD.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DONALD W. CASTLE OF BAUDETTE WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (1 PM) AT CORNERSTONE ASSEMBLY CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION WILL BE THIS EVENING (5-7) AT THE CHURCH AND ALSO ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE ON SUNDAY. DONALD CASTLE SR. WAS 83.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARVIN ANDERSON OF BAUDETTE WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY (11 AM) AT WABANICA LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION WILL BE SUNDAY EVENING (5-7) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN BAUDETTE. INTERMENT AT WABANICA CEMETERY. MARVIN ANDERSON WAS 88.
A SPAGHETTI FEED BENEFIT FOR DANNY BERGSTROM IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7TH AT GENES IN ROSEAU FROM 4-7. PROCEEDS WILL HELP WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH A HEART TRANSPLANT.
A PLASTIC BAG FEE, THAT WAS DELAYED THREE TIMES DURING THE PANDEMIC, IS SET TO GO INTO EFFECT IN DULUTH OCTOBER 15TH. THE ORDINANCE WILL HAVE BUSINESSES CHARGE CUSTOMERS A NICKLE PER PLASTIC BAG.
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