THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SAYS THAT DRIVER TESTING STATIONS IN ROSEAU, HALLOCK, AND BAUDETTE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RE-OPENED BY THE END OF JANUARY, WITH ONE IN THIEF RIVER FALLS TO RE-OPEN BY THE END OF DECEMBER. SINCE SPRING OF 2020, ROUGHLY 9 OF OF EVERY 10 TESTING STATIONS IN THE STATE HAS BEEN CLOSED. BEMIDJI HAS BEEN OUR CLOSEST OPTION. HAVING ADEQUATE STAFFING TO OPEN ALL STATIONS REMAINS A CONCERN.
MORE THAN 75 RURAL MINNESOTA HOSPITALS WILL RECIEVE PART OF $19.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO HELP WITH CORONOVIRUS TESTING AND MITIGATION EFFORTS. THOSE GRANTS WERE ANNOUNCED BY SENATORS AMY KLOBUCHAR AND TINA SMITH.
THE TRADITION IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS OF DRESSING THEIR 26-FOOT-TALL SMOKEY THE BEAR STATUE WILL COME TO AN END. DATING BACK TO THE 1980’S, THE CITY WOULD OCCASSIONALY DRESS SMOKEY IN ANYTHING FROM HOLIDAY SWEATERS AND EARMUFFS IN THE WINTER TO FISHING GEAR IN THE SUMMER. THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED 4-0 TO ELIMINATE THE PRACTICE AFTER SPEAKING WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, ALONG WITH CONSIDERING THE HEALTH OF THE STATUE AND NOT TO DEGRADE THE REPUTATION OF WHAT SMOKEY STANDS FOR.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR GLENN A. IVERSON OF GREENBUSH WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (11 AM) AT UNITED FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS THIS EVENING (5-7) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL BE AT A LATER DATE. GLENN IVERSON WAS 84.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF RYAN RATKOVEC OF GREENBUSH WILL GATHER ON WEDNESDAY (10-12) AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. INTERMENT SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT NOON AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CEMETERY IN GREENBUSH. RYAN RATKOVEC WAS 54.
A SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE FOR ROCK HULST WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (5-7) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. ROCK HULST WAS 67.
SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR IS WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO MAKE SURE THE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARED TO ENSURE PROTOCOLS ARE IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY, WITHOUT CAUSING DELAYS, WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINATED CANADIAN TRAVELERS CROSSING THE BORDER BEGINNING NOVEMBER 8TH. THE BORDER RE-OPENING FOR AMERICANS INTO CANADA WENT SMOOTHLY, AFTER SOME VERY LONG WAIT TIMES AT CERTAIN CROSSING ON THE FIRST DAY.
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