A MAN INVOLVED IN A DEADLY CRASH JUST NORTH OF EAST GRAND FORKS IN JUNE HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN TO CROOKSTON POLICE ON TUESDAY. 20-YEAR OLD VALENTIN MENDOZA WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH THAT KILLED 17 YEAR OLD ETHAN CARSEN AND 16 YEAR OLD DAMIEN POWELL. PROSECUTORS CONTENT THAT HE DELIBERATELY CRASHED HIS CAR. MINNESOTA STATE TROOPERS REPORTS CONCLUDED THAT THERE NO ROAD CONDITIONS THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED THE CRASH AND THERE NO TIRE OR BRAKE MARKS NEAR THE POINT OF IMPACT.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD APPROVED A QUIET ZONE PROJECT REVISION, WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION FOR APPROVAL. TEH COUNTY, THE CITY OF WARROAD AND LAKE TOWNSHIP ARE SEEKING A QUIET ZONE STATUS AT SEVEN RAIL CROSSINGS IN AND AROUND WARROAD.
THE COUNTY BOARD MET WITH SCOTT JOHNSON OF THE ROSEAU SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. JOHNSON IS ASKING FOR AN EIGHT-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR APPROPRIATION FOR 2022; UP FROM SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND DOLLAR IN THE CURRENT YEAR. JOHNSON ALSO SAID JUST OVER EIGHTY-NINE HUNDRED WATERCRAFT INSPECTIONS WERE DONE THIS YEAR AT VARIOUS SITES ON LAKE OF THE WOODS, FOR AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES. THAT IS DOWN FROM MORE THAN TWELVE THOUSAND IN 2020. JOHNSON SAID THE LOWER NUMBER ID DUE TO A LACK OF INSPECTORS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD APPROVED THE ROSEAU COUNTY TRAILBLAZERS GRANT-IN-AID REQUEST TO THE STATE FOR 578 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR NEXT YEAR. MYLES HOGENSON, WITH THE TRAILBLAZERS SAID 446 THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THAT REQUEST WOULD BE USED TO IMPROVE THE TWENTY MILE RAILBED BETWEEN WARRAOD AND ROSEAU.
LAST WEEK’S TEASER THAT THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WILL DROP THE REQUIREMENT OF NEEDING A NEGATIVE COVID 19 TEST TO ENTER THE COUNTRY, FOR CANADIAN TRAVELERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES FOR LESS THAN 72 HOURS, HAS BEEN CONFIRMED, AND WILL BE EFFECTIVE BEGINNING NOVEMBER 30. FOR NOW, AMERICANS WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT NEGATIVE TEST, ALTHOUGH CANADIAN OFFICIALS SAID THEY ARE ACTIVELY REVIEWING THAT ASPECT.
ALL MINNESOTA STATE PARKS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A FREE PARKS DAY ON FRIDAY, WHEN EVERYONE CAN ENTER A STATE PARK WITHOUT PAYING A FEE.
THE ANNUAL ROSEAU HOLIDAY ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW OPENS TODAY AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL. THAT SHOW ALSO RUNS TOMORROW.
Last modified: 11/26/2021
