GOVERNOR TIM WALZ PLANS TO BE IN MOORHEAD TODAY TO DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL HIS BUDGET AND MOVE MINNESOTA FORWARD INITIATIVE. THAT WILL INCLUDE A CONTINUED PUSH TOWARDS DELIVERING CHECK OF UP TO $500 FOR INDIVIDUALS AND $1000 FOR COUPLES.
MINNESOTA HAS SEEN SEVEN NEW INFECTION SITES OF THE H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA, NOW TOTALING 28 SITES. AS OF YESTERDAY, 1.37 MILLION BIRDS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM NOTES OF AREA CONSERVATION OFFICERS OVER THE PAST WEEK INCLUDE BEN HUENER INVESTIGATING A CALF DEPREDATION IN THE GREENBUSH AREA, AND CONTINUED WORK TO REMOVE FROZEN-IN FISHING SHELTERS FROM LAKES.
COREY SURA SAYS THE RAINY RIVER WAS BUSY AND ANGLERS SAW MODERATE SUCCESS.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR WILLIAM “BILL” PRVENCE WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY AT MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU (2 PM) WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR. VISITATION WILL ALSO BE TOMORROW (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. INTERMENT WILL BE AT SPRUCE CEMETERY IN ROSEAU. BILL PROVENCE WAS 100.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MANLEY OLMSTEAD OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (10 AM) AT MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR AT THE CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL BE AT MALUNG CEMETERY FOLLOWING THE SERVICE. MANLEY OLMSTEAD WAS 95.
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:
A significant spring storm headed for the northern Plains is packing blizzard conditions with significant snow accumulation and drifting, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologists posted a blizzard warning for a large section of western North Dakota and smaller areas of western South Dakota and eastern Montana beginning Tuesday through Thursday evening. The weather service predicts travel may become difficult to impossible in some places.
Police say a man suspected in a shooting over the weekend in northwestern Minnesota remains at large. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened Sunday afternoon in Pelican Rapids. The suspect, 36-year-old Phoutthasa Prathane, was seen leaving the area in a 2011 Toyota Tundra pickup. He is considered armed and dangerous. The victim is listed in stable condition.
Students are returning to the classroom in Minneapolis Public Schools following spring break and will now begin making up for instruction time lost because of the teachers strike. Starting Monday, students will be in school 42 minutes longer. That will make up five days of the 15 days of learning lost when teachers and support professional went on strike March 8 idling some 29,000 students and about 4,500 educators and staff in one of Minnesota’s largest school districts. The additional 10 days will be added to the end of the school year, extending it until June 24.
Prosecutors have revealed that they offered plea deals to three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd, but say the defendants rejected them. Lead prosecutor Matthew Frank did not disclose details of the plea offers in open court. But he says they were identical and were made in March after a jury convicted the three in a separate trial in February on federal civil rights charges stemming from Floyd’s death.
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