GOVERNOR WALZ WILL BE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY, VISITING A BREWERY, CELEBRATING THE “FREE THE GROWLER” BILL THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN MAY. HE’LL USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF SMALL BUSINESS IN THE STATE AS WELL. IN 2021, MINNESOTA WELCOMED 65,000 NEW BUSINESSES, A 41% INCREASE IN GROWTH FROM TWO YEARS PRIOR.
THE GRAND FORKS HERALD HAS A STORY ON THE CITY OF FOSSTON, AND THE RETURN OF A CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT 20 YEARS AFTER IT WAS ELIMINATED. THE HAD BEEN IN AGREEMENT WITH THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR POLICING IN TEH CITY. THEY AGREED TO AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FROM $250,000 TO $400,000 FOR THE NOW FOUR PERSON DEPARTMENT. FROM 2000 TO 2020, THE STATE SAW THE NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT POLICE FORCES SHRINK FROM 501 TO 420.
THE CITY OF BRAINERD WILL PAY $3.9 MILLION TO FIVE FORMER FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTERS. IT DATES TO 2015, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL DISSOLVED THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION, RESULTING IN THE FIVE MEN LOSING THEIR JOBS. THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THOSE ACTIONS VIOLATED STATE LABOR LAWS.
THE MINNESOTA DNR IS ONCE AGAIN ASKING HUNTERS NOT TO SHOOT COLLARED AND EAR TAGGED BEARS. THE DNR IS MONITORING 25 RADIO-COLLARED BLACK BEARS ACROSS THE STATE.
A Funeral Service for Bonnie A. Grund of Williams, MN will be held on Friday, August 19, 2022 at 2:00 PM at the Pitt Community Church in Pitt, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be held at Pitt Cemetery in Pitt, MN. Bonnie passed away at the age of 81.
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