CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IS SUSPECTED IN AN ADULT BUCK THAT WAS HARVESTED NEAR BEMIDJI, IN PERMIT AREA 184. IT WOULD BE THE FIRST SUCH CASE IN THAT AREA. IF THE CASE IS CONFIRMED, THE DNR WILL TAKE ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT ACTIONS IN THE AREA THAT COULD INCLUDE LATE SPECIAL SEASON HUNTING AND TARGETED CULLING.
THE WARROAD COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BE HOSTING A FREE THANKSGIVING DAY MEAL, BEGINNING AT NOON. THEY WOULD APPRECIATE A RESERVATION AND HEAD COUNT BY CALLING 218-469-0178 OR 218-242-9064.
THE ROSEAU CIVIC AND COMMERCE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE HOLIDAY FANTASY DRAWINGS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON, POTENTIALLY REWARDING THOSE WHO SHOP LOCALLY WITH PRIZES OF ROSEAU DOUGH AND LOCAL GIFT CARDS.
AFTER BEING DEMOLISHED FOR A COMPLETE REBUILD, THE THIEF RIVER FALLS MCDONALD’S IS SET TO REOPEN. THEY HAVE A GRAND OPENING EVENT ON THURSDAY.
WHILE NORTHERN MINNESOTA SAW EXTENSIVE SNOWFALL LAST WEEK, MUCH OF STATE RECEIVED IT’S FIRST SNOW ON MONDAY, AND OVER 300 CRASHES WERE REPORTED ON STATE HIGHWAYS MONDAY MORNING IN A SPAN OF JUST FIVE HOURS. MINNESOTA STATE PATROL SAYS 25 OF THOSE INVOLVED INJURIES, WITH NONE BEING SERIOUS.
COMPARED TO THE LAST MID-TERM ELECTION, MINNESOTA SAW A TURNOUT THAT WAS DOWN 4%, WHILE THERE WAS A 6% NATIONWIDE DOWNTURN. AFTER CONSECUTIVE ELECTION CYCLES OF HAVING THE HIGHEST TURNOUT IN THE COUNTRY, MAINE AND OREGON HAD HIGHER THAN MINNESOTA THIS CYCLE.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR BERNICE WILEBSKI WILL BE HELD FRIDAY (11 AM) AT OUR REDEEMER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BADGER. VISITATION WILL BE THURSDAY (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE, AND WILL ALSO BE ONE HOUR PRIOR ON FRIDAY. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT BADGER CITY CEMETERY. BERNICE WAS 93.
A THIEF RIVER FALLS PIT BULL HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED RECENTLY AFTER IT BIT A YOUNG GIRL IN THE FACE IN WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK. THE GIRL WAS WITH HER PARENTS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE WHERE THE ATTACK OCCURRED. THE GIRLS WAS TREATED BY ER STAFF AT THE SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER IN TRF.
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