WITH FAMILY GATHERINGS AND THE HOLIDAYS APPROACHING, GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ANNOUNCED THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF FREE AT-HOME COVID RAPID TESTS ARE AVAILABLE TO AL MINNESOTA HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE STATE’S ONLINE ORDERING PROGRAM. EACH HOUSEHOLD IS ELIGIBLE TO ORDER FOUR TEST KITS.
GOVERNOR WALZ ALSO ANNOUNCED OVER $20 MILLION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN GREATER MINNESOTA. ROSEAU COUNTY WILL RECEIVE $563,000 TO HELP WITH OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSING REHABILITATION. THIEF RIVER FALLS, ROOSEVELT, NEWFOLDEN, KARLSTAD ARE ALSO RECEIVING FUNDS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.
INEWZ.TV REPORTED THAT AUTHORITIES RESPONDED TO AN ASSAULT AT IZZY’S LOUNGE ON NOVEMBER 11. 35-YEAR OLD ANTHONY GANT OF PINE HILL, ALABAMA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONLY FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT, AND 2ND DEGREE FELONY ASSAULT. THE MALE VICTIM WAS EVENTUALLY AIRLIFTED TO GRAND FORKS FOR SURGERY.
SANFORD HEALTH AND MINNEAPOLIS-BASED FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES ARE EXPLORING A POSSIBLE MERGER TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 2023. IT WOULD COMBINE THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST RURAL HEALTH PROVIDER WITH A HEALTH SYSTEM WITH A MAJOR METRO PRESENCE. TO EXECUTIVES FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS SAID COMBINING WOULD CREATE PROVIDE GREATER BENEFITS TO PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS, EXPAND ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED CARE ALONG WITH MORE VIRTUAL CARE.
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.
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.
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.
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