AN EAST GRAND FORKS MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER HITTING HIS NEIGHBORS HOME WITH GUNFIRE WHILE TRYING TO SHOOT A SQUIRREL. MICHAEL JAMES POWERS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM WITHIN CITY LIMITS AND ALSO A RECKLESS HANDLING OF A WEAPON CHARGE. THE OWNERS DISCOVERED DAMAGE WHEN THEY ARRIVED HOME, ONE BULLET HAD GONE THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A CHILD’S BEDROOM. THEY DETERMINED WHERE THE BULLETS HAD COME FROM AND SPOKE WITH AN ARRESTED THE MAN. WHEN HE TOLD HIS WIFE HE WAS BEING ARRESTED, SHE RESPONDED, “WELL, I TOLD YOU.”
AT A MEETING AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, THIEF RIVER FALLS SCHOOLS GAVE THE OK TO RE-START A SEARCH FOR A SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT. THEY HAD RECEIVED ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF APPLICANTS IN THE SPRING, AND DECIDED TO PAUSE THE SEARCH UNTIL NOW. DR. PAULA HENRY HAS BEEN SERVING ON AN INTERIM BASIS IN THE MEANTIME.
WHITE EARTH NATION HAS APPROVED A TWO YEAR MORATORIUM ON PROPOSED LARGE LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE RESERVATION. LEADERS SAY THAT THOSE PROJECTS WOULD THREATEN HEALTH AND SAFETY, WATER AND LAND RESOURCES.
THERE IS CHRISTMAS HAM BINGO TOMORROW EVENING AT THE ROSEAU AMERICAN LEGION BEGINNING AT 6 PM.
THE ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL BAND CONCERT IS TONIGHT.
IT’S ANOTHER YEAR FOR THE DAVID JOHNSON VINTAGE SNOCAT SPECTACULAR. THE EVENT IS PLANNED IN ROSEAU NEXT WEEKEND, DECEMBER 17 AT TEH ROSEAU EVENT CENTER ALONG HIGHWAY 11. IT CELEBRATES THE LEGACY OF DAVID JOHNSON WHO BUILT THE FIRST POLARIS SNO-CAT IN 1956.
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