MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT ALL MINNESOTA HOUSEHOLDS CAN ONCE AGAIN ORDER ANOTHER ROUND OF FOUR FREE COVID-19 TEST KITS, BUT ALSO SAID THIS WILL BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO DO BEFORE THAT PROGRAM ENDS. SINCE THE FREE TEST KIT ORDERING PROGRAM WAS OPENED LAST APRIL, MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION KITS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED.
THE MINNESOTA DNR IS URGING SAFETY WHEN IT COMES TO SNOWMOBILE RIDING THIS WINTER. AS SNOW HAS PILED UP ACROSS THE STATE, MORE RIDERS ARE GETTING OUT. ALREADY THIS YEAR, THEY’VE SEEN SIX FATALITIES. THAT IS THE SAME AMOUNT AS ALL OF LAST YEAR, AND DOUBLE THAT OF THE ENTIRE SEASON FROM 2020-2021.
SENTENCING FOR ERIC REINBOLD TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE 2021 MURDER OF HIS WIFE LISSETTE REINBOLD. IT IS THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR HIS CHARGE. HE MUST SERVE AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THAT SENTENCE IN PRISON, WHILE THE FINAL THIRD COULD BE ON SUPERVISED RELEASE.
THIS WEEKEND IS TAKE A KID ICE FISHING WEEKEND IN MINNESOTA. THAT MEANS ADULTS CAN FISH WITHOUT A LICENSE IF THEY HAVE A CHILD THAT IS 15 YEARS OF AGE OF YOUNGER. THE WEEKEND IS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY, AS KIDS WILL HAVE THE DAY OFF OF SCHOOL FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY.
22-YEAR OLD PAUL DONOVAN JENKINS III HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN A CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT CASE. THE CHARGES STEM FROM ACCUSATIONS THAT IN 0221 HE REPEATEDLY TOUCHED A CHILD INAPPROPRIATELY. HE WAS INITIALLY CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT AND TWO SECOND DEGREE COUNTS. HE INITIALLY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ALL, BUT CHANGED HIS PLEA TO GUILTY ON ONE SECOND DEGREE COUNT. HE USED AN ALFORD PLEA, WHICH MEANS HE MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE BUT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EVIDENCE WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO A GUILTY VERDICT. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 9 YEARS IN PRISON, WITH CREDIT FOR 390 DAYS.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR GARY LANE OF THIEF RIVER FALLS WILL BE HELD SATURDAY (6 PM) AT JOHNSON FUNERAL SERVICE IN THIEF RIVER FALLS, WITH VISITATION ONE HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL WILL BE HELD IN THE SPRING AT LANDSTAD CEMETERY.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PETER SMITH WILL BE HELD AT WOODLAND BIBLE CHURCH IN WARROAD ON SATURDAY (3 PM). INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT HAZELWOOD CEMETERY IN BLACKBERRY, MINNESOTA. PETER WAS 14.
GOVERNOR WALZ SIGNED A TAX BILL YESTERDAY THAT WILL SAVE MINNESOTANS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $100 MILLION AND SHOULD MAKE FILING TAXES A SMOOTHER PROCESS AS THE BILL ALIGNS STATE TAX CODE WITH FEDERAL TAX CODE.
A RED LAKE MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR FATALLY SHOOTING A RED LAKE POLICE OFFICER IN 2021. DAVID BRIAN DONNELL JR WAS GIVEN 37 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. OFFICERS WERE PERFORMING A WELFARE CHECK AT HIS HOME, AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY SINCE HE HAD A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST. GUNFIRE EVENTUALLY ERUPTED, AND OFFICER RYAN BIALKE WAS KILLED.
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE ASKING FOR A TUITION FREEZE FOR THEIR 33 PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THEY ARE ASKING FOR A BUDGET REQUEST OF $350 MILLION, OF WHICH $75 MILLION WOULD BE DEDICATED TOWARDS FREEZING TUITION. THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM THE STATE’S MASSIVE BUDGET SURPLUS.
Last modified: 01/13/2023
