WITH THE INCREASE IN POPULARITY OF CANNABIS EDIBLE GUMMIES COMES AN INCREASED DANGER TO CHILDREN. IN MINNESOTA, THERE WERE THREE TIMES AS MANY CASES OF PEDIATRIC CONSUMPTION OF A CANNABIS EDIBLE IN 2022 COMPARED TO 2021. ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA POISON CONTROL SYSTEM, THERE 94 CHILDREN UNDER AGE 6 WHO WERE REPORTED TO HAVE ACCIDENTALLY INGESTED ONE. CNS DEPRESSION, WHICH PRESENTS AS DROWSINESS BUT IN RARE CASES CAN RESULT IN A COMA, WAS DOCUMENTED IN SEVEN OUT OF TEN CASES.
A BILL BEING INTRODUCED IN NORTH DAKOTA WOULD PREVENT THE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT FROM ISSUING RULES TO PROHIBIT BAITING OF DDER AS A LEGAL HUNTING TECHNIQUE. THEY SAY IT LIMITS HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN AS AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR STOPPING THE SPREAD OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE. Currently, baiting is prohibited on state and federal land in North Dakota and in deer hunting units located within 25 miles of a confirmed case of chronic wasting disease.
A BODY DISCOVERED FRIDAY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IS BELIEVE TO BE THAT OF A MISSING AITKIN WOMAN. THE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTED THE BODY BEING FOUND IN A WOODED AREA NEAR BIG PINE LAKE, AND BELIEVED TO BE 55-YEAR OLD ANNE WYATT. A MISSING PERSONS REPORT WAS FILED JANUARY 5TH, AFTER SHE HAD BEEN LAST SEEN ON JANUARY 2ND. THEY DO NOT SUSPECT FOUL PLAY.
A STATEWIDE CRACKDOWN ON DRINKING AND DRIVING OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON LED TO OVER 2,200 ARRESTS. THERE WERE ROUGHLY 200 MORE ARRESTS THIS YEAR THAN DURING A SIMILAR CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR. SOME OF THE MORE EXTREME CASES INCLUDING ONE WHERE A TROPPER FOUND A 58-YEAR OLD MAN IN ROSEAU PASSED OUT IN THE DRIVERS SEAT WITH THEIR VEHICLE IN A SNOW BANK. HE HAD A BAC OF .21. SOME OF THE HIGHEST BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENTS WERE AS HIGH AS .38.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ROY ANDERSON OF KARLSTAD WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN KARLSTAD (11 AM). VISITATION WILL BE TOMORROW (6 PM) AT THE CHURCH WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE, AND ALSO ONE HOUR PRIOR ON THURSDAY. INTERMENT SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT KARLSTAD CITY CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE. ROY ANDERSON WAS 93.
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