THERE HAS BEEN PLENTY OF TALK OF BUDGET PROPOSALS IN THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE AND THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME COMMON GROUND BETWEEN THE MAJORITY DEMOCRATS AND MINORITY REPUBLICANS. LED BY STATE SENATOR MARK JOHNSON, REPUBLICANS YESTERDAY TALKED OF $13 BILLION IN TAX CUTS AND ONE-TIME DIRECT PAYMENTS, INCLUDING REBATE CHECKS OF UP TO $2500 AND ELIMINATING SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME TAX. THERE WOULD ALSO BE A ONE-TIME CHILD TAX CREDIT AVAILABLE FOR TWO YEARS, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE AN $1800 TAX CREDIT PER CHILD UNDER AGE 18. THE SOCIAL SECURITY TAX CUT WOULD AMOUNT TO ABOUT $1200 ANNUALLY IN RELIEF FOR NEARLY 500,000 MINNESOTANS.
ONE PERSON WAS INJURED AND SENT TO THE HOSPITAL IN A PULP DRYER FIRE AT AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR IN EAST GRAND FORKS ON MONDAY EVENING. 21 FIRE FIGHTERS WERE ON SCENE FOR ABOUT 3.5 HOURS TO ENSURE CONDITIONS WERE SAFE.
IF YOU’RE CONTINUING TO ICE FISH THIS WINTER, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AS OF TODAY, A NEW 2023 FISHING LICENSE IS REQUIRED. AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 SEE A DEADLINE OF THIS WEEKEND TO GET ICE HOUSES REMOVED FROM LAKES AND RIVERS, FURTHER NORTH YOU HAVE UNTIL MARCH 20. THAT ALSO DOES NOT APPLY TO BORDERLAND WATERS.
LAST WEEK, CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISHBACH INTRODUCED THE HOPE ACT, STANDING FOR HEALTH, OPPORTUNITY, PROTECTING LIFE, AND EDUCATION. IT’S AIMED AT OFFERING SUPPORT AND EDUCATION TO EXPECTANT MOTHERS OF UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR OPTIONS, AND TO CHOOSE LIFE, AND BRING A HEALTHY BABY INTO THE WORLD.
THREATS OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS WERE MADE YESTERDAY AT DULUTH DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALSO AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN EVELETH AND ELY, BUT THOSE WERE DEEMED NOT CREDIBLE BY POLICE. THEY DETERMINED ALL CALLS WERE INTERNET BASED AND FROM OUT OF STATE. ALL SCHOOLS WERE PLACED INTO SOME LEVEL OF LOCKDOWN AS A PRECAUTION.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR ROBERT YATES OF BADGER WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON (2 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE IN THE SPRING AT BADGER CITY CEMETERY.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR SHIRLEY HORNER OF WARROAD WILL HAPPEN AT THE UNION CHURCH IN WARROAD TOMORROW (11 AM) WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT RIVERSIDE CEMETERY IN WARROAD IN THE SPRING. SHIRLEY WAS 91.
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