THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND PRIVATE LANDOWNERS CAN BEGIN SIGNING UP FOR TH GRASSLAND CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM NOW THROUGH MAY 26.
MOST MINNESOTA TRIBUTARIES OFF OF THE RED RIVER HAVE REACHED THEIR CREST, OR WILL BE WITHIN THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS. IN CROOKSTON THEY REACHED MODERATE FLOOD STAGE, IN WARREN ONLY MINOR FLOOD STAGE, AND IN HALLOCK THEY ARE SEEING SOME MODERATE FLOODING. FOR THOSE ON THE RED RIVER, THEY MAY NOT BE SEEING A CREST UNTIL SOMETIME NEXT WEEK, AND THERE IS A SYSTEM THAT COULD DROP SIGNIFICANT RAIN LATE THIS WEEK. 511MN.ORG DOES ASK FOR CAUTION ON HIGHWAY 75 SOUTH OF HALLOCK DUE TO FLOODING.
JESS MYERS, A WARROAD NATIVE AND WRITING FOR FORUM COMMUNICATIONS, HAS AN OPINION ARTICLE APPEARING TODAY, DISCUSSING LEGISLATORS PUTTING FOR ACTIONS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE AWAY THE WARROAD WARRIOR NICKNAME AND LOGO. A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE FROM WARROAD WERE AT TEH STATE CAPITOL TO DISCUSS THIS IN MARCH. FOUR OTHER SCHOOLS IN MINNESOTA COULD BE AFFECTED, INCLUDING RED LAKE AND DEER RIVER. THE ONE EXCEPTION IN THE BILL, IS TO GET APPROVAL FROM ALL 11 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN THE STATE.
THERE IS A PANCAKE BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER THIS SUNDAY AT THE GREENBUSH COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WILL HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THE BGMR SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL PROGRAMS LOOKING TO BUILD A MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING AND RESTROOMS NEAR THE FIELDS. THAT MEAL IS FROM 9:00-12:30.
THIS SATURDAY IS A FREE STATE PARK DAY THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. ON THAT DAY, YOU CAN VISIT ANY OF THE 75 LOCATIONS WITHOUT NEEDING A PARK PERMIT.
NO ONE WAS INJURED LAST WEEK WHEN SEVEN CLANS CASINO IN THIEF RIVER FALLS WAS EVACUATED WHEN A GAS LEAK WAS DETECTED. A NUMBER OF AGENCIES RESPONDED AND CREWS WERE ABLE TO GET THE GAS SHUT OFF. ON IT’S FACEBOOK PAGE, THE CASINO REPORTED THAT AN ICE CHUNK HAD FALLEN AND DAMAGED AN OUTSIDE GAS LINE.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR JOE BIONDI OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (11 AM) AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY EVENING (5-7 PM) ALSO AT THE CHURCH, WITH A PRAYER SERVICE AT 7:00. VISITATION WILL ALSO BE AN HOUR PRIOR ON SATURDAY. JOE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 78.
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