AS WARROAD PREPARES TO HOST HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA, THEY ARE HOSTING AN EVENT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, CALLED “HOCK-TOBERFEST”. IT’LL BE HELD AT GARDENS ARENA AND FEATURE FOOD, BEVERAGES, SILENT AUCTIONS, AND SHORT PROGRAMS TO HIGHLIGHT THE HOCKEY DAY VILLAGE, HOCKEY DAY JERSEY DESIGNS, AND MORE. TICKETS ARE $30 PER PERSON. MUST BE 18 TO ATTEND.
OCTOBER IS MANUFACTURING MONTH IN MINNESOTA. THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHOWS THAT MORE THAN 11% OF THE STATES TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IS IN THAT SECTOR, AND WAGES ARE 10% HIGHERS THAN THE STATE’S OVERALL PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE. THEY MAKE UP 13% OF THE STATES GDP.
MINNESOTANS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS FOR THE NEXT STATE FLAG AND SEAL AND THE WINDOW TO OFFICIALLY SUBMIT THEM IS NOW OPEN. YOU MUST BE 18, OR A PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST SUBMIT THEM. THAT CAN BE DONE ONLINE, OR THROUGH THE MAIL.
THE GRAND FORKS CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED PEDAL PUBS, WHICH CAN BEGIN TO OPERATE IN THE CITY NEXT SPRING. THEY’LL ONLY BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, AND EAST GRAND FORKS IS DISCUSSING THE TOPIC ALSO, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR PEDAL PUBS TO CROSS THE BORDER.
ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED AND 11 OTHERS WERE PROCESSED AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOLLOWING AN ASSAULT INVESTIGATION IN BEMIDJI. A 22 YEAR OLD OSCAR LUNA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT AFTER A GIRL WAS BROUGHT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND SAID SHE’D BEEN ASSAULTED. A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT A RESIDENCE WHERE THEY FOUND THE 11 OTHER PEOPLE.
A Funeral Service for Shannon L. Barnes of Warroad will take place Saturday, October 7, 2023 at the Woodland Bible Church at 3:00pm with a visitation an hour prior. Interment will take place at Silent City Cemetery in Roosevelt.
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