A GOODRIDGE SCHOOL REFERENDUM PASSED, WHILE THOSE IN THIEF RIVER FALLS AND FISHER FAILED. THE GOODRIDGE VOTE WAS 230 FOR, 179 AGAINST. THE TOTAL AMOUNT WILL NOT EXCEED $21.35 MILLION. IT WILL GO TOWARDS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WILL BUILD CLASSROOM ADDITIONS, IMPROVE AND REMODEL EXISTING CLASSROOMS, CREATE AND EQUIP A NEW GYM, WEIGHT ROOM, AND LOCKER ROOMS AND ALSO UPGRADE SCIENCE LABS AND TECH EDUCATION SPACES, ALONG WITH AN UPGRADE TO THE BOILER AND HVAC SYSTEMS. IT WILL ALSO CREATE A SAFER SPACE, BY MOVING THE MAIN OFFICES TO THE GROUND LEVEL, ASSURING THAT EVERY VISITOR IS SEEN AND SIGNED IN WHEN ENTERING.
63-YEAR OLD JOSEPH DAVID MEYER OF ROSEAU WILL SERVE FOUR MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TAX EVASION COMMITTED THROUGHOUT THIS CAREER AS A MEDICAL DOCTOR. FROM 2000 TO 2018 “WENT WELL BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL AVENUES OF HIDING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS INCOME TO EVADE TAX OBLIGATIONS, THE US SENTENCING RECOMMENDATION SAID. HE WAS A LANDLORD WHO ALSO DRUG HIS TENANTS INTO HIS FIGHT WITH THE IRS. HIS TOTAL PENALTY WAS OVER $480,000. HE HAD HIS MEDICAL LICENSE SUSPENDED IN 2019, BUT IT WAS REINSTATED IN 2022.
THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT HAS DECLINED TO UP HOLD THE ATTEMPTS THAT WOULD HAVE KEPT DONALD TRUMP OFF OF BALLOTS IN THE 2024 ELECTION. THEY HAD ARGUED THAT TRUMPS ACTIONS ON JANUARY 6TH DISQUALIFIED HIM UNDER SECTION 3 OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT.
MINNESOTA’S OPENING WEEKEND FIREARMS DEER HARVEST WAS DOWN 13% FROM 2022. 47,138 WAS THE OFFICIAL NUMBER FOR THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE SEASON. IT WAS DOWN 16% IN THE NORTHWEST, WHILE THE NORTHEAST SAW THE BIGGEST DECLINE AT 40%.
THE WINDOW TO ONCE AGAIN APPLY FOR A HOMESTEAD CLASSIFICATION IS OPEN. THERE ARE ALSO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES FOR AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY. CALL THE ROSEAU COUNTY ASSESSOR’S OFFICE FOR MORE AT 218-463-1861.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR ERNEST JANOUSEK OF GREENBUSH WILL BE HELD FRIDAY (10 AM) AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. VISITATION WILL BE HELD AN HOUR PRIOR, BUT ALSO ON THURSDAY (5 PM) AT THE CHURCH WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT ST ALOYSIUS CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN LEO FOLLOWING THE SERVICES. ERNEST WAS 75.
A NEW CASE OF THE AVIAN FLU IS AFFECTED A COMMERCIAL TURKEY FLOCK OF OVER 32,000 BIRDS IN MEEKER COUNTY. IT’S THE FOURTH CASE IN MEEKER COUNTY AND THE 12TH APPEARANCE OF THE DISEASE IN THE STATE SINCE OCTOBER. CURRENTLY MINNESOTA IS THE MOST AFFECTED STATE, WHERE OVER THE PAST 30 DAYS 360,000 BIRDS ARE AFFECTED. ANOTHER CASE CAME UP IN WRIGHT COUNTY, WHERE 1 MILLION CHICKENS AT A COMMERCIAL EGG FARM HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED.
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