UNION WORKERS AT FIVE BRAINERD AREA GROCERY STORES SAID THEY PLAN TO STRIKE JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THOSE IN UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS LOCAL 663 SAID THEY PLAN A FOUR DAY UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE STRIKE FROM DECEMBER 22-25. SOME OF THOSE STORES ARE FOR SUPER ONE FOODS IN CROSBY AND BAXTER, RAN BY MINER’S INCORPORATED. A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE STORES AND THE UNION RAN OUT ON DECEMBER 3.
RED LAKE NATION’S NATASHA KINGBIRD HAS RECEIVED AN UNSUNG HERO AWARD. THAT AWARD IS GIVEN BY THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION TO SOMEONE WHO HAS MADE A GREAT COMMITMENT TO THEIR COMMUNITY WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF MATERIAL AWARD. SHE HAS PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS ON THE RED LAKE NATION.
A LARGE CHUNK OF ICE BROKE LOOSE ON UPPER RED LAKE YESTERDAY, STRANDING ABOUT 50 ANGLERS. CREWS WERE ON SCENE WORKING TO GET THEM SAFELY BACK TO SHORE. THEY BELIEVE HIGH WIND CONDITIONS CAUSED A SHIFT IN THE ICE THAT LED TO THE CHUNK BREAKING FREE.
A BILL PASSED THROUGH THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON WEDNESDAY THAT COULD BRING THE OPTION OF WHOLE MILK AND 2% MILK BACK TO SCHOOL CAFETERIAS. CURRENTLY THOSE MILKS ARE NOT OFFERED BECAUSE THEY WOULD EAT UP TOO LARGE OF A CHUNK OF THE FAT CONTENT THAT A SCHOOL LUNCH IS ALLOWED TO CONTAIN. UNDER THIS BILL, THE BEVERAGE CONTENT IS NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. ACCORDING TO A 2020 REPORT, ANYWHERE FROM 68% TO 94% OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, DEPENDING ON GENDER, DO NOT GET THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF DAIRY CONSUMPTION.
ON MONDAY NEXT WEEK, THE ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR HAS THEIR SEASONAL CONCERT AT 7 PM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
THE ROSEAU WOMEN OF TODAY WILL SERVE A DON’T SPEND CHRISTMAS ALONE DINNER ON CHRISTMAS DAY FROM 11:00-1:00 AT THE FOUR SEASONS CENTER. THERE IS NO COST TO THE MEAL, BUT THEY WILL ACCEPT FREEWILL DONATIONS FROM THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO DO SO. YOU CAN CALL AHEAD TO ARRANGE FOR DELIVERY WITHIN ROSEAU CITY LIMITS. MARTIE AT 218-242-4918 OR CHRISTINE 218-452-0330.
A Funeral Service for Judy A. Espe will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau at 11:00am with a visitation an hour prior. A Visitation will also be held the night before at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau from 5:00-7:00pm with a prayer service at 7:00pm. Interment will be held at Palmville Cemetery.
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