WITH INTENTIONS THAT WERE ANNOUNCED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU WILL OFFICIALLY ASSUME OWNERSHIP OF ALTRU CLINICS IN ROSEAU, WARROAD, AND GREENBUSH BEGINNING JULY 15. ALTRU WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SPECIALTY SERVICES WITHIN THE ROSEAU CLINIC SPACE, INCLUDING DIALYSIS.
ALL ALTRU STAFF AND PROVIDERS WILL BE OFFERED POSITIONS WITH LIFECARE.
52-YEAR OLD MICHELLE LAIRD OF FOSSTON IS ACCUSED OF COMMITTING A FIRST-DEGREE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CRIME. SHE MADE HER FIRST COURT APPEARANCE YESTERDAY. SHE HAS A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR A SIMILAR CRIME AND THEREFORE IS FACING UP TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT, ON NOVEMBER 7 SHE SOLD 14 GRAMS OF METH TO A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT IN GOODRIDGE, AND THEN AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 26 SOLD THREE GRAMS OF METH TO A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT IN THIEF RIVER FALLS.
53-YEAR OLD SPENCER JONES OF THIEF RIVER FALLS IS FACING 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SIMILAR CHARGES THAT CAME ABOUT IN THE SAME FASHION. ON NOVEMBER 3, HE ALLEGEDLY SOLD 1.75 GRAMS OF METH TO A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT IN THIEF RIVER FALLS.
64-YEAR OLD DAVID ALLEN CORNELIUSEN OF WARROAD IS TAKING HIS COURT CASE TO TRIAL. HE IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS WIFE AFTER A VERBAL ARGUMENT ON AUGUST 28, 2023. HE CALLED POLICE HIMSELF AND ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT TOLD POLICE HE HAD SHOT HER. HIS TRIAL DATES ARE SET FOR NOVEMBER.
IN DNR CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTS FOR THE WEEK, A FOCUS IS ON SAFETY. MULTIPLE AGENTS SAID THEY HAD NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OF MINORS OPERATING ATV’S WITHOUT HELMETS. ANYONE UNDER 18 NEEDS A HELMET.
MINNESOTA HAS SET THE DATES FOR FALL HUNTING SEASONS, AND THE MAIN FIREARMS DEER SEASON WILL BE SLIGHTLY LATER ON THE CALENDAR THAN NORMAL. THE SEASON WOULD OPEN NOVEMBER 9 AND WRAP NOVEMBER 24. THE YOUTH DEER HUNT IS OCTOBER 17-20.
A Funeral Service for Jean Johnson of Warroad will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at the Warroad Union Church in Warroad at 11:00 am with a visitation an hour prior. Interment will be held at Riverside Cemetery in Warroad.
A Funeral Service for Gladys M. Provance of Roseau, MN will be held on Friday, June 7, 2024 at 2:00PM at Messiah Lutheran Church in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at Spruce Cemetery in Roseau, MN.
Gladys passed away at the age of 98.
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