A GRAND FORKS WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON AN ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR ALLEGEDLY STABBING HER FATHER ON WEDNESDAY. 82-YEAR OLD HUGH REESE WAS ALLEGEDLY STABBED BY HIS 56-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CEANNE REESE DURING AN ARGUMENT OVER A PHONE. THE MAN WAS TREATED AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION.
THE MINNESOTA BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH HAS ISSUED A ONE-MONTH BAN ON POULTRY SALES AT COMMUNITY SALES, SWAPS, AND EXHIBITIONS WHERE POULTRY FOR SALE WOULD BE BROUGHT TOGETHER. THIS ON THE NEWS THAT AVIAN INFLUENZA IS SHOWING UP IN VARIOUS FLOCKS IN THE STATE AND REGION. THAT BAN RUNS TODAY THROUGH MAY 1.
THIEF RIVER FALLS SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DONITA STEPAN ANNOUNCED HER RESIGNATION ON MARCH 24, AND WAS ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON MARCH 28. HER CONTRACT RUNS THROUGH JUNE 30. HER REASONING WAS TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY AND SEEK A SUPERINTENDENT JOB IN ANOTHER DISTRICT. THE THIEF RIVER FALLS DISTRICT FAILED TO PASS A REFERENDUM LAST YEAR, AND RECENTLY ANNOUNCED $1.2 MILLION IN BUDGET CUTS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCED MORE THAN 230 ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR THE STATE THIS SUMMER. SOME MARQUEE JOBS IN NORHTWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDE:
A RECONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY 75 AND 175 IN HALLOCK.
THERE WILL BE A CULVERT REPLACEMENT DONE THREE MILES EAST OF ROSEAU ON HIGHWAY 11 THAT WILL REQUIRE A DETOUR.
THE DNR’S WINTER SEVERITY INDEX SHOWS THAT MOST NORTHERN MINNESOTA SUFFERED A SEVERE WINTER. IT’S THE SIXTH SUCH YEAR IN THE PAST 10, A STRETCH THAT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE THE 1970’S. THE CONDITIONS ARE PREVENTING DEER POPULATIONS IN AREAS FROM BEING ABLE TO REBOUND, AS THEY STRUGGLE TO FIND FOOD SOURCES IN THE SPRING, STRUGGLE THROUGH DEEP SNOW MAKING THEM EASIER PREY FOR PREDATORS. 10% OF DEER DIE IN A NORMAL WINTER, AND IN SOME CASES THAT NUMBER CAN RISE TO 40% DURING MORE SEVERE WINTERS.
SERVICES FOR ELSIE TVEIT OF ROOSEVELT WILL BE HELD AT MOUNT CARMEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROOSEVELT TOMORROW (2 PM). VISITATION WILL BE THIS EVENING (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL CHAPEL IN WARROAD. ELSIE TVEIT WAS 93.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR JUDY HANSON WILL BE HELD AT OUR REDEEMER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BADGER ON MONDAY (2 PM) WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR. VISITATION WILL ALSO BE SUNDAY (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE. JUDY HANSON WAS 78.
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:
Legislative leaders have announced a bipartisan deal to extend Minnesota’s health care reinsurance program. The agreement will help hold down premiums for about 167,000 Minnesotans who get their coverage in the individual marketplace, whether it’s via the state-run MNsure exchange or directly from carriers. Negotiators say premiums would have gone up by a minimum of 20 to 25% this fall without a deal by Friday’s federal deadline.
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