CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISHBACH AND OTHER REPUBLIC LEADERS WROTE A LETTER URGING GOVERNOR WALZ TO EXTEND TAX FORGIVENESS TO BUSINESSES ON PPP LOANS, SAYING THESE BUSINESSES “STILL NEED SUPPORT AS THEY CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THE NEGATIVE AFFECTS OF THE PROLONGED PANDEMIC.”
AS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS EASE AROUND THE STATE, RIVERVIEW HEALTH IN CROOKSTON HAS DETERMINED IT IS TIME TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL VISITORS WITH EACH PATIENT FOR ADDED SUPPORT IN THE HOSPITAL, OUTPATIENT AND CLINIC SETTINGS. AS OF YESTERDAY, THEY’LL ALLOW PATIENTS TO HAVE TWO VISITORS AT A TIME, AND THAT CAN BE A ROTATING ROSTER OF VISITORS.
FCC ACTING CHAIRWOMAN JESSICA ROSENWORCEL ANNOUNCED THE START DATE OF THE EMERGENCY BROADBAND BENEFIT PROGRAM. AS OF MAY 12, 2021, ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE ABLE TO ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM TO RECEIVE A MONTHLY DISCOUNT OFF THE COST OF BROADBAND SERVICE FROM AN APPROVED PROVIDER. LEARN MORE AT HTTPS://GETEMERGENCYBROADBAND.ORG.
GOVERNOR WALZ WILL HIGHLIGHT THE NEW EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSITANCE PROGRAM, RENTHELPMN, TODAY.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL END SPRING LOAD RESTRICTIONS FOR THE NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTH FROST ZONES ON MONDAY.
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER GATHERING ON THURSDAY, MAY 6TH (5:15 PM). THAT GATHERING ORGANIZED BY THE ROSEAU AREA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION WILL BE ON THE STEPS OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
OUR REDEEMER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH OF BADGER IS HOSTING A FISH FRY THIS EVENING (4:30-7:00). THOSE MEALS WILL BE DONE TAKE OUT AND DRIVE THRU.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DIANE MELLSTROM OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS, FORMERLY OF ROSEAU, WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY (2 PM) AT THE EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS. VISITATION WILL BE AN HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL BE AT THE FOREST HILL CEMETERY IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS FOLLOWING THE SERVICE.
VISITORS TO THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WERE UP 16 PERCENT IN 2020, COMPARED TO 2019, BUT ONLY TEN PERCENT OVER THE TEN YEAR AVERAGE. 93 PERCENT OF THE OVER 165,000 TOTAL VISITORS CAME BETWEEN MAY 1 AND SEPTEMBER 30.
A MAN ACCUSED OF SPRAY-PAINTING HATE MESSAGES ON A MINNESOTA MOSQUE TOLD POLICE HE MEANT IT AS A JOKE. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD BENJAMIN ENDERLE, OF MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA, IS CHARGED WITH FELONY CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND MISDEMEANOR HARASSMENT WITH BIAS. THE CHARGES CARRY A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. AUTHORITIES SAY ENDERLE VANDALIZED THE OUTSIDE OF THE MOORHEAD FARGO ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING AND GROUNDS WITH A SWASTIKA AND PHRASES INCLUDING “DEATH TO ISLAM,” “GO TO HELL” AND “KANE LIVES.”
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY IS DEAD AFTER FALLING INTO AN ABANDONED MINE PIT IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA’S IRON RANGE. POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDERS FROM THE CITY OF VIRGINIA WERE SENT TO THE ROUCHLEAU PIT LATE WEDNESDAY, THE STAR TRIBUNE REPORTED. AUTHORITIES SAID THE BOY FELL NEARLY 70 FEET.
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