THIS WEEK, REPRESENTATIVE MICHELLE FISHBACH INTRODUCED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION GRAND PROGRAM ACT, MEANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO CONSIDER A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE ACT WOULD PROVIDE GRANTS TO STUDENTS PURSUING THEIR FIRST DEGREE IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM.
THE MINNESOTA HOUSE MOVED QUICKLY TO APPROVE $1 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO COVER AVIAN INFLUENZA-RELATED EXPENSES THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE’S EASTER BREAK. A JOINT STATEMENT WAS RELEASED BY A NUMBER OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING JOHN BURKEL OF BADGER, SAYING “THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO STOP THIS WAVE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO POULTRY FARMERS.”
THE PRESENCE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN A NUMBER OF NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES, INCLUDING CASS COUNTY, HAS FORCED THE RED RIVER ZOO TO TAKE BIRDS OFF DISPLAY. THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY MOVED ALL POUNTRY TO OTHER AREAS, BUT THIS NOW INCLUDES ALL BIRDS INCLUDING CRANES, EAGLES, RAVENS, AND OTHERS.
BRAD DOKKEN WRITES IN THE GRAND FORKS HERALD A STORY ABOUT COMPETITIVE FISHING BECOMING A MORE POPULAR ACTIVITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN. MINNESOTA CURRENTLY SEES ABOUT 20 HIGH SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN THE HEART O’ LAKES FISHING LEAGUE AND ABOUT 5,000 STUDENTS STATEWIDE PARTICIPATE IN YOUTH FISHING LEAGUE PROGRAMS. THE STORY ALSO LOOKS AT THE LAKE AGASSIZ HIHG SCHOOL FISHING LEAGUEIN NORTH DAKOTA.
AN 83-YEAR OLD BACKUS WOMAN DIED IN A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON WEDNESDAY ON HIGHWAY 371. A NORTHBOUND PICKUP REPORTEDLY CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK THE SUV IN WHICH SHE WAS A PASSENGER. THE DRIVER OF THAT VEHICLE SUFFERED LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES, BUT NO FURTHER UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION WAS AVAILABLE. THOSE IN PICKUP HAD MINOR INJURIES. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AS SNOW COVERED AND ICY AT THE TIME.
THE NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK IS PARTNERING WITH THE ROSEAU AREA FOOD SHELF TO HOLD A DRIVE-THRU FOOD BOX PICKUP ON MONDAY, APRIL 25TH FROM 9:00-10:30, OR UNTIL SUPPLIES ARE EXHAUSTED, IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE RAMS SPORTS CENTER. ALL ARE WELCOME. FOOD IS DISTRIBUTED WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED. NO INCOME RESTRICTIONS.
SANFORD HEALTH HAS CONFIRMED A 67 ACRE LAND PURCHASE OFF OF INTERSTATE 29 IN SOUTH GRAND FORKS. THEY SAID THEY PLAN TO DISCLOSE THE PLAN FOR THE LAND LATER THIS YEAR AND THAT “SANFORD HEALTH WANTS TO BE PREPARED TO MEET THE FUTURE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF GREATER GRAND FORKS, EAST GRAND FORKS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.” IT COULD MEAN AN ESCALATION IN THE RIVALRY BETWEEN SIOUX FALLS BASED SANFORD AND GRAND FORKS BASED ALTRU HEALTH SYSTEM.
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA’S MOOSE POPULATION CONTINUES TO HOLD STEADY AFTER SOME TOUGH TIMES IN THE EARLY 2000’S. THE MINNESOTA DNR REPORTED THE POPULATION SURVEY AT 4,700 MOOSE, VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FROM THE 2020 SURVEY. THE POPULATION HAD BEEN AS LOW AS 2,700 IN 2013.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR TRAVIS J. KELLEY OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (10 AM) AT THE WARROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT TEH CHURCH. INTERMENT TO BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. TRAVIS KELLEY WAS 50.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MARLYSS LADOUCER OF KARLSTAD WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (11 AM) AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN KARLSTAD. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR AT TEH CHURCH. MARLYSS LADOUCER WAS 83.
Last modified: 04/08/2022
