PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN ROSEAU COUNTY TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY. BALLOTS FOR THAT ELECTION HAVE BEEN MAILED TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN A NUMBER OF MAIL OF BALLOT PRECINCTS. IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF A PRECINCT THAT YOU BELIEVE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A BALLOT BUT DID NOT, CONTACT THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE AT 218-463-1282.
A SHOOTING OCCURRED INSIDE THE MALL OF AMERICA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT SENT SHOPPERS RUNNING FOR COVER. AUTHORITIES SAY TWO GROUPS HAD GOTTEN INTO AN ALTERCATION, THEY SEPARATED, ONLY FOR THE OTHER TO RETURN AND FIRE THREE SHOTS FROM A HANDGUN. THEY DESCRIBED IT AS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE DANGER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO SUSPECTS, WHO AS OF THIS MORNING REMAINED AT LARGE.
DEER HUNTERS ACROSS MINNESOTA WILL HAVE ABOUT THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO BAG A DEER OR TWO THIS FALL COMPARED TO LAST, EXCEPT IN SOME PARTS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WHERE DEEP SNOW OVER THE WINTER PUSHED THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ANTLERLESS DEER PERMITS. MOST OF THOSE CHANGES TOOK PLACE IN AREAS EAST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS, THROUGH THE ARROWHEAD. AREA 111, SOUTH OF BAUDETTE, WILL BE BUCKS-ONLY AGAIN THIS YEAR. LICENSES WENT ON SALE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK.
LADY A, THE BIG NAME COUNTRY MUSIC TRIO, IN CANCELLING A TOUR THAT WAS SET TO MAKE STOPS AT SCHEELS ARENA IN FARGO AND ANOTHER STOP IN MINOT. IN TOTAL THE TOUR HAD 50 SHOWS. A POST SAYS GUITARIST CHARLES KELLEY IS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE HIS “JOURNEY TO SOBRIETY”.
THE HUGE COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL “WE FEST” IS BEING HELD THIS WEEKEND JUST OUTSIDE OF DETROIT LAKES. THAT FESTIVAL STARTED IN 1983, WITH A CROWD OF AROUND 9,000… THOSE CROWDS NOW GROW TO WELL OVER 20,000 DAILY.
A VISITATION FOR HARLEN WELLEN OF ROOSEVELT WILL BE HELD NEXT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD FROM 2-4 PM. HARLEN WAS 64.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR SHARON K. ORVIS FORMERLY OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY (11 AM) AT MOE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT PINE GROVE CEMETERY. SHARON PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 79.
LAKE OF THE WOODS STEAM AND GAS SHOW IS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NORTH OF ROOSEVELT.
CRAZY DAYS IS NEXT WEEK IN ROSEAU, THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS.
Last modified: 08/05/2022
