LAST NIGHT A PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT WAS ISSUED BY THE ROSEAU POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THEY STATED THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE A DANGEROUS PERSON. THEY STATED THEIR AREA OF INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE WAS IN A 3-4 BLOCK RADIUS OF PARK PLACE APARTMENTS, EAST OF HIGHWAY 89.
FARMERS ACROSS MINNESOTA ARE STILL MAKING THEIR CASE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPANDED RURAL BROADBAND. A GRAND FORKS HERALD STORY LOOKS AT A TURKEY FARM IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THAT ISN’T EQUIPPED WITH HIGH SPEED INTERNET. THE OPERATOR NOTES THAT SHE CAN’T HAVE SMART THERMOSTATS OF LIVE-FEED CAMERAS IN THE BARNS TO MONITOR THINGS. SHE SAYS HAVING THOSE CAMERAS COULD ALSO HELP TO CATCH SOME OF THE FIRST SIGNS OF AVIAN FLU. CURRENTLY ABOUT 90% OF THE STATE IS COVERED BY BROADBAND, BUT SPECIFICALLY IN RURAL AREAS, THAT DROPS TO 62%.
TESTS HAVE COME BACK AND HAVE CONFIRMED A SECOND DEER HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN AN AREA SOUTH OF CROOKSTON.
IN EVENTS DATING BACK TO JULY, A CROOKSTON MAN HAS PLEADED NO GUILTY TO TWO FELONIES, FROM WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY PULLED A KNIFE ON A WALMART CUSTOMER. ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT, 24-YEAR OLD MICHAEL JOSEPH WARD COMMITTED THE ACT WHILE HE WAS WORKING AT WALMART. HE SAYS HE PULLED THE KNIFE IN SELF DEFENSE AS THERE WAS A GROUP OF UNRULY CUSTOMERS. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS HIM HOLDING THE KNIFE CLOSE TO A 16-YEAR OLD MALE’S HEAD. MORE COURT ACTION IS JANUARY 9.
MAYO CLINIC IS SET TO INVEST $5 BILLION IN IT’S ROCHESTER FACILITY. BY 2030 THEY PLAN TO BUILD FIVE NEW DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS AND WILL HAVE 2.4 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF NEW SPACE. TWO OF THE BUILDINGS WILL BE CLINICAL, WITH A POSSIBLE INCREASE OF 306 BEDS.
A NEW HUNTING GROUP CALLED “HUNTERS FOR HUNTERS” IS HOLDING MEETINGS DESIGNED TO INFORM AND DISCUSS WOLF MANAGEMENT. THEY’LL HOLD THESE MEETINGS EARLY DECEMBER THROUGH MID JANUARY WITH A DEC 29 DATE IN DETROIT LAKES AND JAN 15 IN BAGLEY.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARK STEPHENS OF STRATHCONA WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY AT 11 AM AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS TOMORROW AT 5 PM AT THE CHURCH WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE. VISITATION IS ALSO AN HOUR PRIOR ON SATURDAY. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW THE SERVICE AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CEMETERY. MARK WAS 78.
YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR WALZ VISITED THE SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY, MAKING HIM THE FIRST GOVERNOR EVER TO VISIT ALL 11 TRIBAL NATIONS IN MINNESOTA DURING HIS TENURE. HE VISITED WITH TRIBAL LEADERS TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES.
THIS WEEK, REPRESENTATIVE MICHELLE FISHBACH REINTRODUCED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM ACT WITH REPRESENTATIVES PETE STAUBER AND REPRESENTATIVE CLAY HIGGINS OF LOUISIANA. THE BILL VERY SIMPLY WOULD PROVIDE EDUCATION GRANTS TO STUDENTS PURSUING THEIR FIRST DEGREE IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE RELATED FIELD.
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