AUTHORITIES WERE CALLED YESTERDAY MORNING TO THE LUND BOAT FACTORY IN NEW YORK MILLS ON AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION. BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED, EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO RESTRAIN THE SHOOTER AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. ARRESTED WAS 21-YEAR OLD DAVID JEREMIAH GADSDEN OF HENNING, HE IS AN EMPLOYEE OF LUND BOATS. REPORTS SAY HE FIRED A SHOT FROM A SMALL CALIBER HANDGUN AT A 31-YEAR OLD FELLOW EMPLOYEE. GADSDEN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES.
DNR OFFICER JEREMY WOINAROWICZ HAS BEEN NAMED THE 2022 DNR CONSERVATION OFFICER OF THE YEAR. HE WORKS THE THIEF RIVER FALLS WEST STATION, BEEN THERE SINCE 2004.
A BLOOD DRIVE WILL BE HELD IN ROSEAU ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER. MONDAY’S HOURS ARE 12:30 to 6:00 AND TUESDAY FROM 7:30 TO 1:00. YOU CAN CALL KAREN AT 218-242-9830 OR PATTY 218-463-2157 FOR AN APPOINTMENT. IT’S VERY LIKELY WALK-INS CAN ACCOMMODATED ALSO.
THIEF RIVER FALLS SCHOOLS HAS MADE A DECISION ON A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, CHRIS MILLS, CURRENTLY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STEPHEN-ARGYLE, WHERE HE HAS BEEN FOR 23 YEARS. HE COMES IN AT A TOUGH TIME, WHERE LAST YEAR THE DISTRICT CUT ROUGHLY $1.2 MILLION FROM IT’S BUDGET.
FIVE PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A HOME EXPLOSION NEAR NASHWAUK. TWO ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN WERE ALL ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A NEIGHBORS HOME, BUT THREE OF THEM WERE EVENTUALLY TRANSFERRED TO A CITIES HOSPITAL FOR SEVERE BURNS. THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A 63-YEAR OLD VIRGINIA MAN IS CHARGED WITH ATTACKING HIS NEIGHBORS WITH A KNIFE. RAY CHARLES BRANTLEY WAS CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT. THEY LIVE IN THE SAME APARTMENT BUILDING AND HAD BEEN IN A BRIEF CONFRONTATION, PERHAPS ABOUT EXCESSIVE NOISE.
A MINNESOTA BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED THAT WOULD BAN NEW DEER FARMS AND REQUIRE CWD TESTING OF ALL FARMED DEER. THE BILL HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE MINNESOTA DEER HUNTERS ASSOCIATION BUT IS OPPOSED BY ROUGHLY 250 DEER AND ELK FARMERS STATEWIDE. IT WOULD BE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE ANTI-CWD MEASURES THE STATE HAS ATTEMPTED.
THE RALPH ENGELSTAD ARENA IN THIEF RIVER FALLS THIS WEEKEND HOSTS EXTREME INTERNATIONAL ICE RACING ON SATURDAY. RACERS WILL RUN BOTH MOTORCYCLES AND ATV’S ON THE COURSE. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT TICKETMASTER OR THE RALPH BOX OFFICE.
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