HELP FOR STRUGGLING AMERICAN LEGION POSTS AND VFW POSTS IN MINNESOTA COULD BE ON THE WAY. A BILL INTRODUCED IN THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE COULD OFFER PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO CERTAIN POSTS THAT WOULD QUALIFY. THERE ARE 531 AMERICAN LEGION POSTS IN THE STATE, BUT MORE THAN HALF DON’T HAVE BUILDINGS, AND MANY ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY.
TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED AFTER HITTING MINNESOTA’S IRON RANGE WITH A SCAM TARGETING THE ELDERLY. THE TWO MEN HAD MADE PHONE CALLS CLAIMING TO BE PEOPLE’S GRANDCHILD, SAYING THEY NEEDED BAIL MONEY AFTER GETTING INTO AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. THE OTHER MAN WOULD THEN MAKE ADDITIONAL PHONE CALLS CLAIMING TO BE A BAIL BONDSMAN, AND GIVE INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO DELIVER THE MONEY. MULTIPLE VICTIMS WERE FOUND TO HAVE GIVEN OVER MORE THAN $50,000.
LAST WEEK THERE WAS A REPORT OF ILLEGAL ALIENS CROSSING THE BORDER FROM CANADA INTO THE UNITED STATES NEAR THE PEMBINA CROSSING. THEY WERE SPOTTED USING AERIAL SURVEILLANCE. MORE THAN $16,000 WAS SEIZED IN THE POSSESSION OF ONE OF THE ALIENS. NO FURTHER DETAILS WERE GIVEN.
BARRING A CHANGE IN SCHEDULE, THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD WOULD BE SCHEDULED TO MEET FOR THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON MONDAY.
US SENATOR TINA SMITH FROM MINNESOTA ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION IN 2026. LT GOVERNOR PEGGY FLANAGAN SAID IN A SHORT STATEMENT THAT SHE WILL FILE TO RUN FOR THAT SEAT. REPUBLICAN ROYCE WHITE, WHO LOST OUT TO AMY KLOBUCHAR IN THE LAST ELECTION, HAS ALREADY SAID HE WILL RUN ALSO.
The funeral service for Jody Bednarski Of Baudette, MN will be held at Helgeson Funeral Home in Baudette on Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 12 PM. A lunch will be held at the Baudette American Legion immediately following the services.
Jody passed away at the age of 66.
A memorial service for Mable N. Tilton of Warroad, MN will be held on Monday, February 17, 2025 at the Warroad Senior Living Center Chapel in Warroad, MN at 1:00PM. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. Interment will take place at a later date.
Mable passed away at the age of 99.
A Funeral Service for Albert D. Borgen of Badger, MN will be held on Monday, February 17, 2025 at 11:00AM at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Badger, MN. Visitation will take place on Sunday, February 16, 2025 from 5-7PM at Helgeson Funeral Chapel in Roseau, MN and also one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at Badger City Cemetery in Badger, MN.
Albert passed away at the age of 88.
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