A RED LAKE FALLS MAN, PREVIOUSLY CHARGED WITH ADULTERATION FOR ALLEGEDLY SPIKING THE DRINK OF ANOTHER PERSON, IS NOW FACING A CHARGE OF THIRD DEGREE SALE OF A NARCOTIC. 27-YEAR OLD LANE ALLEN ANDERSON NOW FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. THE VICTIM IN THE INITIAL CASE WAS A VULNERABLE ADULT, AND THE NEW CHARGE STEMS FROM THAT SAME INCIDENT.
CROW WING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED ON TUESDAY TO SEND A RESOLUTION TO THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATORS OPPOSING THE NEW STATE FLAG DESIGN. THEY SAY THEY HAD HEARD SO MUCH NEGATIVITY FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY DECIDED TO MAKE SOME SORT OF OFFICIAL MOVE. THEY WERE ALSO CONCERNED OVER THE COST THAT GOES INTO EVERY ASPECT OF CHANGING OVER FROM THE OLD TO NEW FLAG AND SEAL.
THE FARGO NATIONAL CEMETERY WILL BE EXPANDING TO SEVEN TIMES ITS CURRENT SIZE. RIGHT NOW IT COVERS FIVE ACRES, IT WILL EXPAND TO 35 ACRES. SENATOR JOHN HOEVEN YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE LAND PURCHASE HAD BEEN COMPLETED. AS OF 2021, THAT CEMETERY WAS HOLDING ABOUT 250 BURIALS PER YEAR.
A NEW VETERANS HOME IN PRESTON, MINNESOTA WELCOMED IT’S FIRST RESIDENTS YESTERDAY – FOUR VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE ERAS FROM KOREA TO VIETNAM. IT’S THE FIRST OF THREE NEW HOMES SCHEDULED TO OPEN THIS MONTH, WITH ANOTHER IN MONTEVIDEO AND ANOTHER IN BEMIDJI.
40-YEAR OLD ERIK CHARLES VEDBRAATEN OF NEWFOLDEN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 108 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO THE LOWERED CHARGE ON OCTOBER 30. VEDBRAATEN ADMITTED TO A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A MINOR THAT GONE ON FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS AND ESCALATED OVER TIME.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR OTTO I. LEE OF BAUDETTE WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (2 PM) AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY FROM 5-7 PM. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT ELM PARK CEMETERY IN BAUDETTE. OTTO PASSED ON DECEMBER 30 AT THE AGE OF 95.
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