YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ANNOUNCED THE OPENING OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR POST 9/11 VETERAN SERVICE BONUSES, IN WHICH THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED DURING THE SPECIFIFED TIME PERIOD ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SERVICE BONUS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PASSING OF THE VETERANS OMNIBUS BILL, SIGNED ON MAY 10. IT INCLUDES A TOTAL OF $25 MILLION FOR THE PAYMENTS, WHICH COULD COME IN AMOUNTS OF $600 TO $2000. THE SERVICE MUST HAVE BEEN BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 AD AUGUST 30, 2021. THEY WILL BEGIN PROCESSING APPLICATIONS IMMEDIATELY, AND THEY WILL BE ACCEPTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE 30, 2024.
THE GRAND FORKS HERALD FEATURES A STORY LOOKING AT FLOODING FOR KABETOGAMA AND RAINY LAKE RESIDENTS AND THE CLEANUP THAT IS NOW UNDERWAY AS THE WORST SEEMS TO BE BEHIND THEM. LAKE KABETOGAMA HAS FALLEN 48 INCHES SINCE IT PEAKED ON MAY 31. THAT LAKE DRAINS INTO THE RAINY LAKE, WHICH THEN DRAINS INTO THE RAINY RIVER AND LAKE OF THE WOODS. WATER IS RECEDING ON RAINY LAKE, BUT REMAINS 4 INCHES HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS RECORD IN 2014.
A Funeral Service for Dale Peterson will be held at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau on July 9, 2022 at 2:00pm with a visitation an hour prior. Interment will be held at Badger City Cemetery. Dale was 86.
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