ON MONDAY, CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAID PLANS TO FULLY RE-OPEN THE US-CANADA BORDER WILL BE ANNOUNCED OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SOME RECENT MOVES HAVE MADE LIFE A LITTLE SIMPLER. CANADIAN CITIZENS AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS CAN NOW SKIP A MANDATORY 14-DAY QUARANTINE AND ELIGIBLE AIR TRAVELERS NO LONGER NEED TO SPEND THREE DAYS IN A GOVERNMENT APPROVED HOTEL UP ARRIVAL. CURRENT RESTRICTIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL ATLEAST JULY 21.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON WEDNESDAY SAID THERE WILL BE NO WOLF HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASON IN MINNESOTA IN 2021 AS THE AGENCY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP A NEW LONG-TERM WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH THEY EXPECT TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 2022.
THE YEARS-LONG EFFORT TO RETURN WILD ELK TO PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA IS ADVANCING WITH A FORMAL PROPOSAL FROM THE FOND DU LAC BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. UNDER THE PLAN, FOND DU LAC WOULD START TRANSPLANTING ELK INTO NORTHERN CARLTON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN 2025, AT FIRST WITH ANIMALS TAKEN FROM A WILD HERD IN KITTSON COUNTY. EVENTUALLY THE BAND CALLS FOR MOVING UP TO 150 ELK INTO THE AREA OVER 3-5 YEARS WITH AN EVENTUAL GOAL OF A SUSTAINABLE POPULATION OF ABOUT 300
AS ENBRIDGE CONTINUES BUILDING THE REPLACEMENT LINE 3 PIPELINE ALONG A NEW, 340-MILE ROUTE ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TENSE STANDOFFS BETWEEN LINE 3 OPPONENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT CLEARWATER COUNTY SHERIFF DARIN HALVERSON IS DOING IS BEST TO KEEP THE PEACE. “I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AS LONG AS YOU’RE DOING IT PEACEFULLY AND LAWFULLY,” HALVERSON SAID. “I’VE TOLD THEM I’LL HELP YOU ALL DAY LONG, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.” HIS EFFORTS HAVE RECEIVED PRAISE FROM DAWN GOODWIN, A MEMBER OF THE WHITE EARTH NATION AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE RISE COALITION, OR RESILIENT INDIGENOUS SISTERS ENGAGING.
CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY TWO BETWEEN FISHER AND EAST GRAND FORKS WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT LANE CLOSURES
SHARON CHRISTIANSON OF GREENBUSH AND CURT HUKEE OF BADGER ARE ROSEAU COUNTY’S OUTSTANDING SENIOR CITIZEN VOLUNTEER AWARD WINNERS. THEY’LL BE RECOGNIZED AT CHURCH NIGHT OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR ON JULY 18TH, AND ARE ALSO INVITED TO ATTEND AN AWARD CEREMONY AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 2ND.
SOUTH 89 SEED IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE DONATED $3,000 TOWARD THE ROSEAU COUNTY 4-H EDUCATION PROGRAM AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR BERNICE E. DAHLQUIST OF ROSEAU, MN WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY (10 AM) AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY (5:00-7:00) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, MN. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT MICKINOCK CEMETERY IN WANNASKA, MN. BERNICE DAHLQUIST WAS 86.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR GARY “BUD” BORGEN OF PORT AUSTIN, MI, AND FORMERLY OF BADGER, MN WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY (1 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR, MILITARY HONORS BY THE ROSEAU MEMORIAL HONOR SQUAD; AND INTERMENT AT BADGER CITY CEMETERY.
GARY “BUD” BORGEN WAS 79.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR GARY GILTHVEDT OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (3 PM) AT THE ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. INTERMENT WILL BE AT THE NORTHWOODS CEMETERY IN GRYGLA, MN.
GARY GILTHVEDT PASSED AWAY JULY 12, 2020 AT THE AGE OF 78.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS RELAUNCHING THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS. IT’S AN ADVISORY BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND A NUMBER OF KEY CABINET SECRETARIES AND TOP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING FEDERAL AND STATE COLLABORATION ON MAJOR NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WAS APPOINTED CO-CHAIR OF THAT GROUP.
PARTIES AGREE ON $1 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN SUPERIOR REFINERY EXPLOSION CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT. ROUGHLY 21,000 RESIDENTS WHO HAD TO EVACUATE ON THE DATES SURROUNDING THAT EXPLOSION COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A $150 REIMBURSEMENT, WHILE SOME HOUSEHOLDS COULD RECEIVE UP TO $400.
Last modified: 07/09/2021
