EMERGENCY CREWS RECOVERED A BODY FROM THE RED RIVER AFTER A MAN JUMPED INTO THE RIVER THE FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CREWS SEARCHED FOR OVER THREE HOURS. A WITNESS SAID ONE OTHER MAN WAS SEEN COMING OUT OF THE WATER WHO HAD GONE INTO ATTEMPT A RESCUE.
AN 18-YEAR WOMAN FROM GLYNDON WAS KILLED IN A CRASH ON WEDNESDAY IN CLAY COUNTY. LIFE SAVING EFFORTS WERE PERFORMED AT THE SCENE AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. WHEN AUTHORITIS ARRIVED THE CAR WAS IN THE DITCH, WHILE A SEMI WAS STOPPED AT THE SCENE. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A DETROIT MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN A FENTANYL TRAFFICKING OPERATION THAT TARGETED THE RED LAKE NATION. SCOT LAMONTE WATKINS JR CONSPIRED WITH OTHERS DURING THE SPRING OF 2021 TO DISTRIBUTE THE DANGEROUS DRUG. TWO OTHERS RECEIVED FIVE YEAR TERMS AS WELL. THE OPERATION WAS MOSTLY RUN OUT OF BEMIDJI AREA HOTELS.
THE MINNESOTA DNR HAS DROPPED DEER FEEDING BANS IN SOUND COUNTIES, BUT HAS ALSO ADDED A COUPLE. FEEDING DEER IS NOW LEGAL IN KOOCHICHING, CLEARWATER, ROSEAU, LAKE OF THE WOODS, MAHNOMEN, MARSHALL, PENNINGTON, RED LAKE, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTIES, BUT NOW BANNED IN CASS AND ITASCA.
A Celebration of Life for Vincent D. Buck of Warroad, MN will be held on Monday, July 3, 2023 from 11:00AM – 1:00PM at the Warroad Eagles.
Vince passed away on Monday, June 26, 2023 at the age of 86.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Arthur Terrance Erickson (Terry) passed away on May 30, 2023, one day short of his 75th birthday.
A Memorial Service for Terry will be held on July 1, 2023 at 11:00am with a visitation an hour prior at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau with Interment being at Spruce Cemetery in Roseau.
A Memorial Service for Gerry J. Ode of Badger, MN will be held on Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 4:00PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will take place at Badger City Cemetery.
Gerry passed away at the age of 65.
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