EAST GRAND FORKS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SUSPECTED OVERDOSE OF A 2-YEAR OLD BOY AND TWO PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE BOYS FATHER, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. THEY ARE AWAITING TOXICOLOGY REPORTS FROM THE DOCTORS AND LABS. THE CALL CAME INTO AUTHORITIES YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 10:30 FOR A REPORT OF A CHILD CHOKING.
AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED THE 77-YEAR OLD MAN FROM GRAND MARAIS THAT WAS KILLED BY A 28-YEAR OLD MAN. THE TWIST COMES WHEN WE LEARNED THAT LAWRENCE SCULLY, WHO DIED FROM SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA, HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF STALKING THAT MAN’S DAUGHTER, AND AN APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER FOR PROTECTION AGAINST SCULLY HAD BEEN SUBMITTED. RECORDS SHOW THAT SCULLY HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 6-YEAR OLD BACK IN 1979.
RED LAKE GAMING, OPERATING SEVEN CLANS CASINOS, ANNOUNCED THE COMPLETION OF THEIR $12.4 MILLION CASINO EXPANSION OF THE GAMING FLOOR IN WARROAD. THE NEW AREA WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON MARCH 17 AT NOON, WITH A CEREMONY INCLUDING HOCKEY LEGEND HENRY BOUCHA. THE CASINO ALSO RECENTLY INTRODUCED A NEW SPORTS BAR, THE PUCKS & PINTS BAR.
THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN SPRAGUE, MANITOBA IS HAVING A SPRING FLING SOCIAL FUNDRAISER ON MARCH 18TH, WITH A DANCE, 50/50 RAFFLE, AUCTIONS, AND A CASH BAR. THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE DESIGNATED DRIVERS FOR THE NIGHT. TICKETS FOR THE EVENT AT THE SPRAGUE COMMUNITY CENTER ARE $10 EACH.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR VERNON MELBY WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY (11 AM) AT OILAND FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN RURAL GREENBUSH. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE. VERNON MELBY WAS 87.
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