The average price received by farmers for corn during September 2024 in Minnesota was $3.89 per bushel according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Agricultural Prices report. This was 19 cents above the August price but $1.27 below September 2023. The September 2024 average price received by farmers for soybeans, at $10.10 per bushel, was 15 cents above the August price but $2.80 below the September 2023 price. The September average spring wheat price per bushel, at $5.14, was 17 cents below August and $2.07 below September 2023.
FOR THOSE IN ROSEAU COUNTY WHO ARE LOOKING TO VOTE ABSENTEE BEFORE TUESDAY, THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE HAS ADDITIONAL HOURS FOR VOTING. THEY ARE OPEN NORMAL HOURS TODAY AND TOMORROW, BUT WILL ALSO BE THERE FROM 9-3 ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND FROM 8A-5P ON MONDAY. FOR THOSE IN MAIL BALLOT PRECINCTS WHO DID NOT GET THEIR BALLOT INTO THE MAIL SOON ENOUGH AND ARE LOOKING TO DROP OFF, THAT CAN BE DONE ON TUESDAY FROM 7A-8P.
RECAPPING A COUPLE THINGS FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK, FELIZ BAEZ OF WARROAD IS FACING CHARGES AFTER AUTHORITIES WERE CALLED TO SPRINGSTEEL RESORT ON OCTOBER 18 FOR THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND DISPLAYING A REPLICA FIREARM, AS WHAT HE ACTUALLY HAD WAS A BB GUN.
THERE WAS A FATAL FARM ACCIDENT ON FRIDAY NEAR KARLSTAD THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 10-YEAR OLD BOY. THE EARLY REPORT SIMPLY STATING THAT THEY BOY HAD BEEN HIT BY A PIECE OF FARM EQUIPMENT.
IN COURT ON TUESDAY, DAVID ALLEN CORNELIUSEN OF WARROAD PLEADED GUILTY, WITH A NORGAAR PLEA, TO THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE IN AUGUST OF 2023. A NORGAARD PLEA ADMITS THE EVIDENCE IS THERE, BUT HE DOES NOT REMEMBER COMMITTING IT. HE SAID HE SHOT HIS WIFE AFTER A VERBAL ARGUMENT. SENTENCING IS DECEMBER 16.
A funeral Service for Garry L. Langton will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 11:00AM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the chapel. Interment will take place at Pine Hill Cemetery in Williams, MN.
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