SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR ANNOUNCED THAT HER AND HER OFFICE HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN MAKING TONY OLIVA’S INDUCTION INTO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME A BIT MORE SPECIAL. THEY HAVE SECURED A VISA FOR OLIVA’S YOUNGER BROTHER JUAN CARLOS TO TRAVEL TO MINNESOTA FROM CUBA AND JOIN TONY AT THE INDUCTION CEREMONY. OLIVA IS A TWINS LEGEND, WINNING THE 1964 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, THREE BATTING TITLES, AND HAS A STATUE AT TARGET FIELD. KLOBUCHAR HAS LONG WORKED TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA’S RELATIONSHIP WITH CUBA. SHE HAS WORKED TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO AMERICANS DOING BUSINESS IN CUBA, INCLUDING WORKING ON EXPORTS OF WHEAT, RICE, CORN, AND SOYBEANS WHICH THEY SAY COULD INCREASE BY 166 PERCENT WITHIN FIVE YEARS IF TRADE WERE ALLOWED.
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 SPECIFIED 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.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOSLYN K. MOREY OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (2 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL BE AT MOOSE RIVER TOWNSHIP CEMETERY IN WANNASKA. JOSLYN MOREY WAS 77.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR FLOYD E. HLUCNY OF GREENBUSH WILL BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY, THE 19TH, (2 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT BARNETT CEMETERY IN GREENBUSH. FLOYD WAS 85.
THE MINNESOTA DNR WILL BEGIN HERBICIDE APPLICATIONS ON SELECT LAND IN THE WARROAD FORESTRY ADMINISTRATIVE AREA AROUND JULY 18 AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID-SEPTEMBER. THIS WILL PREPARE SITES FOR REFORESTATION, AND ELIMINATE OTHER VEGETATION THAT WOULD COMPETE WITH THE NEWLY PLANTED TREE SEEDLINGS. 102 ACRES ACRES 7 SITES WILL BE TREATED. SIGNS WILL BE POSTED AND ADJACENT LANDOWNERS WITHIN AN EIGHTH OF A MILE OF TREATMENT SITES WILL BE NOTIFIED.
THROUGH THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WITH THE PANDEMIC CAUSES SEVERE DELAYS, US PASSPORTS THAT HAD EXPIRED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2020 COULD STILL BE USED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY. THAT GRACE PERIOD FOR RENEWING YOUR PASSPORT ENDED ON JULY 1.
A 23-YEAR OLD MAN DIED SATURDAY AFTER HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS 2021 CAN AM MAVERICK OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE NEAR AKELEY. AUTHORITIES WERE NOT AWARE OF, AND DID NOT RESPOND TO THE CRASH UNTIL 10:30 AM, BUT THE INVESTIGATION SHOWS THE CRASH LIKELY HAPPENED SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT.
A ST. CLOUD WOMAN DIED IN A 2-VEHICLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY, NEAR HIGHWAY 371 IN PEQUOT LAKES. 88-YEAR OLD ANITA HALLER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND HER PASSENGER, 21-YEAR OLD TYLER HALLER HAD LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO DULUTH. THE OTHER VEHICLE’S DRIVER SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES, BUT HIS PASSENGER WAS ALSO AIRLIFTED TO DULUTH.
THE REMOTE BORDER CROSSING PROGRAM IS SET TO RESUME IN THE COMING DAYS. THAT PROGRAM, SUSPENDED IN MAY OF 2020, ALLOWS VISITORS TO CROSS THE BORDER INTO REMOTE AREAS OF CANADA, INCLUDING THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA, WITHOUT REPORTING TO CANADIAN BORDER OFFICIALS. THE CANADIAN BORDER AGENCY SAID THEY EXPECT TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS IN THE COMING WEEKS. AN OWNER OF AN OUTFITTING COMPANY IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS SAID THIS IS BIG NEWS, AS NEARLY 40% OF THE TRIPS HE OUTFITS ARE BOUND FOR THE AREAS THAT HAD BEEN MADE OFF-LIMITS.
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