THE CITY OF WARROAD HAS PASSED ORDINANCE NO. 119, WHICH ESTABLISHES REGULATIONS FOR THOSE WHO WILL ENGAGR IN SALE OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING THC. ASIDE FROM THE AGE REQUIREMENT OF 21, IT NOTES THE PRODUCTS WILL NEED TO BE STORED BEHIND A COUNTER OF IN A SECURED CASE, NOT AVAILABLE TO CUSTOMERS ON A SELF-SERVICE BASIS. IT ALSO SETS FORTH THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. THIS ORDIANCE, ONCE IT TAKES EFFECT, WILL REPEAL THE TEMPORARY ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022.
EMERGENCY BOATING ASSISTANCE IS NOW AVAILALBE ON LAKE OF THE WOODS THROUGH TOWBOATUS. THEY OFFER TOWING SERVICES, JUMP STARTS, REFUELING, AND MORE ON A 24-7 BASIS. THERE IS A BOATUS APP YOU CAN USE TO REQUEST ASSISATNCE OR CALL 218-434-0087. THERE IS ALSO A YEARLY UNLIMITED MEMBERSHIP OF $99, THAT ALSO COMES WITH OTHER BENEIFTS. DOUG NELSON AND HIS WIFE MELANIE ARE OPERTING THE BUSINESS, BORNE FROM A 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND WHERE THEY EXPERIENCED THE UNWELCOME REALITY OF HAVING TO MAKE IT TO SHORE AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE.
A Funeral Service for Loraine D. Hedlund of Roseau will take place on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau at 11:00am with a visitation an hour prior. A Visitation will also take place at Helgeson Funeral Home the night before Monday, June 19 from 5:00-7:00pm with a Prayer Service at 7:00pm. Interment will be at Malung Cemetery. LORAINE WAS 101.
COUNTY HIGHWAY 3 NORTH OF BADGER, BETWEEN HIGHWAY 10 AND HIGHWAY 89, IS CLOSED TO THRU TRAFFIC, UNTIL A PROJECT IS COMPLETED, LIKELY IN SEPTEMBER.
COUNTY HIGHWAY 12, SOUTHEAST OF WARROAD, IS CLOSED TO THRU TRAFFIC STARTING TODAY, THAT IS BETWEEN HIHGWAY 11 AND HIGHWAY 2. A DETOUR IS IN PLACE, EXPECTED UNTIL THE END OF JUNE.
MINNESOTA SAW IT’S HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM FIRES IN 2022 SINCE 1995. LAST YEAR THERE WERE 70 FATALITIES, AND IT CONTINUES A TREND OF CLIMBING NUMBERS SINCE 2018. SO FAR IN 2023, THERE HAVE BEEN 19 FIRE-RELATED DEATHS. AROUND 60 PERCENT OF THE DEATHS OCCUR IN RURAL MINNESOTA, WHERE DESPITE THEIR BEST EFFORTS, RESPONSE TIME CAN BE SLOWER, WITH ON-CALL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
AN INDIVIDUAL WAS KILLED EALRY YESTERDAY ON A ROAD WAY IN RURAL BECKER COUNTY, SOUTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES. THE CALL CAME AROUND 4 AM, FROM A FEMALE MOTORIST WHO SAID SHE POTENTIALLY STRUCK SOMEONE WITH HER VEHNICE, THAT PERSON WAS SAID TO BE LYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUCNED DEAD AT THE SCENE. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
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