ACCORDING TO THE LAKE OF THE WOODS CONTROL BOARD, THE LAKE ON THURSDAY WAS AT 1,062. FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, THAT’S HIGHER THAN A PEAK IN 2014, BUT BELOW A RECORD OF 1,064 FROM 1950. THE BOARD SAYS THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER 4 TO 5 INCHES. INFLOW OF WATER ON JUNE 2 WAS MORE THAN 70,000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WHILE OUTFLOW WAS JUST OVER 50,000.
WATER LEVELS IN WARROAD HAVE ALREADY SURPASSED TEH 2014 FLOOD, BUT ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF WADE STEINBRING, THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO ANY OF THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THERE WAS PLANS TO CLOSE ACCESS AT THE POINT THIS WEEK.
THE MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ALS WALK-RUN IS SET FOR SATURDAY, JULY 16TH AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL TRACK. REGISTRATION FORMS CAN BE FOUND AT A NUMBER OF LOCAL BUSINESSES OR DONE ONLINE. OVER THE WEEKEND, A 27TH ANNUAL ALS FISHING DERBY WAS HELD ON ISLAND LAKE NORTH OF DULUTH, AND BROUGHT IN A RECORD $265,000.
NORTHBORN DAYS IS THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN WARROAD AT ALLISON PARK. FRIDAY FEATURES A COMMUNITY PICNIC, TALENT CONTEST, OUTDOOR MOVIE AND MORE, WITH SATURDAY BEING A DAY-LONG MUSIC FESTIVAL.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MARJORIE MAY KEENEY OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD FRIDAY AT THE UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN WARROAD. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ST. MARY’S CEMETERY IN WARROAD. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. MARGIE WAS 97.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR CHANCY COLE JR OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD AT THE LAKE TOWNSHIP HALL IN WARROAD (2 PM) ON SATURDAY. CHANCY WAS 87.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DANIEL NOGA OF BAUDETTE WILL BE EHDL THIS SUNADY (2 PM) AT THE BAUDETTE COVENANT CHURCH . DAN WAS 64.
A REMEMBRANCE SERVICE OF KEVIN LEE SCHUMACHER WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY AT THE ROSEAU ELEMENATARY SCHOOL GYM (6 PM) WITH VISITATION BEGINNING AT 4:00. IN CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE, FAMILY ASKS THAT YOU WEAR COLOR TO SIGNIFY THE BRIGHT LIGHT THAT KEVIN WAS IN EVERYONE’S LIFE. KEVIN SCHUMACHER WAS 50.
The Biden administration has set new requirements that increase the amount of ethanol that must be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply. The Environmental Protection Agency says it will set the 2022 levels for corn-based ethanol blended into gasoline at 15 billion gallons.
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