DENVER AIR CONNECTION HAS ENTERED INTO A NEW FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE THIEF RIVER FALLS AIRPORT, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE THROUGH 2027. DENVER AIR RECENTLY ENTERED INTO AN INTERLINE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES, ALLOWING FOR ONE TICKET TO BE USED FOR BOTH AIRLINES, AS OPPOSED TO BOOKING SEPARATELY. DENVER AIR ALREADY HAS AN INTERLINE AGREEMENT WITH UNITED.
ROAD RESTRICTIONS FOR THE LOST RIVER AND BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST ROADS WILL COINCIDE WITH STATE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE AS OF TODAY. WITH ANY QUESTIONS, CALL THE DNR FORESTRY OFFICE IN WARROAD OR WANNASKA.
A SURVEY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA, LOOKING AT THE REMAINING UNVACCINATED POPULATION IN THE STATE, SHOWS THAT 80% OF THEM ARE UNLIKELY TO GET THE VACCINATION AT THIS POINT, SAYING “NOTHING” COULD CHANGE THEIR MINDS.
WHILE OIL STARTED FLOWING IN THE LINE 3 PIPELINE IN OCTOBER, THE LEGAL BATTLE IS FAR FROM OVER FOR MANY. AROUND 900 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED DURING VARIOUS PROTESTS AND MANY OF THEM ARE STILL FACING CHARGES AND AWAITING THEIR COURT DATES. THERE IS A PETITION FROM STOP LINE 3 ORGANIZERS, SUBMITTED TO GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON TO HAVE CHARGES AGAINST PROTESTERS DROPPED. THAT PETITION HAS MORE THAN 84,000 SIGNATURES.
WILLIE EWING OF BECKER, MN WRAPPED UP A FUNDRAISING EFFORT ON LAKE OF THE WOODS IN WHICH HE RODE HIS SNOWMOBILE FOR 24 HOURS STRAIGHT, TOTALING 2125.04 MILES IN THE PROCESS. IT SETS A PENDING WORLD RECORD FOR FARTHEST DISTANCE ON A SNOWMOBILE IN 24 HOURS. HE DID SO BY COMPLETING 202 LAPS AROUND A 10-PLUS MILE COURSE. ALL MONEY DONATED AND PLEDGED WILL GO TOWARDS SENDING UNDER-PRIVLEGED KIDS TO BIBLE CAMPS. THE WEBSITE 1DAY4KIDS.COM IS STILL ACCEPTING DONATIONS.
WARROAD SUMMER THEATER IS PREPARED FOR IT’S SPRING DINNER THEATER SHOW. THEY’LL PRESENT THE PLAY “LEAVING IOWA”, WITH DATES AT SEVEN CLANS CASINO APRIL 6-9, AND ROCK HARBOR LODGE APRIL 27-30.
A CLASS OF 1972 REUNION MEETING WILL BEHELD THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:30 AT GENES IN ROSEAU.
SON OF NORWAY WILL HOLD A GATHERING TOMORROW, BEGINNING AT 7 PM AT THE ROSEAU EVENTS CENTER. MEMBERS AND ALL OTHERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
ROSEAU ELEMENTARY IS HOSTING A KINDERGARTEN AND EARLY LEARNING INFORMATION AND ENROLLMENT NIGHT ON MONDAY, MARCH 28 FROM 5:30-7:00. THE EVENT IS FOR ALL PARENTS/GUARDIANS AND THEIR INCOMING KINDERGARTNERS OR PRESCHOOLERS.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR OLIVE WISKOW OF GOODRIDGE, WILL BE HELD MONDAY, MARCH 28 (10 AM) AT FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN GOODRIDGE. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL WILL BE AT GOODRIDGE COMMUNITY CEMETERY. OLIVE WISKOW WAS 79.
A PAIR OF WOMEN IN CARLTON, MN HAVE STARTED A NON-PROFIT CALLED “IF THE DRESS FITS”, OFFERING FREE PROM DRESSES TO TEENS IN FINANCIAL NEED. ASHLEIGH FRANZ AND HER MOM, AMY ARNTSON, STARTED COLLECTING DONATIONS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND NOW HAVE OVER 400 DRESSES IN INVENTORY. THEY SAID THEY’VE HAD APPOINTMENTS MADE BY PEOPLE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS CENTRAL WISCONSIN, AND WARROAD.
Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that halted trains across Canada and interrupted shipments to and from the U.S. More than 3,000 CP Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job after negotiators failed to reach a deal by a midnight deadline. Both sides say they are talking with federal mediators. Canadian Pacific covers much of the U.S. Midwest and is a large shipper of potash and fertilizer for agriculture. It also carries grain from the U.S. to Canada.
Minnesota public defenders have reached a tentative contract agreement, averting a walkout could have brought much of the state court system to a standstill. Negotiators for the unionized attorneys and the Minnesota Board of Public Defense met with a state mediator Friday. The strike was set to begin as early as Tuesday.
University of Minnesota officials are asking legislators to approve $30 million for scholarships for students who attend regional campuses. The Star Tribune reports the proposed Greater Minnesota Scholarship Program would go give money to Minnesota residents who enroll as freshmen at the university’s Duluth, Rochester, Crookston and Morris campuses. Each student would get $4,000 to $5,000 in their first year and $1,000 to $2,000 in each of their next three years. Tuition at the regional campuses ranges from $12,500 to almost $14,000 annually. University officials say the program would reduce student debt and boost enrollment.
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