AIR QUALITY ALERTS WERE ISSUED YESTERDAY FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA AS SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN BRITISH COLOMBIA MADE IT’S WAY EAST. FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE, THAT IS EXPECTED TO REMAINING PROBLEMATIC TODAY.
TODAY BEGINS THE HIGHWAY 11 RE-CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN WARROAD, WHICH WILL HAVE LANE CLOSURES AND TRUCK TRAFFIC WILL BE DETOURED. MOST OF THE HEAVY WORK THIS YEAR IS ON THE PORTION SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE OVER WARROAD RIVER AND THE PROJECT CARRYING OVER TO NEXT YEAR WILL HAVE AN INSTALLATION OF A ROUNDABOUT AT HIGHWAY 313.
THE WEATHER COOPERATED AND ACCORDING TO MANY ANGLERS SO DID THE WALLEYE FOR THE FISHING OPENER ON SATURDAY. THE GOVERNOR’S FISHING OPENER ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR WERE HELD IN LAKE CITY.
YOU MAY WANT TO SLOW DOWN THIS SUMMER WHILE TRAVELING ON RURAL MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS AS A NEW INITIATIVE FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL WILL LOOK TO CURB SPEEDING ON HIGH RISK ROADS. THEY BEGAN THAT ENFORCEMENT ON APRIL 29 AND WILL DO SO THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2. FATAL CRASHES HAVE BEEN UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE EARLY PART OF 2024.
DURING AN APRIL CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON DISTRACTED DRIVING, NEARLY 5,400 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED TO HANDS-FREE PHONE VIOLATIONS.
A graveside service for Joyce L. Davis of Warroad, MN will be held on Monday, May 13, 2024 at 10:00AM at Riverside Cemetery in Warroad, MN.
Joyce passed away at the age of 82.
A Funeral Service for Luella E. Solberg will be held on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:00AM at Grace Evangelical Church in Strathcona, MN. Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 5-7PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN with a prayer service at 6:30PM. Interment will take place at a later date.
Luella was 89.
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