IN RESPONSE TO THE PLANNED APPEARANCE OF GOV. TIM WALZ AT THE GOVERNOR’S FISHING OPENER IN OTTER TAIL COUNTY, A GROUP GATHERED TO VOICE THEIR UNHAPPINESS WITH THE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR. A GROUP OF ABOUT 60 PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE DETROIT LAKES PAVILION ON SATURDAY WITH PLANS TO CARAVAN THROUGH BECKER AND OTTER TAIL COUNTIES TO THUMPER POND ON OTTER TAIL LAKE, WHERE MOST OF THE GOVERNOR’S FISHING OPENER ACTIVITY WAS TAKING PLACE. THE CROWD EVENTUALLY GREW TO ABOUT 200 PEOPLE. WHILE WALZ FISHED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY, HE RETURNED TO ST. PAUL TO TAKE PART IN BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS WITH LEGISLATIVE LEADERS.
GRAND FORKS FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN LOGAN SCHONERT WAS NAMED THE NATIONAL VFW’S FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR FOR DONATING HIS KIDNEY TO FORMER GRAND FORKS BATTALION CHIEF RICK AAMOT LAST YEAR. SCHONERT’S TIME WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OVERLAPPED WITH AAMOT’S FOR ABOUT A DECADE BEFORE AAMOT’S 30-YEAR CAREER WAS CUT A FEW MONTHS SHORT BY HIS DIAGNOSIS WITH A RARE PROTEIN DISEASE THAT ATTACKED HIS KIDNEYS AND HEART.
ALL FIRST HALF TAXES ON ALL REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ARE DUE BY MONDAY. PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE ONLINE, AND THERE IS A PAYMENT DROP BOX AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE COURTHOUSE.
MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN WINGER AND ERSKINE CAN EXPECT A SHORT-TERM DETOUR AS CONSTRUCTION BEGINS MAY 17. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE RESURFACING HIGHWAY 59 FROM WINGER TO ERSKINE AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS IN WINGER. EXPECT THAT DETOUR IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY JUNE.
CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISHBACH, AND TWO OTHER POLITICIANS UNVEILED A SERIES OF MEASURES AIMED AT RESOLVING THE PROLONGED BORDER CLOSURE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, AFFECTING THOSE AT THE NORTHWEST ANGLE. THE ANGLE ACT, WOULD CREATE A FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM FOR “REMOTE RECREATIONAL BUSINESSES” IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE. AN ELIGIBLE BUSINESS WOULD HAVE SHOW A REVENUE LOSS GREATER THAN FIFTY PERCENT FROM MARCH THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2020. THEY ALSO INTRODUCED LEGISLATION LOOKING TO CREATE A TRAVEL CORRIDOR FOR THOSE WITH NEGATIVE COVID TESTS.
AS THE MASK MANDATE ENDED ON FRIDAY IN MINNESOTA, AND DAYS EARLIER IN NORTH DAKOTA, SOME WORKERS AND RETAILERS ARE CONCERNED FOR HEALTH AS THE NEW RULES RELY MOSTLY ON A VACCINATION HONOR SYSTEM. A FEW MAJOR RETAILERS THAT HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT RELAX THEIR MASKING POLICIES JUST YET INCLUDE TARGET. ALTRU CLINICS HAS ALSO REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT PATIENTS AND GUESTS WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR EDNA FINLEY OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (1 PM) AT NORTHWOOD CHURCH IN GRYGLA. VISITATION IS THIS EVENING (5-7) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, AND ALSO ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT NORTHWOOD CEMETERY IN GRYGLA. EDNA FINLEY WAS 95.
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