WHILE THE 2021 DROUGHT IS NOT OVER, RECENT CHANGES IN WEATHER PATTERNS HAVE CREATED A VERY MODEST IMPROVEMENT IN DROUGHT SEVERITY. STILL, THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REPORTED TOPSOIL MOISTURE WAS 64-71 PERCENT SHORT IN THE DAKOTAS, WHILE 80% OF PASTURES WERE RATED IN VERY POOR TO POOR CONDITION. NUMBERS WERE ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER IN MINNESOTA.
BEGINNING IN LATE OCTOBER, ALL PEOPLE WITH A 218 AREA CODE FOR THEIR PHONE NUMBER WILL NEED TO DIAL THE FULL 10 DIGIT PHONE NUMBER WHEN MAKING CALLS. THIS IS DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE THREE DIGIT ABBREVIATED DIALING CODE FOR THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE, WHICH WILL BE 988.
IN THE COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE TOBACCO 21 LAWS STARTED GOING INTO EFFECT, STUDIES ARE SHOWING THAT THE LAWS ARE ACCOMPLISHING THEIR GOALS. A C-D-C REPORT SAYS THAT ONLY 4.6% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS REPORTED HAVING SMOKED A CIGARETTE IN THE PAST 30 DAYS, THAT’S DOWN FROM A PEAK OF 15.8% IN 2011. THEY SAY KEEPING CIGARETTES OUT OF THE HANDS OF 18 YEAR OLDS THAT STILL IN THEIR FINAL YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, HAS MADE TOBACCO MUCH LESS ACCESSIBLE TO YOUNGER CLASSMATES.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR WILLIAM “BILL” ELLIOTT PALMER OF BADGER WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. BILL PALMER WAS 58.
A MALUNG SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 1ST AND 2ND. THERE WILL BE LIVE MUSIC, A VENDOR SHOW AND CRAFT DEMONSTRATIONS, ALONG WITH A FRIDAY NIGHT POTATO DUMPLING DINNER AND SATURDAY SCANDINAVIAN MEATBALL DINNER.
THE MIDDLE RIVER GOOSE FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND.
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