THE 36-YEAR OLD MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A PELICAN RAPIDS SHOOTING ON SUNDAY HAS WARROAD CONNECTIONS. PHOUTTHASA PRATHANE APPEARED IN COURT YESTERDAY ON FELONY CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A PERSON PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME IN JUVENILE COURT. PRATHANE FORCED OPEN A DOOR AND SHOT THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN. HIS INABILITY TO SEE THE CHILDREN APPEARS TO BE THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE SHOOTING. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY SHE LEFT AND TOOK THE CHILDREN AFTER HE HAD BECOME ABUSIVE IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM NOTES OF AREA CONSERVATION OFFICERS OVER THE PAST WEEK INCLUDE BEN HUENER INVESTIGATING A CALF DEPREDATION IN THE GREENBUSH AREA, AND CONTINUED WORK TO REMOVE FROZEN-IN FISHING SHELTERS FROM LAKES.
COREY SURA SAYS THE RAINY RIVER WAS BUSY AND ANGLERS SAW MODERATE SUCCESS.
GOVERNOR WALZ SIGNED THREE BILLS INTO LAW YESTERDAY. ONE OF THEM, CHAPTER 46, HF 2819, INCREASES PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN SNOWMOBILING AND OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RIDING, MEANT TO INCENTIVISE RESPONSIBLE USE.
NEW ON THE AVIAN FLU CONTINUES TO WORSEN IN MINNESOTA, WHERE THERE ARE NOW 34 CONFIRMED SITES. IT’S NOW BEEN DETECTED IN A TOTAL OF 16 DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
CROOKSTON SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY OLSON IS ONE OF TWO FINALISTS FOR A SUPERINTENDENT’S JOB IN BEMIDJI. OUTGOING SUPERINTENDENT IN THIEF RIVER FALLS, DONITA STEPAN, WAS ONE OF THE FINAL FOUR, BUT DID NOT MAKE THIS LAST CUT.
THE ROSEAU AREA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION IS HOSTING A COMMUNITY GOOD FRIDAY CHURCH SERVICE AT NOON THIS FRIDAY AT MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU. WILD 102 WILL HAVE A RADIO BROADCAST OF THAT SERVICE AT 3 PM ON FRIDAY.
The National Weather Service says a tornado with winds of more than 110 mph took the roofs off houses, destroyed grain bins, snapped power lines and lifted a house off its foundation in Taopi, Minnesota, late Tuesday. Two people were taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries.
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