ROSEAU COUNTY 4-H’ERS AND OTHERS FROM ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA ARE OFF TO EXHIBIT AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR. THEY GET HELP FROM BYFUGLIEN TRUCKING TO TRANSPORT THE LIVESTOCK. THE GO ROSEAU FACEBOOK PAGE SHARED A STORY OF THEIR LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM WAS REPORTEDLY INJURED DURING A PICKUP BASKETBALL GAME, JUST HOURS BEFORE LAST NIGHTS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THERE WERE QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD PARTICIPATE, ULTIMATELY, HE DID.
IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE SUMMER BREAK HAVE CONTINUED AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A PROJECT IN NEWFOLDEN ON THEIR SCHOOLS, AND IN GOODRIDGE, THEY’VE HAD A LARGE PLAYGROUND PROJECT FOR THE SCHOOL. THEY ARE HOLDING A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY ON AUGUST 30 AT 5 PM FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND SEE THE COMPLETED PROJECT.
FOLLOWUP TO A STORY A FEW WEEKS BACK, WHERE A DRAYTON SCHOOL MEMBER HAD RESIGNED, BUT SHE IS PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO MISUSING HOCKEY FUNDS. JESSICA DAWN AASAND IS ACCUSED OF MISUSING OVER $5000. ALLEGEDLY, MONEY WAS USED TO COVER SHIRTS FOR A NON-HOCKEY FUNDRAISER AND TO COVER MONEY THAT SHE OWED FROM SELLING RAFFLE TICKETS.
THE VICTIM OF A HOMICIDE THAT TOOK PLACE NEAR DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI ON AUGUST 10 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 29-YEAR OLD JARED WILLIAM EASON OF BEMIDJI. HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED DURING A WELFARE CHECK ON AUGUST 12. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS BLUNT-FORCE INJURIES.
A Funeral Service for Willis Bitter of Baudette will take place on Thursday, August 24, 2023 at Wabanica Lutheran Church in Baudette at 1:00pm with a visitation an hour prior. Interment will be held at Elm Park Cemetery.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR LILA GRANDSTAND WILL BEHELD AT SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH IN RURAL STEPHEN, TOMORROW AT 10:30 AM. VISITAITON IS THIS EVENING FROM 5-7 WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT DUBORE FUNERAL HOME IN WARREN. THERE IS ALSO VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR TOMORROW. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT SALEM LUTHERAN CEMETERY. LILA GRANDSTAND WAS 94.
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