A BENEFIT FOR DONNY JOHNSON WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 12TH AT GENE’S IN ROSEAU, SERVING A SPAGHETTI DINNER. THEY’LL HAVE RAFFLES AND AUCTIONS ALSO. DONNY IS UNDERGOING A LUNG TRANSPLANT AT MAYO CLINIC AND WILL BE HOSPITALIZED FOR MULTIPLE MONTHS, WITH FREQUENT RETURN TRIPS TO MAYO NECESSARY.
THE YOUTH OF MOE AND MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCHES IN ROSEAU WILL BE SELLING SWEET CORN AS A FUNDRAISER TOMORROW FROM 9-3 IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CENEX C-STORE IN ROSEAU. THAT’LL WILL HELP WITH A MISSION TRIP TO BELIZE NEXT YEAR.
THE GREENBUSH RACE PARK HAS TWO NIGHTS OF RACING THIS WEEKEND FOR THE LONG LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THEY’LL RACE AT 7 ON SATURDAY, WITH RACING BEGINNING AT 6 ON SUNDAY.
THE NORTHLAND THRESHING BEE IS SCHEDULED TO NEXT WEEKEND IN STRATHCONA.
LAST WEEK, THE US POSTAL SERVICE ANNOUNCED A PLAN THAT COULD CUT COSTS BY THREE BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. IT WOULD INVOLVE RURAL MAIL DELIVERY, AND ESSENTIALLY CHANGING THE 2-5 DAY TIME FRAME FOR FIRST CLASS MAIL DELIVERIES, TO ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE DELIVERIES COULD BE DELAYED BY UP TO ONE DAY.
FIVE MEMBERS OF THE RED LAKE NATION HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ABUSING A CHILD WHO THEY WERE SUPERVISING THROUGH A FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, 50 YEAR OLD TRINA MAE JOHNSON DIRECTED THE TORTURE AND WAS ABETTED BY BERTRAM LUSSIER JR AND JOHNSON’S THREE SISTERS, BOBBI JO JOHNSON, ELLIE MAE JOHNSON, AND PATRICIA ANN JOHNSON. THE ABUSE TOOK PLACE FROM JAN 2021 TO APRIL OF 2022. THE ABUSE INCLUDED PHYSICAL ASSAULTS AND WITHHOLDING FOOD TO THE POINT OF STARVATION.
CHARGES HAVE BEEN AMENDED AGAINST JENNIFER STATELY, THE RED LAKE WOMAN WHO STABBED HER TWO SONS, ONE OF WHOM DIED FROM THOSE WOUNDS, THE OTHER DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION AFTER SHE HAD LATER SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE. SHE WAS ALSO FOUND WITH HER THIRD SON, WHO WAS SERIOUSLY NEGLECTED. SHE NOW FACES PREMEDITATED MURDER CHARGES, ARSON, AND OTHERS. HE HAS FUTURE FEDERAL COURT DATES.
A visitation for RaNae Olson of Roseau will take place at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau from 10:00-12:00 pm on Saturday, August 31, 2024. Interment will take place at Malung Cemetery.
A Memorial Service for Shirley Kupper of Roseau will take place on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at Rose Free Lutheran Church in Roseau at 3:00 pm with a visitation an hour prior. Interment will take place at Moe-Rose Cemetery in Roseau.
A Memorial Service for Nancy Brandli of Warroad will take place on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at Zion Lutheran Church in Warroad at 11:00am. Nancy requested that everyone wear tropical attire to the service.
Last modified: 08/29/2024
