UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAMPUSES WILL END THE LARGE EVENTS VACCINATION POLICY TODAY. SINCE JANUARY 26, THOSE ATTENDING EVENTS WERE REQUIRED TO SHOW EITHER PROOF OF VACCINATION OR A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST TO ENTER. THE MASK REQUIREMENT AT SUCH EVENTS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HEADS ARE WARNING MINNESOTA FARMERS TO PREPARE FOR DEADLY AVIAN INFLUENZA IN 2022. SEVERAL CASES ARE BEING FOUND IN DUCKS KILLED BY HUNTERS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, AND THEY FEAR THE WATERFOWL MIGRATION IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO BRING IT TO MINNESOTA THIS SPRING AND SUMMER. FOR MANY IN THE POULTRY INDUSTRY THIS SOUNDS UNCOMFORTABLY SIMILAR TO 2015, WHEN ABOUT 9 MILLION BIRD IN MINNESOTA AND 50 MILLION ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE KILLED BY THE VIRUS OR EUTHANIZED.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS SCHEDULED TWO PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL TO CREATE A NEW BEAR HUNTING UNIT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NORTHWEST ANGLE. A MEETING IS WEDNESDAY EVENING AT THE ANGLE INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THURSDAY AT THE WARROAD DNR OFFICE. THE PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CREATE SEPARATE BEAR HUNTING QUOTAS FOR THE NORTHWEST ANGLE, SEPARATE FROM THE AREA THAT IT IS CURRENTLY LUMPED IN WITH, WHICH STRETCHES ALL THE WAY SOUTH THE RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION, EAST TO BAUDETTE.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR RICHARD SPENST OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD MONDAY (11 AM) AT WOODLAND BIBLE CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION WILL BE SUNDAY (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD WITH A 6:00 PRAYER SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. RICHARD SPENST WAS 77.
MINNESOTA COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE DROPPED NEARLY 30% SINCE MID JANUARY.
MINNESOTA FAMILIES HAVE HAVE OWNED THEIR FARMS FOR 100 YEARS OR MORE ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR THE 2022 CENTURY FARM PROGRAM. . NEARLY 11,000 MINNESOTA FARMS HAVE BEEN HONORED SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1976. APPLICATIONS ARE ONLINE AT THE STATE FIAR’S WEBSITE.
Last modified: 02/10/2022
