34-YEAR OLD JOSEPH COLE WULFSON OF BROOKS WAS GRANTED A SUSPENDED SENTENCE AND ASSIGNED SUPERVISED PROBATION FOR AN INCIDENT IN WHICH HE ASSAULTED A CHILD. THE EVENTS TOOK PLACE ON JULY 6. VIDEO SHOWED HIM HEADBUTTING A PUSHING A CHILD REPEATEDLY. A SIBLING TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT IT WAS PUNISHMENT FOR LYING.
38-YEAR OLD ADAM WILLIAM STEINHAUER OF MIDDLE RIVER PLEADED GUILTY TO FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AN 11-YEAR OLD CHILD. STATE GUIDELINES WOULD PUT A SENTENCE BETWEEN 12 AND 30 YEARS. IN JULY OF 2024, A GIRL HAD REPORTED THAT HE HAD ABUSED WHEN SHE WAS 11 AND CONTINUED TO DO SO UNTIL SHE WAS ABOUT 13.
CATTLE RANCHERS AND FARMERS ARE RAISING CONCERNS OVER A PLAN TO EXPAND ELK HERD INTO THE NORTHEAST PART OF MINNESOTA. THIS IS A PLAN TO BRING THE ANIMAL BACK TO THE FOND DU LAC RESERVATION. THEY WOULD TAKE SMALL NUMBERS FROM THE NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA ELK HERDS, AND PLANT THEM IN THE NORTHEAST, SLOWLY OVER THE COURSE OF MANY YEARS. AN EVENTUAL POPULATION OF 100-150 ELK IS DESIRED. THE RANCHERS AND FARMERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DAMAGE THAT IS CAUSED BY ELK. IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, THERE CAN BE MORE THAN $100,000 IN DAMAGE CLAIMS PER YEAR, AND SOME SAY THEY ARE STILL AWAITING REIMBURSEMENT.
The funeral service for Jody Bednarski Of Baudette, MN will be held at Helgeson Funeral Home in Baudette on Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 12 PM. A lunch will be held at the Baudette American Legion immediately following the services.
Jody passed away at the age of 66.
A memorial service for Mable N. Tilton of Warroad, MN will be held on Monday, February 17, 2025 at the Warroad Senior Living Center Chapel in Warroad, MN at 1:00PM. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. Interment will take place at a later date.
Mable passed away at the age of 99.
A Funeral Service for Albert D. Borgen of Badger, MN will be held on Monday, February 17, 2025 at 11:00AM at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Badger, MN. Visitation will take place on Sunday, February 16, 2025 from 5-7PM at Helgeson Funeral Chapel in Roseau, MN and also one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at Badger City Cemetery in Badger, MN.
Albert passed away at the age of 88.
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