A ST. HILLAIRE MAN HAS BEEN GIVEN A ONE YEAR JAIL SENTENCE FOR ROLE IN THE OVERDOSE DEATH OF HIS FIANCEE. 31-YEAR OLD ANTHONY JOSEPH DRURY PLEADED GUILTY TO THIRD-DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF MICHAELA ROSE CONSTANCE COOPER THAT OCCURRED IN DECEMBER OF 2021. HE WAS GRANTED A STAY ON HIS PRISON SENTENCE OF 74 MONTHS AND WILL BE ON SUPERVISED PROBATION FOR UPT TO 10 YEARS.
POLICE WERE CALLED ON TUESDAY EVENING TO THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT AT NEW FLYER IN CROOKSTON FOR AN UNRESPONSIVE MALE IN A VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVAL, THE 57-YEAR OLD MAN WAS FOUND TO BE DECEASED. NO NAME WAS RELEASED AND RESULTS OF AN AUTOPSY ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE.
THE MANHUNT MENTIONED IN YESTERDAY’S NEWS, ABOUT A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN INSIDE A SMALL TOWN NORTH DAKOTA BAR, HAS ENDED. 45-YEAR OLD NICHOLAS POITRA WAS TAKEN IN CUSTODY YESTERDAY. A FARMER RECOGNIZED POITRA WAS HE WAS WALKING NEAR HIS FARM AND WAS ABLE TO HOLD HIM AT GUN POINT WHILE AUTHORITIES RESPONDED.
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION OF BADGER IS SEEKING FUNDS FOR A VEHICLE REPAIR PROGRAM. LAST YEAR, WITH HELP FROM KITTSON COUNTY, THEY HELPED 10 FAMILY GET THEIR VEHICLES BACK ON THE ROAD, BUT THOSE FUNDS RAN OUT WITHIN SIX MONTH. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 15 FAMILIES ON A WAITING LIST SHOULD THAT PROGRAM BE FUNDED AGAIN. THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT MONEY FROM AN OPIOID SETTLEMENT COULD BE ALLOCATED TO HELP THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE INCOME RESTRICTIONS FOR THE PROGRAM, IT MUST BE A FAMILIES ONLY VEHICLE, AND MUST BE MECHANICAL ISSUES, NOT COSMETIC.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR JERRY MODAHL OF BEMIDJI WILL BE HELD AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU ON FRIDAY (1 PM). VISITATION WILL BE HELD AN HOUR PRIOR AND INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. JERRY WAS 64.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR LELAND O. OLSON OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD FRIDAY (6 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR, AND INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. LELAND WAS 87.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR JACK STEINHAUER WILL BE HELD AT WOODLAND BIBLE CHURCH IN WARROAD THIS MORNING (11 AM) WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR. JACK WAS 88.
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