A FAMILY FROM ESKO, MN HAS BEEN NAMED THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER FOR BEING THE TALLEST FAMILY. THE TRAPP FAMILY OF FIVE, HAS AN AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 6 FOOT 8.03 INCHES TALL. THEY STARTED THIS ATTEMPTED IN DECEMBER OF 2020 AND HAS BEEN AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS. A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL NEEDED TO MEASURE THE FAMILY BOTH STANDING AND LAYING DOWN, MORNING, AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TO BECOME OFFICIAL.
POLITICAL REDISTRICTING IN MINNESOTA IN BRING SOME CHANGES TO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY MICHELLE FISHBACH, WILL LOSE MAHNOMEN, CLEARWATER, BELTRAMI, AND LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES TO DISTRICT 8, WHILE GAINING MORRISON COUNTY AND PART OF STEARNS COUNTY. THE NORTHWEST ANGLE WILL BECOME PART OF DISTRICT 8. IN LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS, DISTRICT 1A, REPRESENTED BY JOHN BURKEL, WILL NOW INCLUDE ALL OF PENNINGTON COUNTY.
SENATOR MARK JOHNSON OF EAST GRAND FORKS, ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL SEEK A THIRD TERM IN THE MINNESOTA SENATE THIS FALL, REPRESENTING DISTRICT 1.
THE ROSEAU CIVIC AND COMMERCE HAS ORGANIZED A WINTER FEST, WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT RUN FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE HOCKEY, A VENDOR SHOW, A LOVE TO READ EVENT FOR KIDS, CROSS COUNTRY SKI TRAILS AT OAKCREST GOLF COURSE, A PUB CRAWL, PANCAKE BREAKFAST AND MUCH MORE.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR TOM BILLBERG OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY (11 AM) AT SACRED HEARTH CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE TOMORROW (5-7 PM) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE FOLLOWED BY A ROSARY SERVICE, ALSO AT THE CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE IN PALMVILLE CEMETERY IN WANNASKA. TOM BILLBERG WAS 75.
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