THE CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE HUNT IN PERMIT AREA 261 SAW LITTLE PARTICIPATION FROM HUNTERS DUE THE EXTREME COLD SETTLING IN. SOME OTHER NOTES FROM AREA CONSERVATION OFFICERS SAW ANGLING HAS SLOWED SOME, AND COREY SURA SERVING THE BAUDETTE AREA RESPONDED TO FIRE ON UPPER RED LAKE WHEN A PROPANE TANK EXPLODED INSIDE A FISH HOUSE. ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS MADE IT BACK TO SHORE AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS DISMISSED A CASE THAT ALLEGED THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT USED EXCESSIVE FORCE WHILE DEALING WITH PROTESTERS AT A DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE PROTEST IN 2016. THE SUIT SAID POLICE USED RUBBER BULLETS, EXPLODING MUNITIONS, TEAR GAS, AND ALSO PRAYED WATER OVER PROTESTERS ON A FRIGID WINTER NIGHT. LAW ENFORCEMENT VIEWED THE PROTESTERS AS TRESPASSING AND FEARED FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.
ROSEAU’S KNOWLEDGE BOWL TEAM PLACED 1ST AND 4TH OUT OF 17 TEAMS AT A MEET IN CROOKSTON ON TUESDAY. MEMBER’S OF THE 1ST PLACE TEAM INCLUDE AUTUMN GROSS, CLANCY HEATH, LEVI STEINHAUER, JOEY SCHNEIDER, AND BELLA JOHNSON. ROSEAU WILL COMPETE NEXT, NEXT THURSDAY IN BEMIDJI.
YESTERDAY’S COVID-19 UPDATE FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHOWED 4,149 NEW CASED WITH 71 DEATHS STATEWIDE. THE LATEST WAVE IS SHOWING A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE CASES REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION, BUT DUE TO SHEER QUANTITY, OVERCROWDING OF UNDERSTAFFED HOSPITALS IS STILL POSING A PROBLEM. WITHIN THOSE NUMBERS, ROSEAU COUNTY ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY 1 CONFIRMED POSITIVE, WITH 5 ADDITIONAL PROBABLE CASES.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ALBIN GREEN ARE BEING HELD THIS AFTERNOON (2 PM) AT UNITED FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GREENBUSH, WITH VISITATION ONE HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL BE AT PAULI CEMETERY IN GREENBUSH. ALBIN GREEN WAS 82.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CHAZ BEYER IS FRIDAY (2 PM) AT RIVERSIDE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WANNASKA, WITH VISITATION ONE HOUR PRIOR. CHAZ PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 16TH AT THE AGE OF 30.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JULIE MAE LEGREID OF BADGER WILL BE SATURDAY (2 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, WITH VISITATION ONE HOUR PRIOR. JULIE WAS 61.
Minnesota’s two largest cities moved Wednesday to reimpose mask requirements in businesses and public places as the omicron variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said the requirement would take effect in both cities at 5 p.m. Thursday. Frey said it’s essential to keep the city healthy and moving, and wearing a mask is an obvious thing to do.
MINNESOTA SAW IT’S HIGHEST NUMBER OF TRAFFIC DEATHS IN MORE THAN A DECADE IN 2021. IN TOTAL, THERE WERE 497 TRAFFIC FATALITIES, THE MOST SINCE 2007. 162 OF THOSE WERE SPEED-RELATED, AN INCREASE OF 33% OVER THE YEAR PRIOR. OLMSTEAD COUNTY SHERIFF KEVIN TORGERSON SAID THE MINNESOTA TOWARD ZERO DEATHS CAMPAIGN HAD A GOAL OF 230 DEATHS IN A YEAR.
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