COUNTY HIGHWAY 13 SOUTH OF SALOL IS CLOSED TODAY FROM HIGHWAY 2 TO COUNTY ROAD 132. IT IS A ONE DAY CLOSURE FOR TEMPORARY ROAD MAINTENANCE.
A MOTHER FROM PELICAN RAPIDS IS FACING MURDER CHARGES AFTER THE DEATH OF HER 3-YEAR OLD GIRL. AUTHORITIES ARRIVED AT HER HOME MONDAY NIGHT AND FOUND HER ON THE COUCH WITH HER DAUGHTERLYING ON THE FLOOR. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, SAUD ALI TOLD OFFICER THAT SHE HAD PUNCHED AND STRANGLED THE CHILD TO GET HER TO STOP CRYING AND ALSO LAID ON TOP OF HER WHILE SHE WAS FACE DOWN. SHE’LL FACE UP TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON ON MOST SEVERE CHARGE.
ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY BRUCE HANSON IS OUT ON BOND AND HAS A HEARING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 24. HE IS CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE CRIMES RELATED TO PRESENTING FALSE INFORMATION AND UNAUTHORIZED ACQUISITION OF GOVERNMENT DATA. HANSON HAS NO OTHER CRIMINAL RECORD. CONDITIONS OF HIS RELEASE ARE NO POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND HE CANNOT LEAVE THE STATE WITHOUT APPROVAL.
THE BODY OF AN ANGLER WAS PULLED FROM LEECH LAKE ON TUESDAY AFTER A REPORT OF A MISSING FISHERMAN CAME IN MONDAY EVENING. THE DECEASED IS A 71-YEAR OLD MAN FROM WALKER. HE WAS FOUND IN THE SAME AREA WHERE HIS BOAT WAS FOUND. AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED IN THE COMING DAYS.
THE ANNUAL RUFFED GROUSE DRUMMING COUNTY IN MINNESOTA WAS UP JUST A TAD STATEWIDE, MORE NOTICEABLY IN THE NORTHEAST, AND DOWN IN THE NORTHWEST. STATEWIDE, THE AVERAGE WAS 2.1 DRUMMING MALES PER STOP, UP FROM 1.9 LAST YEAR. IN THE NORTHEAST IT WAS 2.4 PER STOP, UP FROM 2.0. IN THE NORTHWEST IT WAS JUST 1.5 DRUMS PER STOP, DOWN FROM 2.9 LAST YEAR, BUT IS ABOUT THE SAME AS THE YEAR PRIOR. THEY NOTE THAT THIS PROCESS GIVES A GOOD INDICATION OF POPULATION, IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE WHAT HUNTERS WILL SEE IN THE FALL, AS THE HATCHING SEASON IS IN JUNE AND ROUGHLY TWO-THIRDS OF GROUSE HARVESTED WERE HATCHED THAT SAME YEAR.
A THIEF RIVER FALLS WOMAN ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY STARTING A FIRE IN HER HOME IN AUGUST OF 2022, PLEADED NOT GUILTY YESTERDAY. 33-YEAR OLD MERANDA KAE LINDGREN IS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE ARSON AND COULD FACE A MAX SENTENCE OF 20 YEARS IN PRISON. LINDGREN CLAIMS SHE WAS NOT HOME WHEN THE FIRE STARTED.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DAVID MCCOURT OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS WILL BE HELD FRIDAY (1 PM) AT GREEN-LARSEN MORTUARY IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS. DAVID PASSED AWAY JULY 5.
Last modified: 07/13/2023
