THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON WEDNESDAY SAID THERE WILL BE NO WOLF HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASON IN MINNESOTA IN 2021 AS THE AGENCY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP A NEW LONG-TERM WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH THEY EXPECT TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 2022. MANY FARMERS AND DEER HUNTERS HAVE PUSHED FOR A WOLF SEASON, SAYING THE BIG CANINES ARE KILLING LIVESTOCK, THREATENING PETS AND PEOPLE, DEPLETING DEER NUMBERS AND NEED TO BE CULLED. BUT WOLF SUPPORTERS SAY THE ANIMALS SHOULD REMAIN PROTECTED.
SOUTH 89 SEED IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE DONATED $3,000 TOWARD THE ROSEAU COUNTY 4-H EDUCATION PROGRAM AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
A PRODUCTION FROM THE POPCORN PLAYERS OPENS TONIGHT AT THE WARROAD HIGH SCHOOL THEATER. THE CAST MADE UP OF CHILDREN AGED 6-16 WILL PRESENT A PLAY TITLED “EXPOSED” PUTTING A NEW SPIN ON SOME CLASSIC FAIRY TALES.
THE LAKE OF THE WOODS STEAM AND GAS SHOW IS SET FOR THE WEEKEND OF JULY 31 AND AUGUST 1 AT THE GROUNDS NORTH OF ROOSEVELT.
THE STRING SHOWDOWN ARE TONIGHT’S PERFORMERS AT ROSEAU’S RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY MUSEUM AND ROSEAU CIVIC & COMMERCE CELEBRATE THE GRAND RE-OPENING OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY MUSEUM WITH AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL FROM 4:30-6:30 TODAY.
THE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN USING A REST STOP NEAR DRAYTON, NORTH DAKOTA TO ADMINISTER VACCINES TO CANADIAN TRUCK DRIVERS HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH JULY. THE ESSENTIAL WORKER CROSS-BORDER VACCINATION INITIATIVE RECENTLY REACHED A MILESTONE OF HAVING ADMINISTERED 2500 DOSES.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $167 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT TO FUND MINNESOTA’S ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AS A RESULT, THE PROGRAM IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS ALL YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGING THOUSANDS OF MINNESOTA HOUSEHOLDS TO APPLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH PAST-DUE ENERGY BILLS WHO ARE AT RISK OF UTILITY DISCONNECTIONS. HOUSEHOLDS COULD RECEIVE UP TO $1,600 FOR ENERGY BILLS AND MAY QUALIFY FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1,200 TO COVER PAST-DUE BILLS.
A PUBLIC MEMORIAL VISITATION FOR DALE K. WILMER OF ROOSEVELT WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING (6:00-8:00) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD, MN, WITH A PRAYER SERVICE AT 7:00PM. DALE WILMER WAS 81.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR STEVEN R. BERGSTROM OF ROSEAU, MN WILL BE HELD THIS MORNING (10 AM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. STEVEN BERGSTROM WAS 66.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR GARY “BUD” BORGEN OF PORT AUSTIN, MI, AND FORMERLY OF BADGER, MN WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 AT 1:00 PM AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR, MILITARY HONORS BY THE ROSEAU MEMORIAL HONOR SQUAD; AND INTERMENT AT BADGER CITY CEMETERY.
GARY “BUD” BORGEN, 79, OF PORT AUSTIN, MICHIGAN, DIED ON MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2021.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR GARY GILTHVEDT OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2021 AT 3:00 PM AT THE ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. INTERMENT WILL BE AT THE NORTHWOODS CEMETERY IN GRYGLA, MN.
GARY GILTHVEDT PASSED AWAY JULY 12, 2020 AT THE AGE OF 78.
U.S. REP. JIM HAGEDORN SAYS HE’S HAD A RECURRENCE OF HIS STAGE IV KIDNEY CANCER. THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED IN 2019, SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFFICE FOR HIS FIRST TERM. HE ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THAT RECENT TESTS AT THE MAYO CLINIC REVEALED THAT HIS CANCER IS BACK. HAGEDORN WON A SECOND TERM LAST NOVEMBER TO REPRESENT MINNESOTA’S 1ST DISTRICT, WHICH STRETCHES ACROSS THE STATE’S SOUTHERN BORDER.
THE MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS THE STATE’S UTILITIES MISMANAGED THEIR NATURAL GAS PURCHASES AFTER A HISTORIC WINTER STORM IN THE SOUTH. AND IT SAYS THAT LED THEM TO OVERBILL CUSTOMERS BY $380 MILLION. THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON RECOMMENDS THAT THE STATE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ALLOW UTILITIES TO RECOVER ONLY 53% OF THE $800 MILLION IN COSTS THEY ARE TRYING TO PASS ALONG TO CONSUMERS. WHOLESALE GAS PRICES IN MINNESOTA AND MANY OTHER STATES SOARED IN FEBRUARY WHEN A DEEP FREEZE STORM HIT TEXAS AND OTHER NATURAL GAS-PRODUCING STATES, FREEZING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DISRUPTING SUPPLIES.
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