THE WOMAN KILLED IN A TRAIN-VERUS-VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING JUST EAST OF WARROAD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 63-YEAR OLD MARY LOU BOURMAN OF WARROAD. SHE WAS THE LONE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE. WITNESSES SAY BOURMAN DROVE THE VEHICLE ONTO THE TRACKS AND CAME TO A STOP. THE ACCIDENT DOES REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION.
BOTH MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA HAVE REPORTED A CASE OF HEPATITIS A THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE ORGANIC STRAWBERRY OUTBREAK. THE STRAWBERRIES WERE BRANDED AS EITHER FRESHKAMPO OR H-E-B BRAND AND WERE SOLD OVER A MONTH AGO, BUT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH LEADERS CONTINUE TO REMIND THOSE WHO MAY HAVE FROZEN THEM.
FOR MINNESOTA STUDENTS LOOKING TO ATTEND COLLEGE IN NORTH DAKOTA, TAKING THE ACT OR SAT OR OTHER STANDARDIZED TESTS WILL NO LONGER BE NECESSARY FOR ADMISSION. THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION VOTED TO REMOVE THAT REQUIREMENT, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023. THOSE TESTS CAN STILL BE PART OF QUALIFYING FOR VARIOUS SCHOLARSHIPS, AND REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT MEANS A HIGHER EMPHASIS WILL BE PUT ON A STUDENTS GRADE POINT AVERAGE.
A VISITATION FOR SELMER HOLLAND JR. OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD (12:30). GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL FOLLOW AT AMERICA CEMETERY IN WARROAD. SELMER HOLLAND JR WAS 85.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ARLENE CARLSON OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD AT FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ROSEAU ON MONDAY (2 PM) WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR. VISITATION WILL ALSO BE SUNDAY (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL BE AT EDDY-OAK HILL CEMETERY IN ROSEAU. ARLENE WAS 93.
A PUBLIC INPUT MEETING WAS HELD, LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING ANOTHER I-29 INTERCHANGE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR TRAFFIC TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE AND ENTER GRAND FORKS SOMEWHERE FURTHER SOUTH THAN 32ND AVENUE. THAT 32ND AVENUE CORRIDOR CURRENTLY SEES AROUND 30,000 VEHICLES PERDAY AND CAN BE WORSE DURING EVENTS AT THE ALERUS CENTER OR THROUGH THE BUSY HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON. THE FOUR INTERSECTIONS CLOSEST TO THE I-29 INTERCHANGE ALSO SEE A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AMOUNT OF CRASHES.
GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND CHALLENGER SCOTT JENSEN BOTH MADE IT PAST THE FILING DEADLINE WITHOUT ANY OTHER HIGH PROFILE CHALLENGERS COMING TO FOREFRONT, AND IT APPEARS MORE AND MORE THAT IT WILL BE THOSE TWO THAT GO TOE TO TOE IN NOVEMBER.
OFFICIALS NOW SAY THAT THE MEMORIAL DAY STORMS PRODUCED MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN TORNADOES STATEWIDE. THE NORTHERN-MOST WAS IN THE PROXIMITY OF DEER RIVER, WHERE THE EF-1 TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 150 YARDS WIDE PRODUCING WINDS FROM 86-110 MPH.
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