FORMER ROSEAU RESIDENT, 21-YEAR OLD TESSA HOLT DIED AT A FARGO HOSPITAL AFTER A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE SUNDAY EVENING. SHE WAS THROWN FROM THE BIKE AFTER IT LOST CONTROL, AND THEN STRUCK BY A SECOND MOTORCYCLE. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. IT’S BEEN A ROUGH START TO THE SUMMER FOR CYCLES IN NORTH DAKOTA, WHERE THEY HAVE ALREADY SEEN MORE MOTORCYCLE CRASHES IN 2022, THAN THEY SAW IN ALL OF 2021.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR TESSA J. HOLT OF FARGO, FORMERLY OF ROSEAU, WILL BE HELD SATURDAY (3 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE TOMORROW (5-7 PM) ALSO AT HELGESON’S. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT SPRUCE CEMETERY IN ROSEAU. TESSA WAS 21.
A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF GENTILLY, ABOUT 8 MILES FROM CROOKSTON, IS FACING A DAUNTING TASK OF UPGRADING IT’S HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM. THE CHURCH, 108 YEARS OLD AND LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES, HAS A BOILER SYSTEM THAT IS 60 YEARS OLD, BUT THEY’VE SEEN ESTIMATES THAT RANGE FROM $100,000 TO $400,000. THEY’LL DECIDE AT JULY MEETING WHAT THEY PATH FORWARD IS AND LIKELY HAVE A FUNDRAISER THROUGH A GO FUND ME ACCOUNT.
TODAY MARKS A DEADLINE FOR MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS TO EITHER RECEIVE THEIR COVID-19 VACCINATION OR FACE EXPULSION. ACCORDING TO STATS, 95% OF MEMBERS ARE VACCINATED BUT HOLDOUTS REMAIN. OF THE REMAINING 5%, 2% REQUESTED RELIGIOUS OR MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS, WHILE 3% ARE SIMPLY REFUSING THE VACCINE. IN TOTAL, THE MINNESOTA GUARD HAS ABOUT 13,000 MEMBERS, SO THIS COULD AMOUNT TO AROUND 600 SOLDIERS. A GUARD SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE HOLDOUTS UP TO THE LAST MOMENT THAT THEY DECIDE TO SIGN THEIR PAPERWORK TO LEAVE THE GUARD.
THE KICK’N UP KOUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL, HELD IN KARLSTAD, ANNOUNCED IT’S ATTENDANCE FOR THE 2022 CONCERTS AT JUST SHORT OF 30,000. THEY WERE 98% SOLD OUT OF VIP CAMPSITES. THE ATTENDANCE WAS NEARLY DOUBLE FROM LAST SUMMER.
ALTRU HOSPITAL IN GRAND FORKS IS NOW ABLE TO OFFER COVID-19 VACCINES TO THOSE THAT ARE 6 MONTHS OF AGE THROUGH 4 YEARS OF AGE. THE HOSPITAL ASKS THOSE WHO LIVE CLOSER TO ALTRU’S REGIONAL CLINICS TO CALL THOSE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS FOR AVAILABILITY.
THE MINNESOTA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHO HAS CONTINUED TO POST DAILY COVID-19 UPDATES SINCE THE VIRUS ARRIVED IN THE STATE IN 2020, SAYS THEY WILL MOVE TO WEEKLY REPORTING.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR BROOKE J. MARVIN OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD THURSDAY (2 PM) AT THE WARROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. VISITATION WILL BEGIN THURSDAY (NOON) AT THE CHURCH, WITH A SHARING TIME AT 1:00. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT RIVERSDIE CEMETERY IN WARROAD. BROOKE WAS 42.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR LAMBERT E. SCHIRES WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (10 AM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, WITH VISITATION AND HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN GREENBUSH. LAMBERT WAS 80.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR JASON J. LANNING OF ROOSEVELT WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 (11 AM) AT THE WARROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH. VISITATION WILL BE TUESDAY (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD WITH A 7 PM PRAYER SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT AMERICAN CEMETERY IN WARROAD. JASON WAS 51.
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