A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION JUST OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT THE CROOKSTON HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND CAUSED THE SCHOOL TO GO INTO A LOCKDOWN. PER SCHOOL POLICY, THEY WILL ENTER A LOCKDOWN DUE TO A PHYSICAL OR VERBAL ALTERCATION. THEY WERE IN LOCKDOWN FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. POLICE WERE CALLED TO MITIGATE THE SITUATION.
IF YOU’RE EAGER FOR SUMMER, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS A RELEASE REGARDING SUMMER CAMPING INFORMATION, TIPS, AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CAMPING IN ONE OF MINNESOTA’S PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS. THE STATE OFFERS OVER 5000 CAMPSITES THAT CAN BE RESERVED.
BAUDETTE IS LOOKING TO HAVE A SPLASH PAD ADDED TO THEIR COMMUNITY. AT A FEBRUARY COUNTY BOARD MEETING, IT WAS AGREED TO CONDITIONALLY GIVE $35,000 THE SPLASH PAD COMMITTEE PENDING DNR GRANT APPROVAL.
52-YEAR OLD JASON MOE OF GRYGLA WAS ARRESTED AFTER A HIGH SPEED PURSUIT AND INTENTIONALLY CRASHING INTO A BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT SQUAD CAR. THOSE EVENTS TRANSPIRED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY IN THE BLACKDUCK AND BEMIDJI AREA. A DEPUTY FIRST OBSERVED ERRATIC DRIVING BEHAVIOR AND WAS INITIATING A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN MOE ACCELERATED UP TO SPEEDS OF 100 MPH.
A Stevens County juvenile goat residing on a farm with a highly pathogenic avian influenza-positive poultry flock tested positive for the same virus. This is the first U.S. detection of HPAI in a domestic ruminant (cattle, sheep, goats and their relatives), according to a news release from the Minnesota Board of Animal Health. All poultry on the property were already quarantined from the February avian influenza detection. “This finding is significant because, while the spring migration is definitely a higher risk transmission period for poultry, it highlights the possibility of the virus infecting other animals on farms with multiple species,” state veterinarian Dr. Brian Hoefs
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