YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR WALZ ANNOUNCED $6.2 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS TO HELP CHILD CARE ACROSS THE STATE. 21 ORGANIZATIONS WERE RECIPIENTS OF THOSE GRANTS AND THEY INCLUDE $250,000 FOR THE WARROAD COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER AND THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION RECEIVING $400,000.
EARLY THIS MORNING, LAW ENFORCEMENT TAPED OFF A LARGE AREA AROUND THE POLK COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER IN CROOKSTON. CROOKSTON POLICE AND MINNESOTA STATE PATROL TROOPERS WERE SEEN MONITORING THE AREA. THEY WOULD NOT DIVULGE INFORMATION ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT SAID DETAILS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY.
UPDATE: A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY CROOKSTON POLICE THIS MORNING AFTER THEY CAME ACROSS HIM BRANDISHING A HATCHET. HE RAPIDLY APPROACHED POLICE WHO FIRST DEPLOYED LESS LETHAL METHODS, BUT AFTER HE CONTINUED TO APPROACH, HE WAS SHOT.
THE MINNESOTA DNR WILL BE OFFERING 10 ELK HUNTING LICENSES FOR SEASONS THIS FALL, AND HUNTERS HAVE UNTIL JUNE 15 TO APPLY. TWO OF THOSE WILL HAVE LANDOWNER STIPULATIONS, TWO WILL BE 10-YEAR HISTORY PERMITS, WHILE ONLY SIX WILL BE UP FOR GRABS IN THE GENERAL LOTTERY.
THE WILDLIFE DRIVE AT THE ROSEAU RIVER WMA WILL BE OPEN TO VEHICLE ACCESS MAY 18-19. THE MAIN ACCESS IS LOCATED 1 3/4 MILES SOUTH OF THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE ON ROSEAU COUNTY ROAD 3. ONLY VEHICLES THAT ARE LICENSES FOR HIGHWAY USE ARE ALLOWED ON THAT ROAD. WEATHER COULD STILL CAUSE A CHANGE IN PLANS. THE ROAD WOULD STILL PLANNED TO BE OPEN AT IT’S USUAL TIME LATER IN THE SUMMER.
A funeral service for Laurie Hart will take place on May 20, 2024 at Rose Free Lutheran Church in Roseau at 2:00 pm with a visitation an hour prior. Interment will take place at Moe-Rose Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers please donate to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
A Funeral Service for Luella E. Solberg will be held on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:00AM at Grace Evangelical Church in Strathcona, MN. Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 5-7PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN with a prayer service at 6:30PM. Interment will take place at a later date.
Luella was 89.
A memorial service for Rex Welin will be held Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 at 10:00 am at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau with a visitation an hour prior. Internment will take place at Spruce Cemetery following the memorial service.
A memorial service for Nickolas Streiff of Warroad will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Zion Lutheran Church in Warroad at 2:00 pm with a visitation an hour prior. Nick was 25.
WE PREVIOUSLY HAD THE STORY OF 42-YEAR OLD DELWIN GUY JOHNSON OF MIDDLE RIVER SENTENCED FOR AN ASSAULT ON A YOUNG BOY. NOW HIS CO-DEFENDENT DENISE JEANETTE WALLACE HAS BEEN SENTENCED, RECEIIVNG TEH SAME TERMS THAT JOHNSON DID. THAT WAS 12 MONTHS IN PRISON, STAYED FOR FIVE YEARS, BUT WILL SERVE 120 DAYS IN JAIL.
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