AIR QUALITY IS ONCE AGAIN RATED AS POOR ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA DUE TO SMOKE FROM CANADIAN WILDFIRES. AN AIR QUALITY ALERT THIS MORNING IS SET TO EXPIRE AT NOON.
MARSHALL COUNTY CENTRAL SCHOOLS ARE BREAKING GROUND THIS WEEK ON IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL BE MADE THANKS TO THE PASSING OF A $19 MILLION REFERENDUM. THOSE WILL HAPPEN AT THE MCC HIGH SCHOOL, VIKING ELEMENTARY AND THE NEWFOLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
FEDS ARE CHARGING A MAN WITH STEALING THE FAMED RUBY RED SLIPPERS OF DOROTHY FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ FROM THE JUDY GARLAND MUSEUM IN GRAND RAPIDS. THEY WERE TAKEN IN 2005 AND ROCOVERED IN 2018. NOW 76-YEARS OLD, TERRY JON MARTIN IS FACING ONE COUNT OF THEFT OF MAJOR ARTWORK. THE SLIPPERS WERE MOST RECENTLY APPRAISED AT $3.5 MILLION.
MOTHER’S DAY WAS A MOMENTOUS OCCASION FOR A PAIR OF WHITE-NAPED CRANE AT THE RED RIVER ZOO IN FARGO. THE COUPLE, STANLEY AND DUMPLING, PRODUCED THE ZOO’S FIRST EVER WHITE-NAPED CRANE CHICK. THE BIRD IS LISTED AS A RED-LIST SPECIES, THAT IS HIGH RISK OF GLOBAL EXTINCTION, WITH AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF ONLY 3700-4500 MATURE BIRDS.
A Funeral Service for Douglas B. Nosan of Baudette, MN will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 2:00PM at the Lake of the Woods Community Arena. Visitation will be held one hour prior at the arena. Interment will take place at Calvary Cemetery in Duluth, MN. Doug passed away at the age of 74.
A Memorial Service for Karen Zimdars will be held at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Skime on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 2:00pm with a visitation an hour prior. Interment will be held at Bethesda Cemetery.
A Memorial Service for Audrey Johnson of Roseau will be held at 2:00 PM on May 20, 2023 at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau. Interment will be in Falun Cemetery with a private ceremony at a later date.
A Funeral Service for Eva Olson of Roseau will be held Saturday, May 20th, 2023 at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau at 6:00pm with a visitation an hour prior. Interment will be held at Spruce Cemetery in Roseau.
A Funeral Service for Einar S. Bakken of Roseau, MN will be held on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 2:00PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the chapel. Interment will take place at Malung Cemetery. Military rites provided by the Roseau Memorial Honor Guard.
Einar passed away at the age of 94.
A Memorial Service for Millie Eaton of Roseau, MN will be held on Monday, May 22, 2023 at 11:00AM at Moe Lutheran Church in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral at the church. Interment will take place at Stafford Cemetery in Roseau, MN.
Millie passed away at the age of 84.
A Memorial Service for Lorrie O’ Connell of Williams will take place at the Williams Community Church in Williams on May 26, 2023 at 3:00pm
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