SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR IS PUSHING TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO POSTAL DELAYS, DUE TO STAFFING BUT ALSO DUE TO AMAZON PACKAGE VOLUMES OVERWHELMING POST OFFICES, AND SOMETIMES BEING PRIORITIZED OVER OTHER MAIL. HER LETTER TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS PROBLEMS WITH DELIVERY SERVICES IN BEMIDJI.
42 YEAR OLD CRYSTAL LEA KING OF EAST GRAND FORKS APPEARED IN COURT TUESDAY CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FIRST-DEGREE DRUG SALES. SHE FACES UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON AND $1 MILLION IN FINES. IN JUNE, A CONTROLLED BUY WAS COMPLETED AFTER AN INFORMANT HAD TOLD POLICE SHE WAS SELLING METH. TWO OTHER PEOPLE ARE ALSO CHARGED WITH ACTIONS CONNECTED TO THOSE DRUG SALES.
A HIGH SPEED CHASE ON I-94 NEAR VALLEY CITY YESTERDAY REACHED SPEEDS EXCEEDING 130 MPH. THE DRIVER, 36-YEAR OLD DYLAN MILLER OF MOORHEAD, WAS INITIALLY PULLED OVER FOR GOING 110 MPH, AND THEN FLED DURING THAT TRAFFIC STOP. HE EVENTUALLY CRASHED THE CAR, WAS NOT INJURED, AND WAS APPREHENDED. HE REPORTEDLY TOLD THE TROOPER AT ONE POINT TO “SHOOT ME.” HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY FLEEING AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS.
ALL GUESTS AND STAFF WERE EVACUATED FROM THE AMERICINN IN PROCTOR DUE TO A CHLORINE GAS ISSUE. CREWS WORKED FOR OVER AN HOUR TO VENTILATE THE BUILDING AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH OTHER MEASURED AIR QUALITY. AT NO POINT DID THE QUALITY EVER REACH THE UNSAFE RANGE. THE LEAK REPORTEDLY ORIGINATED FROM A MIXING OF CLEANING CHEMICALS IN A DRAIN.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARK STEPHENS OF STRATHCONA WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY AT 11 AM AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS TOMORROW AT 5 PM AT TEH CHRUCH WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE. VISITATION IS ALSO AN HOUR PRIOR ON SATURDAY. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW THE SERVICE AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CEMETERY. MARK WAS 78.
A RARE THREE-ANTLERED BUCK WAS HARVESTED NEAR GRANITE FALLS ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE MUZZLE LOADER SEASON. IT WAS AN 11-POINTER SHOT BY CHASE MORTENSON. THE DEER HAD TWO FOUR POINT ANTLERS WITH A THIRD COMING IN THE MIDDLE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 POINTS. HE SAID IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT DEER COULD GROW A THIRD ANTLER, NORMALLY IF SOMETHING INTERFERES WITH BLOOD FLOW DURING THE ANTLERS MATURATION.
MAYO CLINIC IS SET TO INVEST $5 BILLION IN IT’S ROCHESTER FACILITY. BY 2030 THEY PLAN TO BUILD FIVE NEW DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS AND WILL HAVE 2.4 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF NEW SPACE. TWO OF THE BUILDINGS WILL BE CLINICAL, WITH A POSSIBLE INCREASE OF 306 BEDS.
A NEW HUNTING GROUP CALLED “HUNTERS FOR HUNTERS” IS HOLDING MEETINGS DESIGNED TO INFORM AND DISCUSS WOLF MANAGEMENT. THEY’LL HOLD THESE MEETINGS EARLY DECEMBER THROUGH MID JANUARY WITH A DEC 29 DATE IN DETROIT LAKES AND JAN 15 IN BAGLEY.
Last modified: 11/30/2023
