YESTERDAY MORNING THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCED CONFIRMED CASES OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN A WESTERN MINNESOTA TURKEY FLOCK. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BURKEL IN A STATEMENT SAID THE “RESURGENCE SO SOON IS CONCERNING” AND THAT HE IS “WORKING WITH MDA OFFICIALS TO ENSURE THAT THE IMPACT OF THIS OUTBREAK IS MINIMIZED.” HE ALSO REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THERE IS NO IMPACT TO FOOD SAFETY.
THE IDENTITIES OF THE FOUR KILLED IN A MURDER-SUICIDE ON AN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA FARM HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED MONDAY ON A FARM WEST OF MAZA. FARM OWNER DOUGLAS DULMAGE, ALONG WITH FARM HANDS JUSTIN BRACKEN, RICHARD BRACKEN, AND ROBERT BRACKEN WERE ALL KILLED. THE MOTIVE FOR THE KILLING IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND TO THIS POINT THEY HAVE NOT NAMED THE GUNMAN, ALTHOUGH FAMILY WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT WAS NOT DULMAGE.
A CUSTOMER AT A ROCHESTER RESTAURANT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE CRIMES AFTER SHE THREW A FIT OVER THE PORTION SIZE OF HER SANDWICH. VENESSA WRIGHT GOT INTO A VERBAL ARGUMENT AND THREATENED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE EMPLOYEES. THE MELEE OCCURRED AT A SUBWAY LOCATION.
THE MAJOR INTERCHANGE PROJECT IN DULUTH WITH I-35 AND CONNECTIONS TO HIGHWAY 53 AND TO THE BLATNIK BRIDGE CONNECTING TO SUPERIOR IS FACING SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGE DELAYS. AT A PUBLIC MEETING ON MONDAY, THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THE OPENING OF THOSE CONNECTIONS HAS BEEN PUSHED TO THE FALL OF 2023.
THE YOUTH OF MOE AND MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCHES WILL BE SELLING FRESH SWEET CORN IN THE PARKING LOT OF CENEX IN ROSEAU, TOMORROW BEGINNING AT 9 AM. THAT IS FOR A FREEWILL DONATION AND THE FUNDS GOING TOWARD A MISSIONS TRIP TO BELIZE AND OTHER YOUTH PROJECTS.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR IONE FILLMORE OF MIDDLE RIVER WILL BE HELD THURSDAY (2 PM) AT NAZARETH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN HOLT, WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL WILL BE HELD AT HOLT CEMETERY. IONE FILLMORE WAS 75.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MELFORD M. OLSON OF BUADETTE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY (11 AM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT AT ELM PARK CEMETERY. MILITARY RITES BY THE BAUDETTE VETERAN CEREMONIAL SQUAD. MELFORD WAS 85.
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