CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISHBACH HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE NINE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS FROM HER 7TH DISTRICT TO UNITED STATES SERVICE ACADEMIES. SHE SAID IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FEEL CALLED TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY. THE STUDENTS WERE FROM MOTLEY, FERITLE, DETROIT LAKES, ALEXANDRIA, BELGRADE, FRAZEE, RICHMOND, SARTELL, AND FERGUS FALLS.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WAS ELECTED TO SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION.
A RED LAKE FALLS MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMES AFTER ALLEGEDLY SPIKING ANOTHER MANS DRINK WITH MDMA AND METHAMPHETAMINE. 27-YEAR OLD LANE ALLEN ANDERSON FACES UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON AND $20,000 IN FINES. IT DATES TO NOVEMBER 7, WHEN RED LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE GOT A CALL FROM SANFORD ER IN THIEF RIVER FALLS WHERE VICTIM CLAIMED HE WAS POISONED. THE SUSPECT IS THE BOYFRIEND OF THE VICTIM’S SISTER. THE VICTIM IS ALSO AUTISTIC. AFTER INITIALLY DENYING HE HAD DONE IT, ON NOVEMBER 15, ANDERSON ADMITTED TO PUTTING METH IN THE DRINK, BUT CLAIMED HE HAD DECLARED IT WAS IN THERE, AND THAT THE VICTIM HAD USED THE DRUGS BEFORE. HE HAS A COURT APPEARANCE ON DECEMBER 20.
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC HOLIDAY TRAIN WILL ENTER MINNESOTA TOMORROW IN THE SOUTH AND MAKE IT’S WAY NORTH OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS. IT EVENTUALLY REACHES THE MAHMOMEN, PLUMMER, THIEF RIVER FALLS AREA ON DECEMBER 14, RANGING FROM 4-8 PM.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE YESTERDAY MORNING CONFIRMED THAT BRANDON TYRONE HAMILTON WAS STILL AT LARGE. HE IS THE MAN ACCUSED OF POINTING A GUN AT SOMEONE DURING AN ALTERCATION LAST WEEK.
NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS SUSPENDING HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
A Funeral Service for Kenneth Brateng will be held at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Skime on December 11, 2023 at 11:00am with a visitation an hour prior. A Visitation will also be held the night before at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau from 5:00-7:00pm with a prayer service starting at 7:00pm. Interment will be held at Bethesda Cemetery.
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