YOU HAD TO GET OUT OF EXTREME NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, BUT IT WAS UGLY ACROSS THE REGION YESTERDAY. THE INTERSTATE NEAR GRAND FORKS SAW 20 VEHICLES INVOLVED IN CRASHES, INCLUDING A SEMI PILE UP THAT CAUSED A CLOSURE OF I-29 FROM GRAND FORKS TO THOMPSON. A 26-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM LITTLE FALLS WAS KILLED IN A SEPARATE CRASH IN THAT SAME AREA.
MATT GROSSELL, A FOURTH TERM STATE REPRESENTATIVE, WAS CITED FOR DWI IN CLEAERWATER COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 11, WITH A BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT OF .15. HE IS ALSO A RETIRED CLEARWATER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY AND FORMER BLACKDUCK CHIEF OF POLICE. HE WAS INITIALLY STOPPED FOR SPEEDING, GOING 71 IN A 55.
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION OF BADGER IS SEEKING FUNDS FOR A VEHICLE REPAIR PROGRAM. LAST YEAR, WITH HELP FROM KITTSON COUNTY, THEY HELPED 10 FAMILY GET THEIR VEHICLES BACK ON THE ROAD, BUT THOSE FUNDS RAN OUT WITHIN SIX MONTH. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 15 FAMILIES ON A WAITING LIST SHOULD THAT PROGRAM BE FUNDED AGAIN. THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT MONEY FROM AN OPIOID SETTLEMENT COULD BE ALLOCATED TO HELP THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE INCOME RESTRICTIONS FOR THE PROGRAM, IT MUST BE A FAMILIES ONLY VEHICLE, AND MUST BE MECHANICAL ISSUES, NOT COSMETIC.
CPR CLASSES, SPONSORED BY THE GREENBUSH-BADGER LIONS, ARE BEING HELD THIS SATURDAY, AND AGAIN ON MARCH 11. THIS WEEKEND’S CLASS IS AT THE BADGER COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 1-3 PM, THE SECOND CLASS WILL BE HELD AT THE GREENBUSH FIRE HALL. COST IS $20 FOR NON-CERTIFICATION, OR $40 TO BECOME CERTIFIED. TO RSVP THIS WEEK CALL CURT AT 218-689-8127, FOR THE MARCH COURSE CALL DON AT 218-689-7438.
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