A WET SPRING IN MINNESOTA HAS LEFT FARMERS STATEWIDE WITH UN-PLANTED ACRES OF BARLEY, CANOLA, DRY EDIBLE BEANS, OATS, SUNFLOWERS AND OTHER SPRING WHEAT. A JUNE PLANTING REPORT ALSO SHOWED THAT MINNESOTA FARMERS MISSED PLANTING AN ESTIMATED 8 MILLION ACRE OF SOYBEANS, AND ONLY PLANTED 7.5 MILLION. CORN ACREAGE HOWEVER, INCREASED FROM 7.8 MILLION TO 8.3 MILLION. IN NEIGHBORING NORTH DAKOTA, SOME COUNTIES SAW FARMERS LEFT WITH 35-40% OF ACRES NOT PLANTED.
A NEW STATE PROGRAM WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN FARMING TO ACQUIRE LAND WITH $500,000 AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN DOWN PAYMENTS. IT IS AIMED TOWARDS SMALL SCALE FARMERS, AND CAN ASSIST WITH UP TO $15,000 FOR ONE PERSON.
THE SONS OF NORWAY MEET THIS EVENING AT 7 PM AT THE ROSEAU EVENT CENTER. JIM AND JAN STRANDLIE ARE PRESENTERS THIS WEEK. ANYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MEMBER.
SUNDAY IS CHURCH NIGHT AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR. PART OF THE EVENING IS RECOGNIZING THE ROSEAU COUNTY OUTSTANDING SENIOR CITIZEN VOLUNTEER AWARD WINNERS. THIS YEAR, THOSE ARE MARLENE LEWIS, A FORMER EDUCATOR OF OVER 30 YEARS, AND RICHARD ARNTZEN, A FORMER US BORDER PATROL OFFICER.
40 YEAR OLD PATRICK CHARLES BONGA OF DETROIT LAKES HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SEVERAL FELONIES, INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND FIRST DEGREE AGGRAVATED ROBBERY IN CONNECTION WITH A JUNE 7 INCIDENT. BONGA, WITH ACCOMPLICES 32 YEAR OLD ALICIA LIZZETT ALAINIZ AND 24 YEAR OLD KATHLEEN SAUNDERS INVITED A MAN INTO BONGA’S RESIDENCE WHERE THEY PROCEEDED TO ASSAULT HIM WITH WOODEN DOWELS, TIE HIM UP WITH A CHAIN, AND THROW BOILING WATER ON HIM. ALL THREE HAVE ADMITTED TO POLICE TO PARTICIPATING IN SOME MANNER, WHILE TRYING TO PLACE MOST OF THE BLAME ON EACH OTHER.
CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTS FROM THE WEEK MOSTLY FOCUS ON ATV AND ANGLING ENFORCEMENT ON LOCAL TRAILS AND BODIES OF WATER, ALTHOUGH BEN HUENER DID ASSIST THE ROSEAU POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH A BEAR IN A TREE.
THE GRAND FORKS AND EAST GRAND FORKS CITY COUNCIL’S MET JOINTLY, IN PART TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER BRIDGE CONNECTING THE TWO CITIES. BOTH AGREE THAT A BRIDGE IS NEEDED, BUT A LOCATION REMAINS UP IN THE AIR. A BRIDGE CONNECTING TO 32ND AVENUE IN GRAND FORKS SEEMS TO BE THE PREFERRED DECISION, BUT GRAND FORKS LEADERS HAVE ISSUES WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL RUN THROUGH AND SCHOOL ZONES.
THE GRAND FORKS HERALD WEBSITE FEATURES A STORY ON THE UNIQUE PROBLEMS OF FINDING BABY FORMULA FOR RURAL FAMILIES ON WIC. FINDING SOME FORMULAS REMAINS DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH LIMITED SHOPPING OPTIONS, THEN ADD IN WIC LIMITATIONS, SMALLER STORES NOT ACCEPTING WIC, ADDITIONAL GAS COST OF TRAVELING TO FIND FORMULA, WHICH EVEN THEN CAN BE A WILD GUESS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE ANY. WIC BENEFITS ALSO CAN ONLY BE USED IN THE STATE IN WHICH YOU RESIDE, FOR LIVING NEAR A BORDER DOESN’T HELP, AND PURCHASES HAVE TO BE DONE IN PERSON.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOSLYN K. MOREY OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (2 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL BE AT MOOSE RIVER TOWNSHIP CEMETERY IN WANNASKA. JOSLYN MOREY WAS 77.
THE MINNESOTA DNR WILL BEGIN HERBICIDE APPLICATIONS ON SELECT LAND IN THE WARROAD FORESTRY ADMINISTRATIVE AREA AROUND JULY 18 AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID-SEPTEMBER. THIS WILL PREPARE SITES FOR REFORESTATION, AND ELIMINATE OTHER VEGETATION THAT WOULD COMPETE WITH THE NEWLY PLANTED TREE SEEDLINGS. 102 ACRES ACROSS 7 SITES WILL BE TREATED.
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