THE BURLEIGH MORTON DETENTION CENTER IN BISMARK, NORTH DAKOTA IS NOW OFFERING THE COVID-19 VACCINATION TO INMATES. THAT’S A REVERSAL, A FEW WEEKS AFTER A STORY WAS RUN ON HOW INMATES WERE BEING DENIED THAT OPPORTUNITY. BURLEIGH COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS HE CHANGED HIS MIND AFTER HEARING MORE SUCCESS STORIES FROM OTHER JAILS, WHERE MORE THAN 70% OF INMATES ARE FULLY IMMUNIZED.
CHANGES TO THE CHILD TAX CREDIT BEGIN THIS MONTH, WITH ADVANCE PAYMENTS COMING TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY. THOSE WOULD RECEIVE $300 PER MONTH FOR A CHILD FIVE AND UNDER, AND $250 PER MONTH FOR A CHILD BETWEEN SIX AND SEVENTEEN. YOU CAN OPT OUT OF THE ADVANCE PAYMENT, AND CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE LARGE LUMP SUM AT TAX TIME, BY VISITING THE IRS WEBSITE. THERE IS THE DANGER OF NEEDING TO REPAY SOME OF THE ADVANCE PAYMENT AT TAX TIME IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS APPLY.
FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS IN EVELETH WERE CUT SHORT ON SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER SPARKS FROM THE DISPLAY IGNITED A WILDFIRE IN A GRASSY AREA SOUTH OF THE CITY’S MAIN STREET AREA. EVELETH FIREFIGHTERS, WITH HELP FROM GILBERT AND FAYAL TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENTS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY CONTROL THE BLAZE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO STRUCTURES WERE THREATENED.
THE CITY OF TOWER CANCELLED THEIR DISPLAY DUE TO DRY CONDITIONS.
WE’VE HEARD PLENTY OF GRIPES FROM RESORT OWNERS AT THE NORTHWEST ANGLE ON THE BORDER CLOSURES EFFECT ON THEIR LIVLIHOOD, BUT THE SAME APPLIES TO RESORT OWNERS IN MANITOBA AND ONTARIO. A DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE ARTICLE FEATURES COMMENTS FROM RYAN RUNGE, OWNER OF SLATE FALLS OUTPOSTS NEAR SIOUX LOOKOUT, ONTARIO. HE SAID 97% PERCENT OF HIS BUSINESS COMES FROM AMERICAN TOURISTS. A GROUP THAT REPRESENTS TOURISM IN ONTARIO REPORTS A REGION WIDE 91%-97% DECREASE IN BUSINESS SINCE THE BORDER CLOSED LAST YEAR. THAT GROUP HAS FORMALLY ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO AT LEAST GET THE POINT THAT FULLY VACCINATED AMERICANS COULD CROSS THE BORDER.
THE STRING SHOWDOWN, A DUELING STRING DUO, WILL PERFORM THIS THURSDAY AT ROSEAU’S RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO, AS THE CONCERT SERIES RETURNS AFTER A WEEK OFF.
A FUNDRAISER FOR A GREENBUSH WALKING PATH IS NEXT TUESDAY AT LEGION PARK, WITH FOOD AND MUSIC FROM THE NORTHERN SUNS.
THERE WILL BE MAINTENANCE ON SJOBERG’S FIBEROPTIC INTERNET SERVICE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW, AND FINISHING NO LATER THAN THURSDAY.
SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN CANADA IS HAVING A HEAVIER IMPACT ON THE REGION TODAY. AIR QUALITY ISSUES COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WITH CERTAIN ALLERGIES OR RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS.
A BUSINESS AFTER HOURS EVENT AND A GRAND RE-OPENING CELEBRATION OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY MUSEUM WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY, AT THE MUSEUM FROM 4:30-6:30. THEY’LL GIVE GUIDED TOURS AT 5:00 AND 6:00, SERVE REFRESHMENTS AND AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR RANDY KOSTRZEWSKI IS TODAY (4:00-6:00) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. A PRAYER SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 6:00. RANDY WAS 56.
A PUBLIC MEMORIAL VISITATION FOR DALE K. WILMER OF ROOSEVELT WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021 FROM 6-8PM AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD, MN, WITH A PRAYER SERVICE AT 7:00PM. DALE WILMER WAS 81.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR ANN B. JOCHIM OF BAUDETTE, MN WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (2 PM) AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BAUDETTE, MN. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT ELM PARK CEMETERY IN BAUDETTE, MN. ANN PASSED AWAY JULY 4, 2021 AT THE AGE OF 98.
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS PULLED A MAN FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS REPORTS OFFICERS FOUND THE MAN IN THE WATER NEAR RASPBERRY ISLAND JUST BEFORE 3 A.M. HIS FOOT WAS TRAPPED UNDER A LOG.
A MINNEAPOLIS CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER WHO DESCRIBED PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS AND LAWSUITS AGAINST BUSINESSES THAT VIOLATED STATE PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES AS “INTRUSIVE STATE GOVERNMENT” ANNOUNCED HER BID ON SUNDAY TO UNSEAT MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON. ATTORNEY LYNNE TORGERSON ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY THAT SHE WILL RUN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 2022, CITING “DESTRUCTIVE GOVERNMENT LOCKDOWNS, LAWSUITS BY (ELLISON) AND UNFAIR PRACTICES THAT THREATEN MINNESOTANS’ FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS.”
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