23 YEAR OLD JORDAN HANSON OF KENNEDY HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE AND THIRD DEGREE MURDER FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF JUSTIN ESPARZA LAST WEEK IN HALLOCK. ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORTS, HANSON HAD RECENTLY BEEN IN THE CARE OF A FACILITY FOR DRUG ABUSE, BUT HAD BEEN PICKED UP FROM THAT FACILITY OVERNIGHT AND BROUGHT TO HER MOTHER’S HOUSE, WHERE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED. AUTHORITIES SAY HANSON WASN’T MAKING MUCH SENSE AND SEEMED TO BE DELUSIONAL FROM DRUG USE. A MAN AT THE SCENE, WHO SAID HE HAD SMOKED METHAMPHETEMINE WITH HANSON AND THE VICTIM, SAYS HE WITNESSED THE SHOOTING.
LAKE BRONSON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS SAY THEY HAVE ALREADY FELT THE EFFECT OF THE LAKE BEING DRAINED FOR A DAM REHABILITATION PROJECT, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING TO TAKE PUT THE FOCUS ON IMPROVING THEIR TOWN IN OTHER WAYS TO CONTINUE TO DRAW PEOPLE TO THE AREA. THEY DO HAVE THEIR ANNUAL BRONSON-FEST PLANNED FOR EARLY AUGUST, BUT THE LAKE BRONSON IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING AND DELEGATING ABOUT OTHER SORTS OF IMPROVEMENTS.
ROAD RESTRICTIONS ARE NOW IN PLACE ON LOST RIVER AND BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST ROADS. THOSE COINCIDE WITH STATE RESTRICTIONS. YOU MAY ALSO FIND SOME GATES CLOSED ON VARIOUS SECONDARY ROADS.
THOSE INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE OF THE ROSEAU RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA CAN HAVE THEIR INPUT DURING EITHER AN ONLINE WEBINAR OR IN PERSON MEETING WITH THE MINNESOTA DNR ON APRIL 8 & 9. THAT ONLINE WEBINAR IS APRIL 8 FROM 6-8 PM AND THE IN PERSON MEETING IS AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER FROM 6-8 PM ON APRIL 9. THE UPDATED MANAGEMENT PLAN WOULD GUIDE THE WMA FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THE LAST PLAN WAS MITIGATED BACK IN 1980.
THE WARROAD SCHOOL BOARD MEETS THIS MORNING FOR THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY DATE.
THE GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER SCHOOL HAS LEARNED THAT DUE TO BUDGET CUTS, HEADSTART WILL NOT BE PART OF THEIR PLANS FOR PRESCHOOL IN THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE DISTRICT WILL STILL OFFER PRESCHOOL FOR FOUR FULL DAYS PER WEEK. THEY WILL PRIORITIZE 4 YEAR OLDS FIRST AND TAKE 3 YEAR OLDS IS SPACE ALLOWS.
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