A CROOKSTON MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY STABBING HIS MOTHER AND TRYING TO STRANGLE HER. 36-YEAR OLD KEVIN CORONA WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE VICTIM WAS HIS MOTHER ANGIE GONZALEZ. SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED, BUT IS RECOVERING WELL. CORONA HAS BEEN LIVING WITH HIS MOTHER SINCE HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON, AND THEY SAY THE DISPUTE WAS OVER RELOCATION AND DRUG USE.
WARROAD SUMMER THEATER IS PREPARING WHAT WILL BE THEIR FIRST PRODUCTION OF 2023. THEY DO HAVE NEW INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING RESERVATIONS. A PHONE IS NOW 218-242-3476, OR EMAIL IS BOXOFFICEWST@GMAIL.COM
WARROAD HOCKEY WILL BE PRESENT AT THE LET’S PLAY HOCKEY EXPO AT THE SAINT PAUL RIVERCENTER THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THEY’LL BE SHOWCASING THEIR PLANS FOR HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA 2024, HOSTED IN WARROAD.
THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN SPRAGUE, MANITOBA IS HAVING A SPRING FLING SOCIAL FUNDRAISER ON MARCH 18TH, WITH A DANCE, 50/50 RAFFLE, AUCTIONS, AND A CASH BAR. THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE DESIGNATED DRIVERS FOR THE NIGHT. TICKETS FOR THE EVENT AT THE SPRAGUE COMMUNITY CENTER ARE $10 EACH.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR VERNON MELBY WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY (11 AM) AT OILAND FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN RURAL GREENBUSH. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE. VERNON MELBY WAS 87.
SINCE LAST FRIDAY, THE CITY OF STEPHEN HAS BEEN DEALING WITH A WATER MAIN BREAK THAT IS AFFECTED THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY. OVER THE WEEKEND, THEY HAD PUT A BOIL WATER ORDER IN PLACE, THEN HAD TAKEN THAT OFF, BUT THEN YESTERDAY MORNING SAID THE WATER MAIN HAD BROKEN AGAIN, AND SOME RESIDENTS WERE WITHOUT WATER, AND FOR THOSE WHO HAD IT, A BOIL WATER ADVISORY WAS BACK IN PLACE.
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