ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS CONVENING A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKSHOP FOR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO ASSESS AND PLAN FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF ROSEAU COUNTY RESIDENTS. THERE ARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKSHOP, EITHER IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM, BOTH TOMORROW AFTERNOON FROM 1:00-4:00, OR FRIDAY FROM 8:00-11:00. WITH QUESTIONS OR TO REGISTER, CONTACT SUE GRAFSTROM AT 463-3375.
CROOKSTON POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHERE A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI AT THE INTERSECTION OF BROADWAY AND ROBERT STREET. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES THE CHILD WAS ON THE SIDEWALK AT THAT CORNER AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRAILER’S REAR TIRES WHEN THE TRUCK WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN. THE GIRL AND HER BIKE BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE TRAILER’S WHEELS. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO RIVERVIEW HEALTH AND LATER AIRLIFTED TO FARGO. MORE WILL BE AVAILABLE AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
WITH SO MUCH TALK ABOUT THE COVID VACCINE, IT’S ALSO OFFICIALLY TIME TO CONSIDER YOUR FLU SHOT. LAST YEAR’S FLU SEASON SAW INCREDIBLY LOW NUMBERS AS THE PRECAUTIONS WE WERE TAKING TO SLOW COVID SUCH AS MASKING AND DISTANCING, ALSO SLOWED THE FLU. GOVERNOR WALZ AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COMMISSION JAN MALCOLM WILL PUBLICLY RECIEVE THEIR FLU SHOTS TODAY TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS.
AS THE WOLF HUNT REMAINS A HOT TOPIC THROUGHOUT THE UPPER MIDWEST, WISCONSIN OFFICIALS HAVE CUT THEIR QUOTA FOR THIS NOVEMBERS HUNT FROM 300 WOLVES TO ONLY 130. THAT SEASONS BEGINS NOVEMBER 6TH, BUT THERE IS LEGAL ACTION BEING CONSIDERED TO CANCEL THAT SEASON, WITH COURT PROCEEDINGS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29TH. A SPECIAL HUNT IN FEBRUARY SAW NEARLY TWICE AS MANY WOLVES TAKEN THAT WAS PLANNED IN JUST A 72 HOUR SPAN.
OCTOBER IS MANUFACTURING MONTH IN MINNESOTA, WHERE THE SECTOR ACCOUNTED FOR 11.4% OF STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT IN 2020, WITH THE AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME BEING 10% HIGHER THAN ACROSS ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MONA LEE OF THIEF RIVER FALLS WILL BE HELD SATURDAY MORNING (11 AM) AT EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH IN THIEF RIVER FALLS. VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY (5-7) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT JOHNSON FUNERAL SERVICE IN THIEF RIVER FALLS, AND ALSO ONE HOUR PRIOR TO SATURDAYS SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL BE AT MICKINOCK CEMETERY IN WANNASKA. MONA LEE WAS 51.
THE ROSEAU EAGLES AUXILIARY HAVE THEIR SOUP AND SALAD LUNCHEON THIS THURSDAY, SERVED AT THE ROSEAU AMERICAN LEGION FROM 11:00 TO 1:00. MEALS CAN BE DINE IN OR TAKE OUT. PROCEEDS BENEFIT LOCAL CHARITIES.
THE WILLIAM A. IRVIN, THE RETIRED GREAT LAKES VESSEL DOCKED IN CANAL PARK WILL BRING BACK THE HAUNTED TOURS THIS FALL. WHAT HAD BEEN AN ANNUAL TRANSFORMATION HASN’T HAPPENED SINCE 2017.
Last modified: 10/05/2021
