MINNESOTANS LOOKING FOR HELP WITH BACK RENT HAVE UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FOR THE RENT-HELP-MN RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THAT HAS ALREADY SUPPLIED NEARLY $350 MILLION TO 46,000 HOUSEHOLDS STATEWIDE. THE PROGRAM STILL HAS ABOUT $100 MILLION FEDERAL DOLLARS TO DISTRIBUTE. WITH INFLATION UP, OMICRON STILL CAUSING WORK DIFFICULTIES, AND THE FACT THAT MANY FAMILIES DID NOT RECEIVE THE MONTHLY CHILD TAX CREDIT PAYMENT IN JANUARY HAVE LED TO AN INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS.
THE RCMP IS WORKING WITH THE INDIAN CONSULATE IN TORONTO FOR HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE REMAINS OF THE INDIAN FAMILY FOUND NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER LAST WEEK.
IT’S POSSIBLE THAT MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA HAVE REACHED A PEAK OF THE OMICRON VARIANTS SURGE OF COVID-19. LAST WEEK, NORTH DAKOTA RECORDED A SINGLE DAY CASELOAD OF OVER 12,000, BUT HAVE STEADILY DECLINED TO ONLY REPORTING JUST OVER 7,000. IN MINNESOTA, THE POSITIVITY RATE HAS DROPPED ABOUT ONE PERCENTAGE POINT, BUT SOME WARN THAT ALL APPEARS TO BE LESSENING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE, AND NOWHERE ELSE.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR DORAN E. HORNER OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (11 AM) AT UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. DORAN HORNER WAS 92.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR LEW A. ERICKSON OF ROSEAU WIL BE HELD MONDAY (11 AM) AT MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. INTERMENT WILL BE AT MICKINOCK CEMETERY IN WANNASKA AT A LATER DATE. LEW ERICKSON WAS 65.
YESTERDAY, ROGER AND WYATT KRAM, WHO ARE RIDING VINTAGE JOHN DEERE SNOWMOBILES, RECREATING THE I-500 RACE FROM WINNIPEG TO THE TWIN CITIES, MADE A STOP AT POLARIS ON THEIR WAY THROUGH ROSEAU. THEIR STORY HAD APPEARED ON WDAY TV, ALONG WITH STORIES IN THE FARGO FORUM AND PIONEER PRESS.
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