CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE ACROSS THE REGION AS THE DAY GOES ON. SNOW AMOUNTS EARLY TODAY VARIED GREATLY ACROSS THE REGION, WHILE GRAND FORKS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IS REPORTING MORE THAN 9 INCHES OF SNOW AND SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED. AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING I-29 IS CLOSED FROM FARGO TO THE CANADIAN BORDER, AND HIGHWAY 2 IS CLOSED GOING WEST OUT OF GRAND FORKS TO DEVILS LAKE. THERE ARE NO REPORTED HIGHWAY CLOSURES IN MINNESOTA.
FOR THOSE NOT AWARE, DRIVERS LICENSE EXAM TESTING HAS RESUMED IN PERSON AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER ON FRIDAYS.
THE MAN WANTED IN PELICAN RAPIDS SHOOTING ON SUNDAY HAS BEEN ARRESTED, ALL THE WAY SOUTH IN REDWOOD COUNTY. THE VICTIM IN THAT SHOOTING REMAINS HOSPITALIZED IN STABLE CONDITION.
AS MORE AND MORE COVID TESTING IS DONE AT HOME, AND MORE NEGATIVE TESTS ARE BEING UNREPORTED, MINNESOTA WILL NO LONGER BE PUBLISHING POSITIVITY RATES FOR COVID STATS. THE MOST RECENT RATE PUBLISHED WAS 3.5%, BUT OFFICIALS ARE REALIZING THERE IS NO LONGER A GOOD WAY TO VERIFY THOSE NUMBERS AS BEING ACCURATE.
A ROSEAU FATHER-DAUGHTER PROM, ORGANIZED BY THE ROSEAU WOMEN OF TODAY, WILL BE HELD SUNDAY, MAY 1 AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER FROM 1-3 PM.
THE ROSEAU AREA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION IS HOSTING A COMMUNITY GOOD FRIDAY CHURCH SERVICE AT NOON THIS FRIDAY AT MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU. WILD 102 WILL HAVE A RADIO BROADCAST OF THAT SERVICE AT 3 PM ON FRIDAY.
MINNESOTA HAS SEEN SEVEN NEW INFECTION SITES OF THE H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA, NOW TOTALING 28 SITES. AS OF YESTERDAY, 1.37 MILLION BIRDS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.
ROSEAU COUNTY HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAYS ARE COMING IN APRIL AND MAY. THE FIRST OF THOSE IS SATURDAY, APRIL 23RD FOR THOSE IN WARROAD. WASTE CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE CITY SHOP FROM 9:00 TO NOON FOR DISPOSAL AT NO CHARGE. FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT IS AND IS NOT ACCEPTED, CALL 218-463-3750.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR WILLIAM “BILL” PROVENCE WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AT MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU (2 PM) WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR. VISITATION IS ALSO TONIGHT (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. INTERMENT WILL BE AT SPRUCE CEMETERY IN ROSEAU. BILL PROVENCE WAS 100.
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