MINNESOTA IS SET TO RECEIVE $3.7 MILLION DOLLARS FROM A FEDERAL SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT THAT WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST SUMMER. THAT MONEY WILL BE USED TO ATTEMPT TO CURB GUN VIOLENCE IN MINNESOTA THROUGH PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.
511 MN DOT ORG THIS MORNING SHOWS ROAD CONDITIONS THAT VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE REGION. STRETCHES FROM GREENBUSH TO WARROAD ARE CLASSIFIED AS NORMAL, GOING EAST OF WARROAD AS COMPLETELY COVERED, WEST AND SOUTH OF GREENBUSH PARTIALLY COVERED, WITH NO TRAVEL ADVISED ON THE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 11 WEST OF KARLSTAD. HIGHWAY 2 FROM CROOKSTON TO EAST GRAND FORKS IS CLOSED. I-29 IS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO SOUTH DAKOTA.
CROOKSTON VOTERS APPROVED A $4.9 MILLION REFERENDUM YESTERDAY THAT WILL GO TOWARDS AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX FOR THE DISTRICT. THERE WAS A 59% “YES” VOTE.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR JAMES D. BISHOP OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY (4 PM) AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR AND INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN WARROAD AT A LATER DATE. JAMES WAS 77.
ONE OF THE SHOWS IN THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CONCERT ASSOCIATION SERIES COMES TO ROSEAU NEXT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 IN THE ROSEAU SCHOOL THEATER. THAT WILL BE THE “DAN MILLER AND HIS COWBOY MUSIC REVIEW”. DAN IS JOINED BY HIS DAUGHTER HANNAH AND WENDY CORR.
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THAT MANY COMMUNITIES SUFFER FROM CHILD CARE SHORTAGES, AND CROOKSTON IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. A 2022 STUDY SHOWS THAT THE CITY IS SHORT 82 CHILD CARE SPOTS. THEY NOTE THIS PUTS ANOTHER CHALLENGE ON EMPLOYERS, AND STRESS ON FAMILIES THAT EITHER NEED TO NOT WORK TO STAY HOME, OR UTILIZE EXTENDED FAMILY FOR HELP. THE CITY IS EYEING DEVELOPING THE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATION INTO A FUTURE CHILD CARE CENTER.
THERE IS INCREASED SUPPORT THIS YEAR FOR A PUSH TO RE-DESIGN MINNESOTA’S STATE FLAG, AND A COMMISSION IS LOOKING TO DO SO BY 2024. TEH FLAG HAS LONG BEEN CRITICIZED FOR IT’S DEPICTION OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND FOR IT’S BUSY DESIGN THAT MAKES IT UNMEMORABLE.
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