NO CITATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED, AND AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING THE “CASE CLOSED” IN THE MATTER OF MINNESOTA STATE SENATOR JOHN JASINSKI OF FARIBAULT LOSING CONTROL OF HIS SNOWMOBILE, CAUSING HIM TO BE EJECTED AND SUFFER SERIOUS INJURIES INCLUDING BROKEN RIBS, BROKEN PELVIS, AND A FRACTURED L-5 VERTEBRAE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT SIX MILES SOUTH OF MOTLEY, WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE MINNESOTA UNITED SNOWMOBILERS ASSOCIATION’S WINTER RENDEZVOUS TRAIL RIDE. SENATOR MARK JOHNSON OF EAST GRAND FORKS WAS TRAILING JASINKSI, AND COLLIDED WITH HIS UNOCCUPIED SLED. JOHNSON WAS NOT INJURED. NO ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE WAS SUSPECTED, AND SPEED FOR THAT PARTICULAR CORNER WAS THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH, ALTHOUGH THE SPEED IS NOT DEEMED EXCESSIVE.
MINNESOTA COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE DROPPED NEARLY 30% SINCE MID JANUARY.
THE THIEF RIVER FALLS AIRPORT HIT A 20-YEAR HIGH IN PASSENGER NUMBERS IN 2021, WITH A LITTLE OVER 13,000 PASSENGERS FLYING FROM THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT AVERAGED 9,500 PASSENGERS PER YEAR FROM 2016-2021, THAT NUMBER DRAGGED DOWN THE PANDEMIC YEAR OF 2020. THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD HAVE EXPRESSED GREAT SATISFACTION WITH THE SERVICE FROM DENVER AIR CONNECTION, WHICH TOOK OVER SERVICES IN JUNE OF 2020.
MINNESOTA FAMILIES HAVE HAVE OWNED THEIR FARMS FOR 100 YEARS OR MORE ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR THE 2022 CENTURY FARM PROGRAM. . NEARLY 11,000 MINNESOTA FARMS HAVE BEEN HONORED SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1976. APPLICATIONS ARE ONLINE AT THE STATE FAIR’S WEBSITE.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR LEONELLA D. KOTTA OF EAST GRAND FORKS, FORMERLY OF ROSEAU, WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (10:30 AM) AT ST. PHILLIP’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN FALUN. VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY (5-7 PM) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT ST. PHILLIP’S CATHOLIC CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE. LEONELLA WAS 93.
AN EMPLOYEE AT THE 3M PLANT IN ALEXANDRIA DIED AT THE PLANT EARLY TUESDAY AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN THE MACHINERY. THE WORKER’S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
GRAND FORKS POLICE ISSUED A MISSING PERSON’S REPORT FOR ANTHONY EFRAIN VALDEZ. THE 26 YEAR OLD WAS LAST SEEN ON SUNDAY, NEAR LEVEL 10, WEARING A GREEN JACKET AND BLACK BASEBALL CAP.
KC PRO WEST KIDS SNOWMOBILE RACES WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. THERE IS NO ADMISSION COST FOR SPECTATORS.
THE ANNUAL SPRINGSTEEL RESORT ICE FISHING DERBY IS NEXT WEEKEND.
THE ZAC BROWN BAND WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST THAT IS LOCKED IN TO PLAY THE GRAND STAND OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR IN 2022. THAT SHOW WILL BE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.
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