2024 WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR MEAT EXPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH BEEF AND PORK SETTING RECORDS MARKS. FOR PORK, IT’S A RECORD IN VOLUME AND VALUE AT ABOUT $8.6 BILLION. THE VALUE OF BEEF EXPORTS WILL SIT ABOUT $10.6 BILLION. THE STRONG YEAR WAS DRIVEN BY DEMAND IN LATIN AMERICA.
THERE IS A KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FREE THROW CONTEST ON MONDAY IN THE ROSEAU ELEMENTARY GYM. THAT IS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGED 9-14. IT’S FREE AND NO PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. THAT REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN AT 3:15.
DULUTH POLICE ANNOUNCED AN ARREST OF 23 -YEAR OLD COLE SAICE IN THE CASE OF THE STOLEN HOCKEY STICKS FROM THE MANKATO WEST TEAM BUS WHILE AT A TOURNAMENT IN DULUTH. HE WILL FACE FELONY THEFT CHARGES. THE 30 OR SO HOCKEY STICKS WERE ALL RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO THE TEAM.
STATE LAWMAKERS PLAN TO LOOK AT WAYS TO REDUCE THE COST OF CHILD IN MINNESOTA. DFL LAWMAKERS FAILED TO PASS A BILL THAT WAS INTRODUCED LAST SESSION THAT WOULD HAVE CAPPED THAT COST AT 7% OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR THOSE MAKING LESS THAN $135,000 PER YEAR. THAT PROGRAM WOULD HAVE HAD AN ESTIMATED COST OF $500 MILLION FOR THE STATE. ACCORDING TO MDHS, THE COST FOR SINGLE CHILD IN MINNESOTA WAS $16,000 PER YEAR, THE 4TH HIGHEST IN THE NATION.
JANUARY 1, 2025 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PRETTY BIG DAY FOR THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN MINNESOTA, BUT MORE DELAYS HAVE PUSHED THAT FURTHER TOWARDS SPRING AND SUMMER. THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT SAYS LICENSES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED IN MAY OR JUNE, AND LIKELY ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO BEFORE BUSINESS ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL. TRIBAL NATIONS, OF COURSE, HAVE BEEN UNAFFECTED. RED LAKE NATION RECENTLY INTRODUCED A MOBILE DISPENSARY, AKIN TO A FOOD TRUCK. RED LAKE NATION DOES HAVE TRUST LAND IN WARROAD AND THIEF RIVER FALLS AND TECHNICALLY COULD MAKE STOPS THERE.
PERRY BURKE, A 62-YEAR OLD SECURITY GUARD AT THE DULUTH ENTERTAINMENT AND CONVENTION CENTER IS FACING FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR CHARGES FOR SECRETLY FILMING WOMEN WHILE WORKING OUT. ONE WAS A 17-YEAR OLD THAT WAS USING THE DECC’S GYM FACILITIES, WHILE TWO OTHERS WERE HIS NEIGHBORS WORKING OUT IN THEIR OWN HOME.
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