THIS WEEKEND IS TAKE A KID ICE FISHING WEEKEND IN MINNESOTA. THAT MEANS ADULTS CAN FISH WITHOUT A LICENSE IF THEY HAVE A CHILD THAT IS 15 YEARS OF AGE OF YOUNGER. THE WEEKEND IS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY, AS KIDS WILL HAVE THE DAY OFF OF SCHOOL FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY.
YOU COULD POSSIBLY SPEND THAT TIME ON LAKE OF THE WOODS, WHICH FISHINGBOOKER.COM HAS INCLUDED IN THEIR TOP 9 ICE FISHING DESTINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT LEADER IN ONLINE BOOKINGS FOR FISHING TRIPS DESCRIBES THE LAKE AS “AN ULTIMATE ICE FISHING PLAYGROUND.” IT’S THE ONLY DESTINATION ON THIS YEARS LIST FROM MINNESOTA OR THE DAKOTAS. THERE IS ONE FROM WISCONSIN. IN 2020, DEVILS LAKE AND UPPER RED LAKE BOTH MADE THEIR LIST.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR ROBERT F. FOLEY OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:30 AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ROSEAU. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. ROBERT PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 94.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PETER SMITH WILL BE HELD AT WOODLAND BIBLE CHURCH IN WARROAD ON SATURDAY (3 PM). INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT HAZELWOOD CEMETERY IN BLACKBERRY, MINNESOTA. PETER WAS 14.
TODAY’S GRAND FORKS HERALD HAS A STORY ON 10-YEAR OLD ALEX GULLINGSRUD OF RED LAKE FALLS WHO BATTLED CANCER, AND HAD HIS RIGHT LEG AMPUTATED. THE STORY LOOKS AT LIFE FOLLOWING THAT BATTLE AND HIS STORY OF PERSEVERANCE.
THE BODY THAT WAS DISCOVERED OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE PARKING LOT OF RED RIVER HIGH SCHOOL IN GRAND FORKS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 63-YEAR OLD WILLIAM “BUTCH” MCGEE. SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM THE SCHOOL SHOWS THAT MCGEE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED AND COULD NOT GET BACK TO HIS FEET AFTER HOURS OF STRUGGLING IN THE SINGLE DEGREE TEMPERATURES. THE FAMILY SAYS HE USUALLY HAS A WALKING CANE BUT DID NOT AT THE TIME, AND HAD JUST COMPLETED THROAT SURGERY DUE TO CANCER AND WAS UNABLE TO YELL FOR HELP.
A RED LAKE MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR FATALLY SHOOTING A RED LAKE POLICE OFFICER IN 2021. DAVID BRIAN DONNELL JR WAS GIVEN 37 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. OFFICERS WERE PERFORMING A WELFARE CHECK AT HIS HOME, AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY SINCE HE HAD A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST. GUNFIRE EVENTUALLY ERUPTED, AND OFFICER RYAN BIALKE WAS KILLED.
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE ASKING FOR A TUITION FREEZE FOR THEIR 33 PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THEY ARE ASKING FOR A BUDGET REQUEST OF $350 MILLION, OF WHICH $75 MILLION WOULD BE DEDICATED TOWARDS FREEZING TUITION. THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM THE STATE’S MASSIVE BUDGET SURPLUS.
Last modified: 01/11/2023
