NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM IS ASKING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RESTORE THE LAND BORDER CROSSINGS FROM NORTH DAKOTA TO CANADA TO THEIR PRE-PANDEMIC OPERATING HOUR. OF THE 18 PORTS, ONLY PEMBINA, DUNSEITH, AND PORTAL ARE OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY AND HOURS. THOSE ARE 24 HOURS, THE OTHERS OPERATE ONLY EITHER 8-4 OR 9-5. HE CITED ECONOMIC IMPACT. THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC, ESTIMATE ARE THAT NORTH DAKOTA LOST MORE THAN $283 MILLION WITHOUT CANADIAN SPENDING.
$3.7 MILLION WILL BE GOING TO TO 42 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MINNESOTA TO ASSIST IN OUTFITTING BUSSES WITH STOP ARM CAMERA SYSTEMS. VIOLATIONS FOR STOP ARMS HAD BEEN DECREASING SINCE 2017, BUT SAW A JUMP FROM 2020 TO 2021.
A 19 YEAR OLD MAN FROM WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA DROWNED ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AT SAILBOARD BEACH IN LAKE OKABENA. THE MAN WAS SWIMMING AND DID NOT RESURFACE. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR SEARCH, HIS BODY WAS PULLED FROM ABOUT 10 FEET OF WATER.
A TEENAGE DRIVER IN THE TWIN CITIES SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES AFTER THE CAR SHE WAS DRIVING CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND COLLIDED WITH A SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK IN ANOKA COUNTY. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS ABLE TO SWERVE TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISON. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE GIRL WAS STREAMING NETFLIX AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.
SUNDAY IS CHURCH NIGHT AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR. PART OF THE EVENING IS RECOGNIZING THE ROSEAU COUNTY OUTSTANDING SENIOR CITIZEN VOLUNTEER AWARD WINNERS. THIS YEAR, THOSE ARE MARLENE LEWIS, A FORMER EDUCATOR OF OVER 30 YEARS, AND RICHARD ARNTZEN, A FORMER US BORDER PATROL OFFICER.
A WET SPRING IN MINNESOTA HAS LEFT FARMERS STATEWIDE WITH UN-PLANTED ACRES OF BARLEY, CANOLA, DRY EDIBLE BEANS, OATS, SUNFLOWERS AND OTHER SPRING WHEAT. A JUNE PLANTING REPORT ALSO SHOWED THAT MINNESOTA FARMERS MISSED PLANTING AN ESTIMATED 8 MILLION ACRE OF SOYBEANS, AND ONLY PLANTED 7.5 MILLION. CORN ACREAGE HOWEVER, INCREASED FROM 7.8 MILLION TO 8.3 MILLION. IN NEIGHBORING NORTH DAKOTA, SOME COUNTIES SAW FARMERS LEFT WITH 35-40% OF ACRES NOT PLANTED.
A NEW STATE PROGRAM WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN FARMING TO ACQUIRE LAND WITH $500,000 AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN DOWN PAYMENTS. IT IS AIMED TOWARDS SMALL SCALE FARMERS, AND CAN ASSIST WITH UP TO $15,000 FOR ONE PERSON
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR MARLENE REESE WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (10:30 AM) AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY (6 PM) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. VISITATION WILL ALSO BE ONE HOUR PRIOR ON SATURDAY MORNING. INTERMENT SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CEMETERY FOLLOWING THE SERVICES.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOSLYN K. MOREY OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (2 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL BE AT MOOSE RIVER TOWNSHIP CEMETERY IN WANNASKA. JOSLYN MOREY WAS 77.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR FLOYD E. HLUCNY OF GREENBUSH WILL BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY, THE 19TH, (2 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT BARNETT CEMETERY IN GREENBUSH. FLOYD WAS 85.
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