CONSERVATION OFFICERS REPORTED A BUSY FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND ON LAKE OF THE WOODS, AND FOR THE MOST PART INFRACTIONS WERE LOW. ONE DWI ARREST WAS MADE OFF UPPER RED LAKE WHEN A MOTORIST CRASHED THEIR CAR AND TRAILER INTO A DITCH AT A PUBLIC ACCESS.
THE YEARS-LONG EFFORT TO RETURN WILD ELK TO PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA IS ADVANCING WITH A FORMAL PROPOSAL FROM THE FOND DU LAC BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. UNDER THE PLAN, FOND DU LAC WOULD START TRANSPLANTING ELK INTO NORTHERN CARLTON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN 2025, AT FIRST WITH ANIMALS TAKEN FROM A WILD HERD IN KITTSON COUNTY. EVENTUALLY THE BAND CALLS FOR MOVING UP TO 150 ELK INTO THE AREA OVER 3-5 YEARS WITH AN EVENTUAL GOAL OF A SUSTAINABLE POPULATION OF ABOUT 300
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $167 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT TO FUND MINNESOTA’S ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AS A RESULT, THE PROGRAM IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS ALL YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGING THOUSANDS OF MINNESOTA HOUSEHOLDS TO APPLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH PAST-DUE ENERGY BILLS WHO ARE AT RISK OF UTILITY DISCONNECTIONS. HOUSEHOLDS COULD RECEIVE UP TO $1,600 FOR ENERGY BILLS AND MAY QUALIFY FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1,200 TO COVER PAST-DUE BILLS.
EAST GRAND FORKS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED $370,000 FOR ST. CLOUD REFRIGERATION TO DO A RETROFIT OF THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM AT THE CIVIC CENTER, WHICH IS FACING TROUBLE DUE TO ITS AGING ICE PLANT.
CHANGES TO THE CHILD TAX CREDIT BEGIN THIS MONTH, WITH ADVANCE PAYMENTS COMING TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY. THOSE WOULD RECEIVE $300 PER MONTH FOR A CHILD FIVE AND UNDER, AND $250 PER MONTH FOR A CHILD BETWEEN SIX AND SEVENTEEN. YOU CAN OPT OUT OF THE ADVANCE PAYMENT, AND CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE LARGE LUMP SUM AT TAX TIME, BY VISITING THE IRS WEBSITE. THERE IS THE DANGER OF NEEDING TO REPAY SOME OF THE ADVANCE PAYMENT AT TAX TIME IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS APPLY.
A PUBLIC MEMORIAL VISITATION FOR DALE K. WILMER OF ROOSEVELT WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (6:00-8:00) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD, MN, WITH A PRAYER SERVICE AT 7:00PM. DALE WILMER WAS 81.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR ANN B. JOCHIM OF BAUDETTE, MN WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON (2 PM) AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BAUDETTE, MN. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT ELM PARK CEMETERY IN BAUDETTE, MN. ANN JOCHIM WAS 98.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR STEVEN R. BERGSTROM OF ROSEAU, MN WILL BE HELD TOMORROW MORNING (10 AM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, MN. VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, THIS EVENING (5:00-7:00) WITH A 7:00 PM PRAYER SERVICE. STEVEN BERGSTROM WAS 66.
CASS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICIALS SAY ONE PERSON HAS DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY GUNFIRE AT AN OUTDOOR HOUSE PARTY. AUTHORITIES SAY A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING HAPPENED AT A RESIDENCE IN CASS LAKE SHORTLY BEFORE 3 A.M. MONDAY. DEPUTIES ARRIVED TO FIND A 34-YEAR-OLD LOCAL MAN HAD BEEN HIT BY GUNFIRE. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE CASS LAKE INDIAN SERVICES HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE RAMSEY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE WILL CONDUCT AN AUTOPSY. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
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