A 45-YEAR OLD DETROIT LAKES MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED IN BECKER COUNTY DISTRICT COURT WITH MISDEMEANOR FIFTH-DEGREE ASSAULT AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, PHILLIP SHAWN LOKKEN THREW A BAG OF POPCORN AT A BASKETBALL REFEREE, WAS KICKED OUT OF THE GYM, AND THEN CONFRONTED THE REFEREE ON COURT, RIPPING THE WHISTLE OFF HIS NECK. THE EVENT HAPPENED JANUARY 13, IN A GAME BETWEEN LAKE PARK-AUDUBON AND WIN-E-MAC.
DEPUTY DAKOTA CZERNY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE MAHNOMEN COUNTY DEPUTY WHO SHOT A 20-YEAR OLD WOMAN, WHO PRODUCED A HANDGUN, WHILE BEING DETAINED AFTER THE VEHICLE SHE WAS A PASSENGER IN ATTEMPTED TO FLEE THE SCENE AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SHE REMAINS IN A FARGO HOSPITAL. THE PURSUIT ENDED IN THE TOWN OF NAYTAHWASH, WHERE THE VEHICLE DRIVER AND ANOTHER PERSON FLED THAT SCENE ON FOOT. THE EVENTS WERE CAUGHT ON A DASH CAMERA AND BODY CAMERA, BUT WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC UNTIL THE CASE IS CLOSED.
THE US SENATE HAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A BILL TO MAKE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT. THE BILL IS CALLED THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT. THE BILL STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE IT CAN GO TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS HAVE NOT COMMENTED ON WHETHER OR NOT BIDEN SUPPORTS IT.
THE AGGRESSIVE MOOSE THAT WAS EUTHANIZED ON THE IRON RANGE LAST WEEK AFTER THREATENING MOTORISTS AND LOGGERS IN THE AREA, APPEARS TO HAVE HAD HEPATITIS DUE TO LIVER FLUKES, CYSTS IN IT’S LUNGS, A WINTER TICK INFESTATION AND BRAINWORM FOUND IN IT’S EYEBALL, LIKELY THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO IT’S BEHAVIOR. THE STUDIES WERE DONE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
SPRING LOAD RESTRICTION ARE ALREADY IN PLACE IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN ZONES OF THE STATE AND SET TO BEGIN THIS WEEK IN THE CENTRAL SEASONAL LOAD LIMIT ZONES THIS WEEK. DATES FURTHER NORTH ARE YET TO BE SET.
THE ROSEAU HOMETOWN UPDATE, SENT TO RESIDENTS BY MAIL, DESCRIBED A HIGHWAY 89 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WOULD BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN THE SUMMER OF 2025. THE PROJECT WOULD LOOK TO INCREASE TRAFFIC FLOW, TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, AND IMPROVE DRAINAGE. THE PROJECT WOULD SEE ROUNDABOUTS REPLACE THE TRADITIONAL INTERSECTION AT 89 AND CENTER STREET, AND ALSO REPLACE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL NEAR POLARIS.
LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU IS ONCE AGAIN BEING RECOGNIZED AS A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL IN MINNESOTA FOR 2022.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE HELD FOR DALE TELLE AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD ON SATURDAY (11 AM) WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR, AND ALSO FRIDAY (5-7 PM) ALSO AT THE CHURCH, A FAMILY SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 FOLLOWED BY A ROSARY SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT RESURRECTION CEMETERY IN EAST GRAND FORKS LATER THIS SPRING.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE HELD FOR RICHARD “DICK” SODERBERG AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD ON FRIDAY (11 AM) WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR, AND ALSO ON THURSDAY (5-7 PM) WITH A 7:00 FAMILY SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD. INTERMENT WILL BEHELD AT A LATER DATE AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN WARROAD.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES. P. CRATTY OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD FRIDAY (5 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE, ALSO AT HELGESON’S. JAMES CRATTY WAS 61.
Last modified: 03/16/2022
