FELONY SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST 26-YEAR OLD MARC RAYMOND STOLTENBERG OF WANNASKA HAVE BEEN DROPPED. HE WAS CHARGED IN NOVEMBER WITH TWO COUNTS AFTER HE WAS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTED A THEN 8-YEAR OLD BOY TWICE IN 2012, WHEN STOLTENBERG WOULD HAVE BEEN 15 YEARS OLD. DOCUMENTS DIDN’T SPECIFY WHY THOSE CHARGES WERE DROPPED, BUT HIS MOTHER HAD FILED AN AFFIDAVIT PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE THAT HER SON WAS OUT OF STATE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY IN 2012, WHEN ONE OF THE ALLEGED RESULTS WAS REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURRED.
AT A FEBRUARY ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETING, DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE UPCOMING TEN01 APARTMENT BUILDING PROJECT. THEY DISCUSSED THAT WITH A WORKFORCE HOUSING GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT COMING LATE, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO BREAK GROUND THIS FALL AND HAVE OCCUPANCY READY BY FALL OF 2025. THEY AGREED TO MAKE $36,000 IN PAYMENTS TO HAVE WORK DONE TO GET THAT PROJECT READY FOR CONSTRUCTION.
FIRE CHIEF LEON HUOT SAID THE DEPARTMENT MADE 64 RUNS IN 2023, WHERE THEIR AVERAGE IS 65.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL END WINTER LOAD INCREASES AND START SPRING LOAD RESTRICTIONS IN THE NORTH FROST ZONE ON MONDAY, MARCH 11. THOSE RESTRICTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN IN THE OTHER ZONES. RESTRICTED ROUTES AND MROE CAN BE FOUND AT THE MNDOT WEBSITE.
THE NEXT PERFORMANCE IN THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CONCERT ASSOCIATION SERIES IN ROSEAU IS COMING UP ON TUESDAY, MARCH 19 WITH “KISS ME ONCE, STORIES FROM THE HOMEFRONT”. KATHY KAEFER PRESENTS A DEEPLY PERSONAL NARRATIVE FROM INTERVIEWS WITH VETERANS ABOUT THEIR WARTIME EXPERIENCES AND OF THOSE FROM WOMEN ON THE HOMEFRONT.
GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ANNOUNCED $53 MILLION THAT WILL BE GOING TOWARDS EXPANDING BROADBAND SERVICES TO AN ESTIMATED 8,9000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES. IN THOSE GRANTS, WIKSTROM TELEPHONE COMPANY WILL RECEIVE JUST OVER $3 MILLION FOR WORK IN KITTSON COUNTY.
A Memorial Service for Tammy Brateng of Roseau will take place on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Moe Lutheran Church in Roseau at 11:00am with a visitation an hour prior. Interment will be held at a later date at Golden Valley Cemetery.
A Funeral Service for Elijah Major will take place Saturday, March 9, 2024 at the Lake of the Woods School at 1:00 pm with a visitation two hours prior. Interment will take place at Elm Park Cemetery.
A funeral service for Frank Marvin of Warroad, MN, will take place on Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Warroad High School Gym at 4:30 pm. A visitation will take place the night before at the Wm. S. Marvin Training and Visitor Center in Warroad at 4:30 pm with a prayer service at 6:00 pm.
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