NEW CASES OF THE AVIAN FLU HAVE BEEN DETECTED AT COMMERCIAL FARMS IN WESTERN IOWA, MARYLAND, AND SOUTH DAKOTA IN THE PAST WEEK. INDIANA, KENTUCKY, AND DELAWARE HAD ALREADY SEEN CASES. IF DETECTED A FARMER IS ORDERED TO KILL THEIR FLOCK. COUNTRIES SUCH AS MEXICO, CHINA, AND KOREA ARE IMPOSING STATE SPECIFIC IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.
GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND FIVE OTHER DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ISSUED A LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS URGING THEM TO DROP THE 18-CENT PER GALLON FEDERAL GAS TAX THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR. THIS CAME SHORTLY AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED THE BAN ON IMPORTS OF RUSSIAN OIL, AND ADMITTED THAT IT WILL FORCE GAS PRICES HIGHER. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE HAVE PROPOSED DROPPING THE STATE GAS TAX THROUGH LABOR DAY.
SCOTT JENSEN, A REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, ANNOUNCED THAT FORMER VIKINGS MATT BIRK WILL BE HIS RUNNING MATE AND WOULD SERVE AS LT. GOVERNOR IF ELECTED. JENSEN IS THE FIRST CANDIDATE TO ANNOUNCE A RUNNING MATE.
THE CROOKSTON DIOCESE HAS DETERMINED THAT A FORMER CLERGY MEMBER ACTED INAPPROPRIATELY WITH A YOUNG MAN, BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM THAT HIS ACTIONS WOULD BE CONSIDERED SEXUAL ABUSE. THAT CLERGY MEMBER WAS NAMED AS MONSIGNOR ROGER GRUNDHAUS, WHO HAS BEEN BARRED FROM ENGAGING IN PUBLIC MINISTRY SINCE MAY OF 2017.
AREA CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTS SAY THAT WALLEYE AND SAUGER ANGLING HAS PICKED UP SOME ON LAKE OF THE WOODS AS OF LATE. OWNERS OF PERMANANET FISHING SHELTERS ON THE LAKE ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER REMOVING THEIR HOUSES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, AS THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW, WILL MAKE FOR POOR CONDITIONS WHEN WARMER WEATHER ARRIVES.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR DOLORES F. KROUSS OF BAUDETTE WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY ( 2 PM) AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. DOLARES FRANCES KROUSS PASSED AWAY BACK ON DECEMBER 24.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CLEO MADOLL WILL BE HELD AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD (11 AM) THIS SATURDAY.
RENOVATIONS OF THE HOTEL AT THE RED LAKE SEVEN CLANS CASINO LOCATION ARE COMPLETE. IT WAS A $1.7 MILLION PROJECT THAT RENOVATED ALL 40 GUEST ROOMS. THE HOTEL AND CASINO AND ARE ALSO NOW 100% SMOKE FREE.
THE MINNESOTA DNR IS REMINDING HOME OWNERS THAT SOONER RATHER LATER IS THE BEST PLAN FOR ANY BURNING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. ONCE AMPLE SNOW COVER IS GONE, FIRE DANGER INCREASES AND SPRING BURNING RESTRICTIONS WILL LIMIT PERMIT AVAILABILITY.
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:
Police responding to a report of a weapon at a suburban Minneapolis high school gave the all-clear after a three-hour search found nothing suspicious. A lockdown was put in place at Burnsville High School about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday when the search began. Authorities said no weapon was discovered and there were no injuries.
Last modified: 03/09/2022
