THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK REPORTS SOYBEAN PRODUCTION IN MINNESOTA WAS DOWN TWENTY PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR.
THE AVERAGE YIELD, AT 44 BUSHELS PER ACRE, IS DOWN FIVE BUSHELS FROM A YEAR AGO.
CORN PRODUCTION IN MINNESOTA IS ALSO DOWN, BY SEVEN PERCENT; AND SUNFLOWER PRODUCTION IS DOWN FIVE PERCENT FROM 2018.
MESSIAH LUTHERAN YOUTH MINISTRY HAS A TRUNK OR TREAT OPTION FOR YOUNGSTERS ON HALLOWEEN, INCLUDING A FREE SUPPER AND HOT CHOCOLATE – FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THIS IS NATIONAL ‘SIDS’ AWARENESS MONTH, WITH A FOCUS ON SAFE SLEEP FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED THE HIRE OF THREE TEMPORARY PART-TIME JAILER/ DISPATCHERS; AND APPROVED ADVERTISING TO HIRE A FULLTIME JAILER/DISPATCHER.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST WEEK, SET A PUBLIC HEARING LATER THIS MONTH FOR A SIGN VARIANCE FOR THE PEACE GRENADES BUSINESS, WHICH IS A SCREEN PRINTING AND CLOTHING BUSINESS JUST WEST OF THE HOLIDAY STATION STORE.
THE AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE RELEASED A REPORT LAST MONTH ON MINNESOTA’S GROWING INDUSTRIAL HEMP INDUSTRY.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF HEMP PRODUCERS IN THE STATE, INCLUDING ABOUT A HALF-DOZEN IN ROSEAU COUNTY.
HAROLD STANISLAWSKI, WITH A-U-R-I, SAYS HEMP CAN BE USED FOR FIBER, FUEL, FEED AND C-B-D OILS.
HAROLD STANISLAWSKI IS FROM GREENBUSH, AND IS A FORMER ROSEAU COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT.
A TAILGATE FUNDRAISER FOR THE WARROAD SCHOOL BACKPACK FOOD PROGRAM IS THIS EVENING (4:30-6 PM) AT THE GARDENS ARENA, PRIOR TO THE WARRIORS FOOTBALL GAME WITH FRAZEE.
THE BACKPACK PROGRAM SENDS FOOD HOME EVERY WEEKEND WITH MORE THAN EIGHTY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN WARROAD.
OCTOBER IS DEPRESSION AWARENESS MONTH. MENTAL HEALTH CARE ADVOCATES SAY THERE IS LESS STIGMA THAN IN YEARS PAST ABOUT DEPRESSION AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
SUE ABDERHOLDEN, WITH THE MINNESOTA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, SAYS ACCESS TO CARE REMAINS A CHALLENGE.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FLOYD OTTO OF NEWFOLDEN IS THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN AT NAZARETH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN HOLT. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT A LATER DATE AT BEAVER CEMETERY IN ROSEAU COUNTY.
FLOYD OTTO WAS 82.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR ESTHER NYSTROM OF ROSEAU ARE SATURDAY EVENING AT SEVEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
ESTHER NYSTROM WAS 75.
THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY HAS ANNOUNCED MORE THAN NINE MILLION DOLLARS IN LOAN AND GRANT FUNDING FOR FOUR MINNESOTA CITIES, INCLUDING GREENBUSH.
GREENBUSH WILL GET 676 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GRANTS AND LOANS FOR WORK ON WATER MAINS, HYDRANTS AND GATE VALVES IN THE AREA OF OLD HIGHWAY ELEVEN.
SOME MINNESOTA FARMERS ARE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE FARM CRISIS AND THE PROPOSED U.S./MEXICO/CANADA TRADE AGREEMENT.
AL PERISH, A RETIRED DAIRY FARMER, DOESN’T FAVOR THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT; AND SAYS THE FARM CRISIS IS HURTING RURAL COMMUNITIES.
CANADIAN DAIRY FARMERS HAVE A MANAGEMENT POLICY WHICH ALIGNS THE MILK SUPPLY WITH DEMAND IN THEIR COUNTRY.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS TAKING BIDS FOR ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE IN THIEF RIVER FALLS. THE CURRENT CARRIER, BOUTIQUE AIR, HAS COME UNDER FIRE THIS SUMMER FOR NUMEROUS CANCELLED FLIGHTS.
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