MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN TOM EMMER HAS LOST A BID TO BECOME SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AFTER ENOUGH FELLOW REPUBLICANS DIDN’T SHOW SUPPORT. EMMER WAS GIVEN A “DIS-ENDORSEMENT”, AS HE CALLED IT, BY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. EMMER WAS A REPUBLICAN THAT HAD VOTED TO CERTIFY THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM 2020, AND MANY REPUBLICANS FEARED HE WAS NOT FAR RIGHT ENOUGH.
A MUCH TALKED ABOUT STORY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, AN OFF-DUTY PILOT FROM CALIFORNIA TRIED TO SHUTOFF A PLANES ENGINES WHILE AIRBORNE WITH 80 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. 44-YEAR OLD JOSEPH DAVID EMERSON APPEARS TO BE AN ALUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA. HE GRADUATED IN 2001 WITH AVIATION RELATED DEGREES. THE EVENTS CAME TWO YEARS AFTER ANOTHER UND FLIGHT STUDENT COMMITTED SUICIDE BY CRASHING A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE UNIVERSITY HAS NOW BECOME A LEADER IN ADVOCATING FOR AVIATION MENTAL HEALTH.
72-YEAR OLD ALFREDO TORREZ OF RURAL ANGUS, IN POLK COUNTY, HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO TWO FELONY DRUG CRIMES. AUTHORITIES BEGAN INVESTIGATING METH TRAFFICKING MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, WITH MULTIPLE OTHER ARRESTS. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO FOUND A DRIVERS LICENSE AND PROPERTY BELONGING TO ANDERS ODEGAARD AT THE RESIDENCE. HE IS THE MAN CURRENTLY AWAITING TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF HIS EX-WIFE. AUTHORITIES SAY HIS RESIDENCE HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO WHILE HE HAS BEEN IN CUSTODY.
THE GRAND FORKS HERALD WEBSITE FEATURES A STORY OF 15 YEAR OLD ELI JOHNSON OF BAUDETTE AND HIS SUCCESSFUL YOUTH DEER HUNT. HE SHOT A MASSIVE 10-POINT BUCK JUST BEFORE SUNDOWN.
THIEF RIVER FALLS AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE BODY OF AN ADULT MAN WHO HAD DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE. THAT FIRE THAT TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY EVENING AT 504 KNIGHT AVE N TOOK THE LIFE OF 37-YEAR OLD MARK GORMAN BEITO.
OFFICIALS WITH AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR ARE CALLING THE SUGAR BEET HARVEST A RECORD BREAKER. IT WAS 99 PERCENT COMPLETE ON OCTOBER 23 AND AVERAGED 31.9 TONS PER ACRE. 30.4 TONS WAS THE PREVIOUS RECORD IN 2016.
A Funeral Service for Brett E. Gustafson of Roseau, MN will be held on Monday, October 30, 2023 at 2:00PM at Free Lutheran Church of Roseau. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at Hope Cemetery in Roseau, MN.
Brett Gustafson was 45.
A Funeral Service for Joan Haugen will take place Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at Moe Lutheran Church in Roseau, MN at 2:00pm with a visitation an hour prior. A Visitation will also be held the night before, October 24 at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau from 5:00-7:00pm with a prayer service at 7:00pm. Interment will be held at Moose River Cemetery in Gatzke.
A Funeral Service for Ruby Haugen of Badger will be held Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau at 11:00am with a visitation an hour prior. Interment will be held at Badger City Cemetery.
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