MINNESOTA TURKEY GROWERS WILL ONCE AGAIN PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER. MINNESOTA PRODUCES 16% OF AMERICA’S TURKEY, AND LAST YEAR PRODUCED 920 MILLION POUNDS OF TURKEY, THAT IS THE 2ND MOST IN THE NATION.
DEER HARVEST NUMBERS ARE IN FROM THE OPENING WEEKEND. STATEWIDE HUNTERS REGISTERED 63,471 DEER THROUGH SUNDAY, UP 7% FROM THE OPENING WEEKEND OF 2024. SPECIFICALLY IN THE NORTHWEST, 19,086 WERE HARVESTED, UP 4% FROM LAST YEAR.
GOVERNOR TIM WALZ HAS USED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ORDER THE CREATION OF A STATEWIDE FOOD PANTRY NETWORK FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. MINNESOTA IS HOME TO ABOUT 300,000 VETERANS, WITH ROUGHLY 12,000 OF THEM USING THE SNAP PROGRAM, AND 53% OF THEM ARE 65 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER. NATIONWIDE, 13% OF VETERANS REPORT FOOD INSECURITY.
AMY KLOBUCHAR VISITED A NUMBER OF AREA FARMS AND BUSINESSES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA COUNTIES THIS WEEK. SHE IS NEARING THE COMPLETION OF HER 87 COUNTY TOUR OF THE STATE. SHE WAS IN PENNINGTON, KITTSON, MARSHALL, RED LAKE AND ROSEAU COUNTIES.
THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD TODAY WHERE THEY WILL CANVASS THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. THAT PROCESS CONFIRMS THAT ALL VOTES FROM ALL VOTES PROCESSES WERE COUNTED ACCURATELY AND THAT ELECTION OFFICIALS FOLLOWED ALL REGULATIONS. THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD BE SCHEDULED TO MEET IN REGULAR SESSION NEXT WEEK.
A Memorial Service for Barbara “Betty” Wold will be held on Friday, November 14, 2025 at 11:00AM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 13, 2025 from 5-7PM with a time of sharing at 7PM. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to the service on Thursday. Interment will take place at Spruce Cemetery in Roseau, MN.
Betty passed away at the age of 91.
A Funeral Service for Angela “Angie” M. Bridges pf Baudette, MN will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Williams, MN. Interment will take place at Elm Park Cemetery in Baudette.
Angela passed away at the age of 44.
This is the death and funeral notice for Nancy Deryn Engel, age 63 of
Roseau who passed away on November 8th.
A visitation will be held this Friday, November 14th from 5:00 to 7:00
PM at the Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, November 15th from 2
PM at the Roseau American Legion.
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