Local News Tuesday, March 31, 2026

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE CN TRAIN DERAILMENT IN WARROAD, THE GRAND FORKS HERALD ONLINE GOT IN TOUCH WITH JIM KINDRICK, WHO (ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY) WAS ONE OF THE FEW EVACUATED FROM THE AREA, AS THE TRACKS ARE ONLY ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM HIS FRONT DOOR. IN HIS INTERVIEW HE NOTED THE CLEANUP WILL CAUSE A MINOR INCONVENIENCE, BUT EXPRESSED HIS THANKS TO ALL CREWS THAT WORKED AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE.

LAKE OF THE WOODS TOURISM NOTED THAT LATE LAST WEEK THE OPEN WATER SEASON ON THE RAINY RIVER WAS A GO. THE NELSON PARK RAMP AT BIRCHDALE WAS OPEN TO BOATS AND TRAILERS. MEANWHILE, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO CHECK WITH RESORTS ABOUT ACCESS TO LAKE OF THE WOODS. ZIPPLE BAY ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY THAT THEY WERE CLOSING THEIR ACCESS AS OF MONDAY MORNING.

NORTHLAND COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE IS ANTICIPATING 12% ENROLLMENT GROWTH OVER THE PREVIOUS ACADEMIC YEAR, FOLLOWING LAST YEAR’S GROWTH OF 9.1%.

PRESIDENT SHARI OLSON SAID ENROLLMENT INFORMATION FOR SPRING IS STILL COMING IN, BUT LOOKING AT TREND DATA THE COLLEGE IS CONFIDENT THE SCHOOL YEAR WILL END WITH 12% GROWTH FROM THE SUMMER, FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS ADDED TOGETHER.

PARTICULAR GROWTH IS IN AREAS LIKE CRIMINAL JUSTICE, WELDING TECHNOLOGY, RESPIRATORY CARE AND THE LPN AND RN NURSING PROGRAMS.

THE GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER FCCLA PROGRAM WILL BE SENDING FIVE INDIVIDUALS TO NATIONALS THIS SUMMER, AFTER AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMACNE AT THE STATE LEVEL. THOSE ARE KAYLE VAURA, KAYLIEGH ANDERSON, AND SAHSA MELBY. THEY ARE ALSO SENDING MADILYN PULK AND SWAYZE WISKOW.

THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION WILL SPONSOR EASTER HAM BINGO TONIGHT AT 6 PM. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME TO PLAY. BINGO PACKETS COST $20.

A CROOKSTON MAN FACES SIX FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS AND CLAIMS.

A RECENTLY UNSEALED INDICTMENT ACCUSED PHILIP NELSON GREEN OF FILING FALSE INDIVIDUAL TAX RETURNS WITH THE IRS FOR THE YEARS 2019, 2020 AND 2021. EACH RETURN REPORTED AT LEAST ONE FALSE ITEM, SUCH AS WAGE INFORMATION, TAX WITHHOLDINGS AND CHILD/DEPENDANT CARE EXPENSES, ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MINNESOTA DISTRICT OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

THE INDICTMENT ALSO CLAIMS GREEN FILED A FALSE SECOND AMENDED 2021 INCOME TAX RETURN, AND A FALSE 2022 INCOME TAX RETURN, BOTH OF WHICH SOUGHT MORE THAN $250,000 IN TAX REFUNDS, THE RELEASE SAID.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN HOLMESVILLE TOWNSHIP, WHICH IS A LITTLE NORHTEAST OF DETROIT LAKES, A MAN AND CHILD WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE A RESIDENCE FROM APPARTENT GUNSHOT WOUNDS. AUTHORITIES WERE ALERTED BY THE MAN’S BROTHER WHO HAD GONE TO CHECK ON HIM AFTER LEARNING HE DIDN’T SHOW UP TO WORK. IDENTITIES ARE BEING WITHHELD AND THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. AUTHORITES SAID IT APPEARED TO BE ISOLATED AND THERE WAS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.

METEOROLOGIST LYDIA BLOOM ON AGWEEK TV TALKED ABOUT MUCH OF THE FROST IS BEGINNING TO COME UP, LOOKING AT A 2-INCH SOIL DEPTH, AND EVEN FROM AN 8-INCH DEPTH WE’RE SEEING SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT. DESPITE THAT, SHE NOTES MUCH OF THE AREA IS IN NEED OF MOISTURE… (AUDIO CLIP). KITTSON COUNTY WAS MAPPED AS NORMAL, ROSEAU COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY, AND LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY AS DRY, AND GETTING DOWN INTO BELTRAMI AND KOOHCICHING COUNTIES FOR MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

KELLY BREKKE, CHIEF DEPUTY OF THE RED LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SINCE 2024, HAS ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY FOR RED LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF. MITCH BERNSTEIN, CURRENT SHERIFF, RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HE WILL RETIRE WHEN HIS TERM IS UP IN JANUARY.

THE MARSHALL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCED AN APRIL 9 PUBLIC HEARING, AT 5:30 AT THE NEWFOLDEN COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT WILL BE TO DISCUSS THE 5-YEAR PLAN FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IN THE COUNTY.

THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CONCERT ASSOCIATION HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR LINEUP OF SHOWS FOR NEXT SEASON, THAT RUN FALL THROUGH SPRING. THE SEASON CONSISTS OF SIX SHOWS, SPLIT WITH THREE AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL THEATER AND THREE AT WARROAD RIVERPLACE. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A GARTH BROOKS TRIBUTE, AND EAGLES TRIBUTE, A 50’S AND 60’S ROCK N ROLL SHOW, AN ACAPELLA GROUP, AN INSTRUEMTNAL DUO WITH CHINESE INSPIRATIONS, AND ALSO A COMEDY SHOW. A SEASON TICKET IS JUST $45 FOR AN ADULT AND ONLY $10 FOR A STUDENT.

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK,  APPROVED THE HIRE OF LONGTIME
MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR JASON MONSRUD AS MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
SUPERINTENDENT.  HE’LL SUCCEED RYAN MURRAY IN THAT ROLE.  THERE WERE TEN
APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION; FOUR WERE INTERVIEWED;  THREE OF THOSE FOUR
WERE INTERNAL CANDIDATES.

Last modified: 03/31/2026