NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN A NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FLOOD FORECAST. THE LATEST FROM THE TWO RIVERS WATERSHED DISTRICT YESTERDAY, SHOWS THAT THE TWO RIVERS AT HALLOCK IS EXPECTED TO CREST ON MONDAY AT 805.5 FEET, THAT IS STILL .5 FEET BELOW REACHING MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. THEY DO SAY AND WARN THAT SOME OVERLAND FLOODING AND ROAD OVER-TOPPING WILL BE OCCURRING AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR ROADS THAT ARE IMPASSABLE.
THE ROSEAU EAGLES AUXILIARY ARE PLANNING FOR THEIR ANNUAL SPRING SOUP AND SALAD LUNCHEON ON THURSDAY, APRIL 27. THEY WILL SERVE FROM THE ROSEAU EVENT CENTER FROM 11:00-1:00, DINE-IN OR TAKE-OUT. COST IS $10 PER MEAL, WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO LOCAL CHARITIES.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR RICHARD A. FULLER OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY (11 AM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR. MILITARY HONORS PROVIDED BY THE ROSEAU MEMORIAL HONOR GUARD.
A FORMER BAGLEY SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ADDITIONAL SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES. 35 YEAR OLD NEIL DOLAN IS ALREADY SERVING A 10 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE RELATED TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF STUDENTS THAT WENT ON FROM 2016 TO 2020 IN CLEARWATER AND BECKER COUNTY. THE NEW CHARGES STEM FROM THE ABUSE OF THREE STUDENTS, AGED 13 AND 14, AT BAGLEY HIGH SCHOOL FROM 2016 TO 2019.
A MOORHEAD MAN IS DEAD AFTER A CRASH INVOLVING A TRAIN BETWEEN PILLAGER AND BAXTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. THE DECEASED WAS IDENTIFIED AS 53-YEAR OLD LANCE KEITH BEACHEM.
A GRAND FORKS HERALD STORY LOOKS AT WORKFORCE SHORTAGES, WORKER RETENTION, HOUSING SHORTAGES, AND CHILDCARE SHORTAGES FROM A THIEF RIVER FALLS AND DIGI-KEY PERSPECTIVE. THEY SAY THAT WITHOUT HOUSING AND CHILDCARE, ATTRACTING AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. THE CITY HAS PUT FORTH EFFORTS TO MAKE KNOWN OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO MAY WANT TO START A DAYCARE, AND ALSO ARE WORKING WITH FOUR DEVELOPERS ON POTENTIAL HOUSING UNIT PROJECTS, THAT COULD ADD UP TO 300. A STUDY FROM 2012, SHOWED THAT THE CITY COULD BENEFIT FROM 90 NEW UNITS PER YEAR FRO THE NEXT 10 YEARS… OVER THAT SPAN ONLY 591 UNITS WERE BUILT.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCED SOME ROAD PROJECTS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOR THIS SUMMER. THEY INCLUDE A RESURFACING AND ROUNDABOUT INSTALLATION ON HIGHWAY 59 SOUTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS.
RESURFACING AND CULVERT REPLACEMENT ON HIGHWAY 32 BETWEEN GREENBUSH AND MIDDLE RIVER.
RESURFACING ON HIGHWAY 2, WEST OF BEMIDJI NEAR WHERE HIGHWAY 89 INTERSECTS.
A MAJOR HIGHWAY 11 RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH WARROAD PLANNED FOR THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN DELAYED, AND WILL NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
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