PEGGY ANN OMDAHL OF STRANDQUIST PLEADED GUILTY WEDNESDAY TO FELONY FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF A VULNERABLE ADULT IN THIS CASE HER MOTHER. OMDAHL IS 70 YEARS OF AGE. IF SHE COMPLETES HER TWO YEARS OF UNSUPERVISED PROBATION, SHE’LL SERVE NO JAIL TIME. HER, AND HER LONGTIME SIGNIFICANT OTHER, HAD TAKEN OVER $1 MILLION IN TOTAL VALUE, INCLUDING OVER $500,000 IN A TRANFSER OF LAND VALUE.
KITTSON HEALTHCARE IN HALLOCK WAS NAMED A RECIPIENT OF A “BEST PRACTICE IN PATIENT SATISFACTION” FROM NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION.
THE ROSEAU TIMES REGION THIS PAST WEEK FEATURED A STORY ON ATTEMPTS TO BRING A SCOUTING PROGRAM BACK TO THE CITY OF ROSEAU. HUNTER BRADLEY IS HELPING TO LEAD THAT EFFORT. THEY ALSO HAD COMMENTS FROM CHRIS BARNES, ROSEAU SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR, ADVOCATING FOR A SCOUT PROGRAM. THERE IS A PLAN TO GET A CUB SCOUTS PROGRAM STARTED FOR THOSE IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THE 5TH GRADE. THIS IS FOR ALL YOUTH, BOYS AND GIRLS, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE SINCE 2019.
MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS WILL BEGIN AT 9:00 AND 10:00 IN ROSEAU AND BADGER RESPECTIVELY ON MONDAY. ROSEAU’S PROGRAM AT 9:00 BEGINS AT CITIZEN’S STATE BANK, THEN MARCHING TO THE CENTER ST BRIDGE AND EVENTUALLY TO THE VETERAN’S MEMORIAL PARK. THE BADGER PROGRAM AT 10:00 BEGINS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, MOVING TO THE BADGER CREEK BRIDGE, AND THEN TO THEIR MEMORIAL PARK.
THERE IS A PROGRAM AT GARDENS ARENA IN WARROAD ON MONDAY AT 10 AM ALSO.
IN A COUPLE OF SURVEYS, SPLITROCK LIGHTHOUSE ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR’S NORTH SHORE WAS NAMED AS MINNESOTA’S MOST PATRIOTIC LANDMARK. FORT SNELLING AND THE STATE CAPITOL WERE ALSO HIGHLY RANKED. NOT SURPRISING, NATIONALLY #1, WAS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.
MINNESOTA’S STATE VETERAN’S CEMETERY IN LITTLE FALLS WAS RANKED AMONG THE NATIONS BEST.
AHEAD OF A BUSY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, DNR OFFICIALS ARE URGING EVERYONE TO BE SAFE ON THE WATER. BE SURE TO HAVE ALL NECESSARY LIFE JACKETS AND PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES ON BOARD, AND DO NOT BOAT WHILE INTOXICATED.
WARROAD HIGH SCHOOL HAS THEIR GRADUATION THIS EVENING AT 6:30; LAKE OF THE WOODS SCHOOL WILL HOLD THEIR CEREMONY AT 6:00.
WE’VE ALREADY NOTED THAT HIGHWAY 11 WORK IN ROSEAU WILL BEGIN JUNE 2, HOWEVER, WORK ON HIGHWAY 11 IN OTHER SPOTS WILL BEGIN THIS COMING MONDAY, MAY 27. FOR WARROAD IT WILL INCLUDE A TRUCK DETOUR THAT USES COUNTY ROADS 9 AND 12. ALSO, WORK SOUTH OF INDUS WILL START MONDAY. THAT WILL BE DONE UNDER TRAFFIC, SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AS THEY WILL HAVE SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC IN ALTERNATING DIRECTIONS USING PORTABLE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
HIGHWAY 89 WORK IN ROSEAU, FOR A RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL BEGIN JUNE 2 ALSO. THE HIGHWAY WILL BE CLOSED FROM 2ND ST SW TO 3RD ST SW.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A MOBILE FOOD DROP IN ROSEAU WITH THE NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK ON TUESDAY, MAY 27 FROM 11:00-12:00, OR UNTIL SUPPLIES ARE EXHAUSTED, IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE RAMS SPORTS CENTER. THERE IS NO COST OR ELIGIBLITY REQUIREMENTS TO RECIEVE YOUR DISTRIBUTION. THOSE PICKING UP WILL BE ASKED A COUPLE OF SIMPLE HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS BY STAFF.
A memorial service will be held at 11AM with a visitation one hour prior on Tuesday, May 27th at the Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau for Frank Tesarek Jr., who passed away on May 18th at the Warroad Senior Living Center.
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