THE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED A REDUCTION ON TARIFFS ON IMPORTED PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS, DECREASING THEM FROM 19.97% TO JUST 2.12%. THE AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SAID “THESE TARIFFS ON FERTILIZER HAVE HAD A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE BOTTOM LINE OF FARMERS.” THOSE TARIFFS HAD BEEN HIGH SINCE 2020, WHEN AMERICANS COMPANIES HAD WON THE ARGUMENT THAT FOREIGN COMPANIES WERE HURTING BY SELLING AT EXCEPTIONALLY LOW PRICES.
THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE AUDITOR’S OFFICE FOUND THAT GRANT DOLLARS WERE MISUSED BY THE NORTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION, WITH SOME MONEY GOING TO A REGISTERED LOBBYIST, WHO THEN VOTED IN FAVOR OF TWO BILLS. LEADERS FROM THAT ASSOCIATION SAY THEY ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, AND THAT THE GRANT AMOUNT THAT WAS MISUSED HAS BEEN REPAID TO THE NORTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN COUNCIL.
A COUPLE WERE RESCUED BY THEIR NEIGHBORS AFTER A HOUSE EXPLOSION IN RICE LAKE TOWNSHIP, NEAR DULUTH. THE MARRIED COUPLE SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES. REPORTS SAY THAT THE FURNACE WAS BEING SERVICED AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION.
WEATHER FOR HUNTERS ACROSS MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND WILL RANGE FORM BELOW FREEZING TEMPS IN THE NORTH TO AS WARM AS 60 DEGREE TEMPS IN THE SOUTH. THEY ARE SUGGESTING SOME LIGHT RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY, BUT NOT MUCH, WITH SUNDAY’S RAIN CHANCE A LITTLE HIGHER, POSSIBLY TURNING TO A SNOW.
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF SCARCITY, HUNTING AMMUNITION SHORTAGES IN ALMOST ALL CALIBERS HAVE EASED THIS YEAR. THE PANDEMIC, SHUTDOWNS, BANKRUPTCIES AND HOARDING HAD ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE SHORTAGES.
THE WARROAD AREA COMMUNITY FUND, ALONG WITH THE GAYLORD GUNDERSON EDUCATION FUND AND THE WARROAD EDUCATION FUND HAVE ANNOUNCED A MINI-GRANT ROUND. FOR ANY ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY, YOU COULD APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS THAT COULD TOTAL BETWEEN $500 AND $1500.
A Funeral Service for Layln Monsrud of Wannaska, MN willbe held on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 11:00AM at Riverside Lutheran Church in Wannaska. Visitation will be held at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN on Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 5-7PM. Interment will be held at a later date.
Military rites will be provided by the Roseau Memorial Honor Guard.
Layln was 88 years old.
Last modified: 11/03/2023
