POLK COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE OPPOSING A PROPOSED CANNABIS GROW FACILITY NEAR MAPLE LAKE, RAISING CONCERNS OVER ODOR, ZONING AND PROPERTY VALUES. THEY HAVE GATHERED OVER 100 SIGNATURES ON A PETITION. THE FACILITY WOULD BE LOCATED ALONG COUNTY 12, JUST OUTSIDE OF MENTOR, AND ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM MAPLE LAKE. CODY PARR IS THE MAN BEHIND THE PROJECT AND HIS FAMILY HAS OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR GENERATIONS. IT WOULD ONLY BE A GROWING FACILITY WITH NO RETAIL. THE AREA WOULD NEED TO BE RE-ZONED FROM AGRICULTURAL TO COMMERCIAL.
A GRAND FORKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHER AT SCHROEDER MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN REPRIMANDED AFTER REPORTEDLY BEING INTOXICATED AT SCHOOL. LOGAN STEEN WAS PUT ON LEAVE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND IS NOW BEING ORDERED TO TAKE COUNSELING AND IS SUBJECT TO RANDOM SOBRIETY TESTING. HE IS A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT THE SCHOOL. HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT WAS .22 AT THE TIME OF TESTING, BUT SAID IT WAS A CARRY OVER FROM DRINKING THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THAT HE HAD NOT CONSUMED ALCOHOL THAT DAY. THIS DATES BACK TO OCTOBER 1.
ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, ELWYNN RUUD AND DON MILLER WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROSEAU COMMUNITY SCHOOL HALL OF FAME. A CEREMONY WILL BE HELD THAT AFTERNOON AT 1:00.
WORK CONTINUES ON THE HIGHWAY 11 BRIDGE OVER THE WARRAOD RIVER. A TRUCK DETOUR REMAINS IN PLACE AND IT REMAINS WITH ONE-WAY TRAFFIC WITH TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNALS. MN DOT HAS LISTED NOVEMBER 7TH AS A TARGET DATE FOR THE BRIDGE TO BE FULLY OPEN TO TRAFFIC.
THIS WEEK WE LEARNED OF A BOATING DEATH ON LAKE OF THE WOODS. ON OCTOBER 18 A BOAT WAS FOUND CAPSIZED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT 69-YEAR OLD BRIAN HERRIDGE OF CHASKA DIED AS A RESULT. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
THE NORTHERN LIGHT REGION IN BAUDETTE REPORTING THAT THE BAUDETTE CITY COUNCIL COULD BE LOOKING TO MAKE CUTS TO THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT, AMID BUDGET CONCERNS. A CURRENT AGREEMENT EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. RIGHT NOW THE CITY PAYS THE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AROUND $200,000 PER YEAR, PRIOR TO THAT AGREEMENT THE CITY HAD THEIR OWN POLICE FORCE. IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET SITUATION, THEY DID ALSO VOICE DISPLEASURE WITH THE LEVEL OF PATROLS IN THE CITY AND THE SHERIFF’S FAILURE TO ENFORCE ORDINANCES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL. THE CITY IS PROPOSING TO CUT THAT FEE IN HALF, ALTHOUGH NO FORMAL ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN.
THE ROSEAU GIRLS HOCKEY PROGRAM HAS A BINGO FUNDRAISER TOMORROW NIGHT AT GENES IN ROSEAU WITH GAMES STARTING AT 5 PM.
Call for Singers: Join the Community Choir for A RiverPlace Christmas
The public is invited to join the community choir for A RiverPlace Christmas, Warroad RiverPlace’s second annual Christmas concert on December 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. All interested singers ages 16+ are welcome; no experience necessary! Rehearsals run Sundays at 5:00 p.m. in November at Zion Lutheran Church in Warroad (1301 Nelson St. N.W.), beginning Sunday, November 2. A call to join a bell choir is also open. For more information, stop by Warroad RiverPlace or visit warroadriverplace.org.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Jerome E. Burkel of Greenbush, MN will be held on Friday, October 24, 2025 at 4:00PM at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Greenbush, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at a later date.
Jerome passed away at the age of 79.
Last modified: 10/24/2025
