WORK ON A RAILROAD CROSSING ON HIGHWAY 172 IN BAUDETTE WILL BEGIN MONDAY, WILL BRING A DETOUR, AND IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP WITHIN A WEEK. THAT CROSSING JUST OFF OF HIGHWAY 11 WILL BE RESURFACED. THE DETOUR WILL USE LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY ROAD 39.
IT’S YEAR NUMBER THREE OF FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR MINNESOTA STUDENTS. GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT 151 MILLION MEALS WERE SERVED LAST YEAR, ROUGHLY 460,000 MORE THAN WERE SERVED IN YEAR ONE OF THE PROGRAM. THEY ESTIMATE A FAMILY WOULD SAVE ABOUT $1000 PER YEAR PER STUDENT IF THEY TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE MEALS.
FOR SMALL GAME HUNTING, IT IS TAKE A KID HUNTING WEEKEND IN MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND, THE 20TH AND 21ST. AN ADULT WITHOUT A LICENSE COULD HUNT AS LONG AS THEY THAT HAS A YOUTH AGED 16 OR YOUNGER WITH THEM. HUNTING SMALL GAME IS A GREAT WAY TO INTRODUCE KIDS TO HUNTING, THE DNR SAYS. KIDS LEARN HOW TO TELL WHERE WILDLIFE HAVE BEEN, HOW TO PROPERLY AND SAFELY HANDLE FIREARMS, AND HOW TO ACCESS HUNTING LAND.
A NEW YEAR FOR 4-H ENROLLMENT BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 15. ALL MEMBERS, NEW OR RETURNING, MUST REGISTER ON A YEARLY BASIS. EARLIER THIS SUMMER KELSEY BERGER WITH THE ROSEAU COUNTY 4-H EXTENSION DESCRIBED THE IMPORTANCE THAT 4-H CAN HAVE IN A YOUNG PERSONS LIFE… MANY 4-H’ERS JUST ENJOYED TIME AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR AND OTHER STATEWIDE ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM. THE ROSEAU COUNTY EXTENSION WEBSITE HAS THE ENROLLMENT INFO OR THEY CAN BE REACHED AT 218-463-1052.
THERE WERE TWO DEADLY ACCIDENTS EARLIER THIS WEEK IN MAHNOMEN-WAUBUN AREA. THE FIRST WAS A SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER IN WAUBUN ON TUESDAY. THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF THE DRIVER, 17-YEAR OLD CASH TIBBETTS. THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED TO TOOK A TURN ON A GRAVEL ROAD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND CAUSED THE ROLLOVER. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.
THE SECOND WAS IN MAHNOMEN ON HIGHWAY 200. THIS INVOLVED A VEHICLE AND TRACTOR. A 20-YEAR OLD MALE WAS THE VEHICLE DRIVER AND WAS NOT INJURED BUT HIS 53-YEAR OLD MALE PASSENGER WAS KILLED. THE DRIVER OF TRACTOR WAS UNINJURED. LAW ENFORCEMENT NOTED ALCOHOL AS A FACTOR WITH THE CAR’S DRIVER.
26-YEAR OLD ETHAN ALEXANDER JOHNSON OF ST. HILAIRE PLEADED GUILTY TO A FIFTH-DEGREE MISDEMEANOR OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, A LOWER CHARGE THAN HIS ORIGINAL THIRD-DEGREE DRUG SALE. IN LATE 2024 HE WAS CHARGED AFTER IT WAS LEARNED HE DROVE KRISTA RACHELLE BERGERON TO A CONTROLLED BUY WHERE SHE SOLD METH. SHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SENTENCED TO 48 MONTHS.
1.78 MILLION ACRES WERE ENROLLED INTO THE USDA’S CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM (CRP) DURING THEIR 2025 PERIOD. THE AGENCY’S FLAGSHIP CONSERVATION PROGRAM ALLOWS LANDOWNERS, FARMERS, AND RANCHERS TO CONVERT MARGINAL OR UNPRODUCTIVE CROPLAND INTO VEGETATIVE COVER THAT IMPROVES WATER QUALITY, PREVENTS EROSION, RESTORES WILDLIFE HABITAT AND IN THE CASE OF GRASSLAND, ALLOWS THEM TO CONTINUE MOST GRAZING AND HAYING PRACTICES.
THE ROSEAU FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR ANNUAL BBQ ON SATURDAY, SERVED FROM THE FIRE HALL FOR EITHER DINE IN OR TAKE OUT. A MEAL IS JUST $10 AND THEY HAVE $5 RAFFLE TICKETS ALSO.
MINNESOTA ENERGY RESOURCES ANNOUNCED A ROUND OF GRANTS TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE, WITH THE ROSEAU DEPARTMENT BEING ONE RECIPIENT. THEY ARE USING GRANT DOLLARS TO PURCHASE A MULTI-GAS DETECTOR WHICH WILL HELP THEM TO IDENTIFY GAS LEAKS AND THE PRECENSE OF CARBON MONOXIDE.
A Memorial Service for Danny G. Stoe of Roseau, MN will be held on Friday, September 19, 2025 at 11:00AM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Reception to follow the service at the Roseau Event Center.
Danny passed away at the age of 70.
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