ROSEAU SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME USED THE SCHOOLS AUTOMATED PHONE CALL SYSTEM YESTERDAY TO VOICE AN ALERT TO FAMILIES OF AN INCIDENT AT THE END OF SCHOOL YESTERDAY WHEN A STUDENT SUFFERED AN ISOLATED PERSONAL MEDICAL EVENT THAT REQUIRED EMS SERVICES TO BE ON SCENE. THAT DID LEAD TO THE SCHOOL PLACING THE REMAINING STUDNET IN A TEMPORARY HOLD TO ALLOW THE EMS TEAMS TO DO THEIR WORK, AND DISMALL AND BUSSES WERE DELAYED BY ABOUT 13 MINUTES.
A 19-YEAR OLD FROM HALSTAD, MINNESOTA WAS KILLED IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH, NORTH OR MOORHEAD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE’S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ALEXZANDER ELHARD. HE WAS THE PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE THAT LEFT THE ROAD AND ROLLED. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, 23-YEAR OLD ALEXANDER SMAGALA, WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AND SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. WHETHER OR NOT ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR REMAINS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION.
THERE WAS A POLICE PRESENCE IN DOWNTOWN ROSEAU ON TUESDAY FOLLOWING AN ALTERCATION WITH A PATRON AT A DOWNTOWN BAR. BRENT HAGEN OF BEMDIJI WAS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE WERE CALLED AFTER HAGEN WAS BELIGERANTLY YELLING HOMOPHOBIC SLURS WHILE IN THE BAR. HE PROCEEDED TO YELL SIMILAR THINGS AT THE OFFICERS AFTER THEY ARRIVED, AND STILL REQUIRED RESTRAINING DEVICES AS HE WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE JAIL. THERE IS A FELONY THREATS OF VIOLENCE CHARGE AND OTHER MISDEMEANORS.
STRONG STORM SYSTEMS CAME THROUGH NORTHERN MINNESOTA YESTERDAY, WITH TORNADO WARNINGS POSTED FARTHER SOUTH. DAMAGE WAS CAUSED, FOR THE 2ND TIME THIS YEAR, AT THE SKY VU DRIVE IN MOVIE THEATER IN WARREN WHERE THEIR SCREEN WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED. THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE CLOSED IMMEDIATELY FOR THE SEASON.
CANDIDATES FOR MINNESOTA’S 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, ERIK OSBERG AND MICHELLE FISHBACH, BOTH SPOKE AND HANDLED QUESTIONS AT A CANDIDATE FORUM LAST WEEK IN WADENA WHERE THEY SPARRED OVER FRAUD, GREEN ENERGY, AND NEARLY EVERYTHING THEY FEEL IS IMPORTANT FOR RURAL MINNESOTA. THEY AGREED ON ONE THING FOR SURE, AND THAT IS THAT THEY BOTH FEEL IT IS THEIR JOB TO MAKE RURAL MINNESOTA ISSUES FELT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. OSBERG IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICIES BEING SOUGHT, WHILE FISHBACH SUPPORTS THEM, BUT ALSO FEELS ENERGY SUPPLIERS SHOULD BE TRUSTED TO FIND THE LOWEST COST MODELS THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE. WITH FRAUD, OSBERG SAID IT SHOULD BE SOLVED “WITH A SCALPEL AND NOT A CHAINSAW.” AND THAT’S IT’S A BI-PARTISIAN PROBLEM. FISHBACH SAID THE LEVEL OF FRAUD IN MINNESOTA IS “EMBARRASSING.”
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON TUESDAY SAID IT IS EXPANDING ITS INVESTIGATION OF RECORD HIGH BEEF PRICES TO EIGHT MAJOR GROCERY CHAINS. ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL STANLEY E. WOODWARD JR. SENT LETTERS TO THE EIGHT COMPANIES REGARDING ‘RECENT INCREASES IN THE RETAIL PRICE FOR BEEF.
“THE DOJ SAID IT WOULD SEEK RECORDS FROM EACH COMPANY RELATED TO ITS RETAIL BEEF SALES AND PRICES, WHOLESALE PURCHASES, COSTS AND MARGINS, PRICING AND PURCHASING STRATEGIES AND ANALYSES OF TRENDS IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BEEF PRICES.”
“ACCORDING TO THE LATEST INFLATION REPORT FROM THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS (BLS), BEEF AND VEAL PRICES ROSE 9.4 PERCENT IN THE 12 MONTHS THAT ENDED JULY. GROUND BEEF CLIMBED 9 PERCENT, UNCOOKED BEEF STEAKS BY 9.6 PERCENT AND UNCOOKED BEEF ROASTS BY 13.5 PERCENT—ALL FAR OUTPACING THE 3.4 PERCENT OVERALL INFLATION RATE.”
MOST EXPERTS STILL SAY “YEARS OF DROUGHT, HIGH INPUT COSTS AND HERD LIQUIDATION HAVE PUSHED PRICES TO RECORD LEVELS”
A SEPTEMBER 15 DEADLINE IS APPROACHING WITH THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL. THAT DEADLINE IS FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS GRANTS FROM THROUGHOUT THEIR SEVEN COUNTY REGION. THOSE CAN BE UP TO AS MUCH AS $5000.
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