REPRESENTATIVE MICHELLE FISHBACH MADE SOME LOCAL ROUNDS LAT WEEK, VISITING POLARIS IN ROSEAU, MATTRACKS IN KARLSTAD, AND CENTRAL BOILER IN GREENBUSH. THEY DISCUSSED TRADE POLCIES AND HOW CAN IMPACT OUR LOCAL MANUFACTURES. THERE ALSO SOME ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS BEING INTRODUCED THAT COULD HAVE IMPACTS.
FISHBACH ALSO VISITED THE ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL. SHE SPOKE TO A 9TH GRADE CIVICS CLASS AND TOURED THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS AREAS OF THE SCHOOL.
IT’S BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT POLARIS AND MARVIN WILL ONCE AGAIN FACEOFF IN A HOCKEY RIVALRY GAME. THEY WILL BE PLAYED MARCH 20TH AT GARDENS ARENA IN WARROAD. TEAMS WILL BE MADE UP OF POLARIS AND MARVIN EMPLOYEES FROM THE ROSEAU AND WARROAD SITES, AND ALSO FROM OTHER COMPANY LOCATIONS. EACH COMPANY WILL PUT TOGETHER AN A AND B ROSTER FOR TWO GAMES. PROCEEDS THIS YEAR WILL BENEFIT THE ROSEAU/WARROAD AREA FOOD SHELF.
IN A HIGHLY PUBLICIZED CASE, JENNIFER STATELY HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT OF MURDERING HER TWO CHILDREN IN MARCH OF 2024 AND THEN SETTING THE HOUSE ON FIRE. THEY WERE FIVE AND SIX YEARS OLD. THE DEFENSE HAD BEEN USING AN INSANITY APPROACH TO THEIR CASE. SHE HAD ALSO ATTEMPTED TO FLEA THE AREA WITH A THIRD CHILD WHICH TRIGGERED AN AMBER ALERT. SHE WILL BE SENTENCED AT A LATER DATE.
MYLES HOGENSON, REPRESENTING THE ROSEAU COUNTY TRAILBLAZERS AND LAKE OF
THE WOODS SPORTSMANS CLUB, MET THIS WEEK WITH THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD.
HOGENSON SAID IT’S BEEN A DIFFICULT WINTER FOR SNOWMOBILE TRAIL
GROOMING, DUE TO A LACK OF SNOW AND FREQUENT WINDY CONDITIONS.
HOGENSON FURTHER SAID HE’D LIKE TO SHIFT “SOME GRANT-IN-AID TRAIL MILES
FROM THE WESTERN END OF THE COUNTY TO BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST”.
IN RELATED ACTION, THE COUNTY BOARD APPROVED A DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES GRANT FOR A SOIL CONDITIONER AND LEVELER, FOR MAINTENANCE ON
SNOWMOBILE AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE TRAILS. THERE IS A TWENTY-FIVE
PERCENT LOCAL SHARE OF THOSE GRANT DOLLARS.
THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK, AND YESTERDAY TOM JEROME VISISTED THE WILD 102 STUDIOS TO SHOW HIS APPRECIATION FOR ALL THAT DO THEIR PART TO MAKE PUBLIC EDUCATION THE BEST IT CAN BE… (AUDIO CLIP)
INEWZ.TV REPORTED OF A SERIOUS SNOWMOBILE CRASH LATE YESTERDAY EVENING. THIS WAS DOWN EAST OF MAHNOMEN. DETAILS OF THE VICTIM OR THE CRASH WERE NOT MADE AVAILABLE, BUT THE PERSON DID NEED TO BE LIFE FLIGHTED FROM THE SCENE TO FARGO.
A THIEF RIVER FALLS MAN WAS GRANTED A STAYED SENTENCE TUESDAY, FEB. 24, WHICH MEANS HE WILL SERVE NO ADDITIONAL TIME IN CUSTODY AS LONG AS HE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FIVE YEARS OF SUPERVISED PROBATION.
SPENCER DAVID JONES, 54, PLEADED GUILTY IN JANUARY TO THIRD-DEGREE SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
JONES WAS CHARGED IN 2024, AFTER A NOVEMBER 2023 INCIDENT WHERE HE SOLD 1.75 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE TO A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT.
THERE IS A 27 MONTH SENTENCE SHOULD HE VIOLATE THE PROBATION.
YESTERDAY, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BLOCK $259 MILLION IN MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO MINNESOTA, CITING THE STATE HAS ALLOWED TOO MUCH FEDERAL MONEY TO BE FRAUDULENTYL WASTED. THEY GAVE GOVERNOR TIM WALZ 60 DAYS TO RESPOND BY PUTTING TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. WALZ SAID HE BELIEVES THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FRAUD IS SIMPLE POLITCAL RETRIBUTION AGAINST BLUE STATES, BUT THAT THE BLOCKING OF FUND WILL BE DEVASTATING TO VETERANS, FAMILIES, AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.
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