EVEN IN A STATE WHERE FISHING AND BOATING IS AS POPULAR AS IT IS, ACCORDING TO A STUDY FROM CAPTAIN EXPERIENCES, MINNESOTA HAS THE LOWEST BOATING FATALITY RATE IN THE COUNTRY AT JUST 1.8 PER 100,000 REGISTERED VESSELS. THERE IS ALSO JUST 11.2 BOATING RELATED ACCIDENTS AT THAT SAME RATIO.
GOVERNOR WALZ WAS IN MOORHEAD YESTERDAY DISCUSSING THE INVESTMENTS IN BROADBAND. IT WAS ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THE STATE WILL RECEIVE $650 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP EXPAND ACCESS.
THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN THE FATAL STABBING THAT TOOK PLACE IN BEMIDJI ON SATURDAY. THE THREE MEN, AGED 25, 22, 20 WERE FROM WAUBUN, MAHNOMEN AND DETROIT LAKES. AND 18-YEAR OLD BEMIDJI MAN WAS THE VICTIM. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE VICTIM WAS GOING TO A RESIDENCE TO FIND A MAN HE REFERRED TO AS “K-DOG” BUT WAS STOPPED BY THREE MEN, WHO EVENTUALLY CHASED HIM AS HE ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE. VIDEO FROM A NEIGHBORING HOME AND FROM AN AREA SCHOOL CONFIRM THE WITNESSES ACCOUNT.
AUTHORITES IN GILBERT, ON THE IRON RANGE, ARE LOOKING INTO THE DEATH OF A MAN’S BODY THAT WAS FOUND IN A FREEZER IN BIWABIK. THAT HOME HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE FEBRUARY. INITIAL MEDICAL EXAMINER REPORTS SAY THE BODY DIDN’T SHOW SIGNS OF PHYSICAL TRAUMA OR INJURY.
THE MINNESOTA DNR HAS DROPPED DEER FEEDING BANS IN SOUND COUNTIES, BUT HAS ALSO ADDED A COUPLE. FEEDING DEER IS NOW LEGAL IN KOOCHICHING, CLEARWATER, ROSEAU, LAKE OF THE WOODS, MAHNOMEN, MARSHALL, PENNINGTON, RED LAKE, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTIES, BUT NOW BANNED IN CASS AND ITASCA.
A Celebration of Life for Vincent D. Buck of Warroad, MN will be held on Monday, July 3, 2023 from 11:00AM – 1:00PM at the Warroad Eagles.
Vince passed away on Monday, June 26, 2023 at the age of 86.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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