KARI SUNDBERG OF GRYGLA IS PREPARED TO RELEASE HER FIRST BOOK NEXT MONTH. ENTITLED ‘THE THINGS THEY CARRIED HOME’ SHARES STORIES OF AREA VETERANS SHE HAS COMPILED OVER THE YEARS. SHE WILL BE PRESENT AT THE GYRLGA FALL FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY FOR A CHANCE TO MEET AND YOU CAN PRE-ORDER A COPY.
ROSEAU MAYOR DAN FABIAN JOINED THE WILD 102 MORNING SHOW ON MONDAY. TOPICS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDED THE HIGHWAY 11 PROJECT, THE STORM SEWER PROJECT COMPLETED EARLIER IN THE SUMMER, RE-ROOFING OF MEMORIAL ARENA AND MORE. HE NOTED ALL OF THESE TAKE MONEY, AND THANKED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY WORKERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS… ROSEAU MAYOR DAN FABIAN.
A DRUG STING OPERATION WAS CARRIED OUT IN CROOKSTON AND RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF KANE RODRIGUEZ OF CROOKSTON. AN INFORMANT PROVIDED INFORMATION AFTER PURCHASING COCAINE FROM RODRIGUEZ. HE IS FACING SEVEN SEPARATE CHARGES.
FOUR JUVENILE FEMALES NEEDED TO BE RESCUED FROM A SMALL ISLAND OFF OF BLACK BEACH NEAR SILVER BAY, MINNESOTA. THEY FOUR HAD PADDLE BOARDED FROM THE BEACH TO THE ISLAND BUT THEN LOST THEIR BOARDS INTO LAKE SUPERIOR. DUE WEATHER AND HIGH WAVE CONDITIONS, THE FOUR NEEDED AN AIR RESCUE VIA HELICPOTER THAT CAME FROM TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN.
AN ATV ACCIDENT NEAR GILBERT TOOK THE LIFE OF A 26-YEAR OLD WOMAN, AND A 25-YEAR OLD MALE NEEDED TO BE AIRLIFTED TO DULUTH WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE DECEASED WAS IDENTIFIED AS TIA MULLER OF CHILHOLM, AND THE MALE JOHNATHAN MULLER OF CHILSHOLM. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE EVENING HOURS AND THE TWO WERE NOT DISCOVERED BY FELLOW ATV’ERS UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
A JUDGE HAS STRUCK DOWN A LAW THAT WOULD HAVE BANNED BINARY TRIGGERS ON FIREARMS IN MINNESOTA. A BINARY TRIGGER ALLOWS ONE ROUND TO BE FIRED WHEN THE TRIGGER IS PULLED AND ANOTHER TO BE FIRED UPON IT’S RELEASE. THE MINNESOTA GUN OWNERS CAUCUS HAD FILED TO PREVENT THE LAW FROM TAKING EFFECT. ONE SUCH TRIGGER WAS USED ON A GUN IN A SHOOTING OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND A FIREFIGHTER IN BURNSVILLE IN 2024. ONE WAS ALSO USED IN THE FARGO SHOOTING IN 2023 THAT KILLED OFFICER JAKE WALLIN AND INJURED TWO OTHER OFFICERS.
THE MINNESOTA JOBLESS RATE IS AT IT’S HIGHEST SINCE AUGUST OF 2021. THE MOST RECENT REPORT SHOW THAT NUMBER AT 3.5%, UP FROM 3.3% THE MONTH BEFORE. THE NUMBER IS STILL LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL RATE OF 4.2%. THEY POINTED TO THE CUT IN GOVERNMENT JOBS AS POSSIBLY THE LARGEST FACTOR IN THE JUMP.
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