AN ANNUAL FAVORITE, THE COUNTRY CORN MAZE NEAR WARROAD OPENS FOR THE SEASON THIS WEEKEND. THEIR THEME THIS YEARS PAYS TRIBUTE TO AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY. YOU CAN FIND THEIR SCHEDULE, HOURS AND SPECIAL EVENTS AT THEIR WEBSITE.
EDWINA M. STOUTENBURGH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION, WITH CREDIT FOR 396 DAYS SERVED AFTER A PLEA AGREEMENT WAS REACHED. SHE WAS FACING 2ND DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FOR ATTEMPTING TO SLIT HER SON’S THROAT AS HE SLEPT WHILE SHE SUFFERED FROM A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE. THOSE MURDER CHARGES WERE DISMISSED VIA THE AGREEMENT AND A 21-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE IS STAYED ASSUMING SHE ABIDES BY HER PROBATION.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD MEETS THIS MORNING, WE’LL FOLLOW WITH SOME NOTES OUT OF THOSE PROCEEDINGS. THEY DO HAVE AN APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST FROM THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL LIBRARY AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE WARROAD RIVER WATERSHED BOARD ON THEIR AGENDA.
THEY ARE LOOKING TO GATHER COMMUNITY OPINIONS ON HOUSING IN WARROAD WITH AN OPEN HOUSE TODAY AT THE CHAMBER OFFICES AT 112 MAIN AVE NE BETWEEN 3:00-5:30. THEY ARE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND DISCOVER WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF DESIGN AND AMENITIES. THERE WILL BE A $200 CHAMBER BUCKS PRIZE AWARDED TO ONE PARTICIPANT.
THE MINNESOTA DNR IS REMINDING HUNTERS NOT TO SHOOT RADIO COLLARED BEARS, OR EAR-TAGGED RESEARCH BEARS, AS THAT SEASON APPROACHES NEXT MONTH. THOSE BEARS ASSIST IN STUDIES OF THEIR FOOD, HABITAT, REPRODUCTION, AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH HUMANS.
MINNESOTA HEMP FARMERS ARE LEFT RETHINKING THE CROP THIS YEAR AS A FEDERAL HEMP-THC BAN APPROACHES, READY TO TAKE EFFECT IN NOVEMBER UNLESS LAW MAKERS FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. ONE MINNESOTA FARMER NEAR HASTINGS PLANTED SOYBEANS IN PLACE OF HEMP THIS YEAR, AND HE SAYS HE IS SITTING ON NEARLY 20,000 POUNDS OF HARVESTED PLANT MATERIAL FROM LAST YEAR THAT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE SOLD, BUT WITH THE BAN LOOMING, BUYERS ARE HOLDING BACK. ACCORDING TO U.S. HEMP ROUNDTABLE, THE U.S. HEMP-DERIVED PRODUCT MARKET IS WORTH ABOUT $28.4 BILLION. THE ADVOCACY GROUPS PUTS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HEMP FARMING AT $6.86 BILLION AND SAYS FARMERS RETAIN A LARGER SHARE OF HEMP’S VALUE THAN THEY DO FROM TRADITIONAL CROPS LIKE CORN AND SOYBEANS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL ONE MONTH DELAY IN THAT BAN PASSED BY THE MINNESOTA SENATE, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN PICKED UP BY THE HOUSE YET.
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