DURING MONDAY’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD TO DISCUSS THE REPEAL OF A CITY ORDINANCE THAT RESTRICTED ARCADE GAMES WHERE PRIZES ARE REWARDED. THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON CLAW GAMES, AND THE COUNCIL CLARIFIED THAT GAMES THAT REWARD MONETARY REWARDS, SUCH AS COIN PUSHERS, WOULD STILL FALL UNDER STATE LAW FOR GAMBLING. THE COUNCIL RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENT AND UNANIMOUSLY REPEALED THE ORDINANCE.
AT THIS MONTH’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL LIBRARY REQUESTED TO ADD A 3% INCREASE TO THEIR BUDGET FOR 2027. THEIR BUDGET WOULD INCREASE FROM $63,599 TO 65,507. THIS INCREASE WOULD COVER CHANGES IN BOOK VENDORS, AFTER THEIR MAIN VENDOR WENT BANKRUPT. THE INCREASE WOULD ALSO COVER INFLATION FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES. THE REQUEST WAS ADDED TO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR CONSIDERATION DURING PRELIMINARY BUDGET APPROVAL AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
INEWZ.TV HAD A FOLLOWUP TO A STORY THAT BEGAN LAST FRIDAY WHEN BAUDETTE AGENCIES WERE CALLED TO CLEMENTSON RAPIDS FOR A SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORT. AFTER A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO HOURS THE BODY OF A BAUDETTE WOMAN WAS RECOVERED. SHE WAS IDENTIFIED AS 64-YEAR OLD BLOSSOM CHILCOWSKI. AN INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE. AUTHORITIES WERE FIRST BROUGHT TO THE SCENE AFTER SOMEONE NOTICED THE SAME VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED THERE FOR MULTIPLE DAYS.
THERE ARE JUST TWO THURSDAY EVENING CONCERTS LEFT FOR THE SUMMER AT ROSEAU’S RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO. THIS THURSDAY IT WILL BE “THE BEWILDERNESS DUET”. THEY ARE CHRISTOPHER DAVID HANSON AND CAMERON ELIJAH ERICKSON WITH A GREAT MIX OF COVERS AND ORIGINALS. PULLED PORK SANDWICHES WITH BEANS, CHIPS, DRINKS AND COOKIES WILL BE SERVED BY THE ROSEAU ALS TEAM. THOSE CONCERTS BEGIN AT 6:30 PM.
39 AIRPORTS ACROSS MINNESOTA ARE SET TO RECEIVE THEIR SHARE OF OVER $8 MILLION IN GRANT MONEY TO HELP ON 57 DIFFERENT PROJECTS. THE ROSEAU AIRPORT WILL RECEIVE A MODEST $7,000 FOR WHAT IS TITLED THEIR CLEAR ZONE ACTION PLAN. A SEPARATE GRANT REQUEST FOR ROUGHLY $87,000 AT THE ROSEAU AIRPORT WAS NOT SELECTED IN THIS GRANT ROUND. THE STEPHEN AIRPORT IS RECEIVING OVER $330,000 FOR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION.
THERE WERE THREE SEPARATE PROJECTS AND GRANT REQUESTS AT FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THAT ALSO WERE NOT SELECTED.
IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE DUCK HUNTERS IN MINNESOTA, THE STATE’S DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS PROPOSING A NEW THREE-DUCK HARVEST LIMIT.
CURRENTLY, THERE’S A SIX-DUCK DAILY BAG LIMIT, UNDER WHICH ARE BAG LIMITS THAT VARY BY DUCK SPECIES AND SEX. BUT NATHAN HUCK, THE DNR’S MIGRATORY GAME BIRD CONSULTANT, SAID IT CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR SOME PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY DUCK SPECIES AND SEX AND MIGHT PREVENT NEW HUNTERS FROM JOINING THE HUNT. THE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE IS EASIER, ALLOWING HUNTERS TO HARVEST ANY SEX AND SPECIES OF DUCK.
HOW IT WOULD WORK IS THAT WHEN HUNTERS BUY A LICENSE, THEY WOULD CHOOSE THEIR HUNT — THE CURRENT SIX-DUCK COUNT OR THE NEW ALTERNATIVE THREE-DUCK LIMIT. THE NEW PROPOSAL WILL TAKE EFFECT IN FALL 2027.
PEARSON’S, A ST. PAUL CANDY MAKING FACILITY, WILL CLOSE AFTER OVER 100 YEARS. POPULAR GOODIES SUCH AS THE SALTED NUT ROLL ARE PRODUCED AT THAT FACILITY. THAT WILL LEAD TO A LAYOFF OF 80 EMPLOYEES. THE CLOSURE IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 28. THAT MINNESOTA CONNECTION DATES BACK TO 1909 IN MINNEAPOLIS, WITH A MOVE TO ST PAUL IN 1950.
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