A SPECIAL ELECTION HAS BEEN SET FOR SEPTEMBER FOR THE OPEN HOUSE SEAT THAT WAS CREATED BY THE ASSASSINATION OF REPRESENTATIVE MELISSA HORTMAN. A FORMER AND A CURRENT MEMBER FROM THE BROOKLYN PARK CITY COUNCIL HAVE STEPPED FORWARD AS TWO EARLY CANDIDATES.
ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT MINNESOTA IS JOINING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ATTEMPT TO FREE UP ALLEGED FROZEN FUNDING FOR EDUCATION. OVER $70 MILLION IS “BELIEVED TO BE” FROZEN FOR MINNESOTA; $6.8 BILLION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY ARGUE IT VIOLATES TWO DIFFERENT ACTS, ALONG WITH A SEPARATION OF POWERS DOCTRINE AND A PRESENTMENT CLAUSE. THE STATE HAS ALREADY SEEN $59 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING PERMANENTLY CANCELLED SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE.
IN AREA CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTS FOR THE WEEK, IT SEEMS THE BITE HAS SLOWED A BIT ON LAKE OF THE WOODS AND ELSEWHERE WITH THE MAYFLY HATCH. SOME ANGLERS WERE ALSO SMOKED OUT, CUTTING TIME ON THE WATER SHORT DUE TO THE THICK WILDFIRE SMOKE.
THE DNR DOES CONTINUE TO SEEK PUBLIC INPUT ON VARIOUS PROPOSED REGULATION CHANGES, MOST NOTABLY THE POSSIBILITY OF THE WALLEYE LIMIT GOING FROM SIX TO FOUR, WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IN 2027.
ICE AGENTS RAIDED AN APARTMENT IN LANCASTER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND REPORTEDLY DETAINED ALLEGEDLY ILLEGAL NICARAGUANS. THEY ARE REPORTEDLY EMPLOYED BY PODCO, BUT THE OWNER THERE SAYS ALL EMPLOYEES AND THEIR ELIGIBILITY STATUS IS VERIFIED THROUGH A THIRD PARTY.
A funeral service for Katherine Timinskis will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 11am at Messiah Lutheran Church of Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service at the church.
Katherine Timinskis passed away at the age of 75.
A Funeral Service for Jerome L. Ziska of Roseau, MN will be held on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11:00AM at Rose Free Lutheran Church in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from 5-7PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at Moe-Rose Cemetery.
Jerome passed away at the age of 67.
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