ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAVE BEEN LEVIED AGAINST A COUPLE, FORMERLY OF LANCASTER AND NOW LIVING IN TENNESSEE. JAMES AND KELLI HEWITT HAVE A HEARING JULY 15. THE CHARGES ARE TRAFFICKING FOR FORCED LABOR AND SERVITUDE. THE REPORT SAYS EIGHT PEOPLE WERE RESCUED DURING THE OPERATION. AT LEAST ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS TAKEN IN FROM A HAITIAN ORPHANAGE. INEWZ.TV HAD THE INITIAL REPORT.
THE MINNESOTA DNR IS EXPANDING A UNIQUE PARTERNSHIP WITH LIBRARIES ACROSS THE STATE, THAT OFFER SEVEN DAY PERMITS TO STATE PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS. THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCEHD STATEWIDE IN 2021, AND NOW HAS OVER 200 PARTICIPATING LIBARARIES, AT LEAST ONE IN ALL 87 COUNTIES. THE ROSEAU AND GREENBUSH LIBRARIES PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
IN COURT NEWS, 21-YEAR OLD COOPER JAMES DAHLEN OF ROSEAU IS CHARGED WITH A FELONY THIRD-DEGREE SALE OF A NARCOTIC AFTER HE SELLING FIVE GRAMS OF METHAMPHATIME TO AN INFORMANT. THE CRIMINAL CASE WAS FILED IN JUNE, THE SALE TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST OF 2024. HIS NEXT COURT ACTION IS ON JULY14.
THINGS ARE SO-FAR-SO-GOOD FOR MINNESOTA TURKEY GROWERS, SAYS A GRAND FORKS HERALD STORY. TURKEY GROWERS ARE SITTING IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO, THANKS TO RESERARCH, FUNDING AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS FOCUSED ON POULTRY HEALTH. IT HAS BEEN FIVE MONTHS SINCE THE LAST REPORT OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN MINNESOTA. A STUDY HAD SHOWED A TUMULTUOUS 2024 HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE STATE’S TURKEY INDUSTRY OF $112 MILLION.
A Funeral Services for Clara O. Johnson of Roseau, MN will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:00AM at the Light House Church in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from 5-7PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN with a Service of Remembrance at 7PM.
Clara passed away at the age of 94.
Nicole “Nici” Bartell of Wannaska, MN formerly of Morris, MN passed away June 25, 2025 at the age of 55.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held for Nici on July 12, 2025 at 1 o’clock PM at the Community Center in Wannaska.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MET YESTERDAY EVENING; THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD MEETS TODAY.
THE CRAZY DAYS PROMOTION IN ROSEAU IS EARLIER THIS YEAR THAN IT IS TRADITIONALLY BEEN HELD. IT’S THIS WEEK, ON THURSDAY. IT CARRIES A BASEBALL THEME, WITH A CARD TO FILL OUT WHEN SHOPPING AT FOUR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES TO COMPLETE A HOME RUN (ENTRY FOR $100 IN ROSEAU DOUGH), ONE-HOUR FLASH SALES AT VARIOUS BUSINESSES, AND WITH A RECEIPT, FREE SNACKS AT THE GO ROSEAU BOOTH.
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