THE MINNESOTA DNR WILL OFFER 17 ELK LICENSES THIS YEAR IN KITTSON COUNTY, THAT IS DOWN FROM 30 LAST YEAR. A DEADLINE TO APPLY IS FRIDAY, JUNE 16. THAT HUNTING ZONE, ELK ZONE 20, HAS BEEN EXPANDED THIS YEAR TO BETTER ENCOMPASS THE AREA WHERE ELKS HAVE BEEN DURING RECENT HUNTING SEASONS.
IN MINNESOTA DNR CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTS, WE SEE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BUSY RECENTLY HELPING A NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY CLASSES ON FIELD TRIPS AND ASSISTING WITH ATV COURSES. THEY’VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ANGLING ENFORCEMENT AND REMIND EVERYONE TO DO WHAT IS NEEDED TO STOP THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES.
AS SPRING MOVES ALONG, MORE AND MORE MOTORCYCLISTS TAKE THE ROADS AND WE ARE ALREADY SEEING DEATHS RECORDED ON MIDWEST ROADS. A 56-YEAR OLD MAN DIED NEAR MINOT AND A MORA MAN AND WOMAN, A MOTORCYCLE DRIVER AND HIS PASSENGER, WERE KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE-CAR CRASH IN STEARNS COUNTY NEAR PAYNESVILLE TOWNSHIP.
SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR AND OTHERS INTRODUCED A BI-PARTISIAN BILL, THE ANIMAL DISEASE AND DISASTER PREVENTION, SURVEILLANCE, AND RAPID RESPONSE ACT OF 2023, AIMED AT PREVENTING AND LIMITING THE NEGATIVE AFFECT OF ANIMAL DISEASE OUTBREAKS, SUCH AS THE AVIAN FLU THAT HAS IMPACTED POULTRY PRODUCERS IN STATE, AND NATIONWIDE.
A Funeral Service for Rose M. Fredrickson of Roseau will be held on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau at 2:00pm with a visitation an hour prior. There will also be a visitation the night before, Wednesday, May 24 at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau from 5:00-7:00pm. Interment will be held at Falun Cemetery.
POLICE IN THIEF RIVER FALLS ARE LOOKING INTO SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY FROM THE OVERNIGHT OF MAY 15, WHERE THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS OCCURRED WITHIN HOURS. ONE PERSON REPORTED A 9-MM PISTOL WAS STOLEN OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE AND LATER SOMEONE REPORTED AN ATTEMPTED BREAK IN OF A VEHICLE. IF YOU HAVE INFO, TRF POLICE CAN BE REACHED AT 218-681-6161.
A SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER WAS GIVEN FOR A NORTH GRAND FORKS NEIGHBORHOOD YESTERDAY IN CONNECTION WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. THE ORDER WAS EVENTUALLY LIFTED JUST SHORT OF 3:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, BUT POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A 25-YEAR OLD SUSPECT, OMAR AGUSTIN MARTINEZ. ON SUNDAY, 36-YEAR OLD REY SOSA ARRIVED AT ALTRU’S EMERGENCY ROOM SAYING HE’D BEEN SHOT WHILE DRIVING WEST ON DEMERS AVENUE. SOSA AND THE SUSPECT HAVE HAD RUN IN BEFORE AND THEY BELIEVE HE WAS AN INTENDED TARGET.
Last modified: 05/23/2023
