CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISCHBACH (MN-07) WAS RECOGNIZED WITH GROWTH ENERGY’S FUELING GROWTH AWARD AT ITS ANNUAL BIOFUELS SUMMIT FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF AMERICA’S ETHANOL PRODUCERS, CORN GROWERS, AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.
AT THE SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, D.C., REPRESENTATIVE FISCHBACH HIGHLIGHTED THE HOUSE’S WORK TO ADVANCE PERMANENT, YEAR-ROUND E15 SALES AND CALLED ON THE SENATE TO PASS THE LEGISLATION.
FISCHBACH SERVED AS A KEY CHAMPION, USING HER POSITION ON THE RULES COMMITTEE TO NAVIGATE THE YEAR-ROUND E15 LEGISLATION THROUGH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SHE ALSO URGED ATTENDEES DURING HER ADDRESS TO PRESS SENATE OFFICES DURING THEIR CAPITOL HILL VISITS TO DELIVER REGULATORY CERTAINTY FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS.
U.S. SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN) WAS AWARDED THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION’S (NRECA) 2026 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR CHAMPIONING ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. KLOBUCHAR WAS NOMINATED FOR THE AWARD BY CO-OP LEADERS, INCLUDING DIRECTORS OF THE MINNESOTA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION
“ELECTRIC CO-OPS CONNECT THE FARMERS WHO FEED OUR COUNTRY, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AT OUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES, AND POWER OUR COMMUNITIES,” SAID KLOBUCHAR. “WHEN I VISIT ALL 87 MINNESOTA COUNTIES EACH YEAR, MEETINGS WITH THE LOCAL ELECTRIC CO-OPS ARE ALWAYS SOME OF MY FAVORITE STOPS. AS THEIR PARTNER IN WASHINGTON, I’M FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE CO-OPS HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED — ESPECIALLY NOW AS GLOBAL INSTABILITY IN ENERGY MARKETS INCREASES, DEMAND IS UP, AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING HIGHER ELECTRICITY COSTS.”
DNR CONSERVATION OFFICERS WERE BUSY OVER THE PAST WEEKEND CHECKING ON HUNTERS AS SMALL GAME AND ARCHERY SEASONS OPENED. MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS WERE REPORTED FOR TAKING DEER OUT OF SEASON, IN ONE INSTANCE, USING ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AND DOING SO WHILE INTOXICATED.
MOST OF YOUR SUMMER ROADWORK HAS WRAPPED UP, AT LEAST TO THE POINT THAT THE ROADS ARE RE-OPENED. HIGHWAY 11 FROM ROSEAU TO WARROAD HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, WITH SOME STRIPING WORK REMAINING. THIS PAST WEEKEND, HIGHWAY 11 THROUGH GREENBUSH OPENED UP, HIGHWAY 89 THROUGH AND SOUTH OF WANNASKA HAS BEEN OPENED FOR A WHILE. THE BRIDGE WORK IN WARROAD IS ONE PROJECT THAT REMAINS, BUT OFFICIALS SAY THAT IS STILL ON TRACK FOR A COMPLETION NO LATER THAN SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER.
THE ROSEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS A FIRST EVER LOCAL AUTHOR FAIR, WITH A CHANCE TO MEET AND CHAT WITH A NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR WORKS. THAT IS AT THE LIBRARY FROM 4-7 PM ON THURSDAY.
THE LIBRARY IS ALSO BUSY COLLECTING DONATIONS OF NEW OR GENTLY USED HALLOWEEN COSTUMES FOR A COSTUME CLOSET, WHERE THOSE COSTUMES COULD BE USED AGAIN BY ANOTHER CHILD. THEY PLAN TO HOLD THAT EVENT SOMETIME IN OCTOBER.
THE CROOKSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT WORKED TO FREE THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE INVOLVED IN AN EARLY MORNING CRASH. THAT INVOLVED A SEMI AND PICKUP TRUCK. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP, LYNZIE WOYCZIK, SAID SHE WAS BLINDED BY THE EARLY MORNING SUN WHILE MAKING A TURN INTO A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY AND COLLIDED WITH THE SEMI TRAILER. MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED BUT ALL INVOLVED WERE CLEARED MEDICALLY AT THE SCENE.
THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL MADE HAD THE ID’S IN THE FATAL CRASH FROM SUNDAY NEAR THIEF RIVER FALLS. THE 68-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM NEWFOLDEN WHO DIED WAS SHARLOTT DAWN OLBERG. THE 31-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM RED LAKE FALLS THAT WAS AIRLIFTED WAS NICOLE ELIZABETH JOHNSON.
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