WARROAD RECENTLY HELD A QUARTERLY TOWN HALL MEETING, WHERE THEY FURTHER EXPLAINED HOW THE THREE ENTITITES OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE CHAMBER OF TOURISM, AND WARROAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY LAID OUT THE ROLES OF EACH OF THOSE, WHILE SHOWING ALSO HOW THEIR RESPONSIBLITES CAN OVERLAP.
A YOUNG MAN FROM ANDOVER, MINNESOTA IS CHARGED WITH FELONY BURGLARY AND THEFT FROM A RURAL BAUDETTE RESIDENCE. ON APRIL 24, JUSTIN C.L. BOWSER WAS CAUGHT ON TRAIL CAMERAS BY THE OWNER. AN INVESTIGATOR EVENTUALLY CAUGHT UP WITH THE PICKUP THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AND HE WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF NEARLY $1500 IN STOLEN POWER TOOLS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS AWARDED A NEARLY FOUR MILLION DOLLAR BID TO
K-G-M, A COOK, MINNESOTA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, FOR MILL AND OVERLAY
WORK ON ABOUT TWELVE MILES OF COUNTY ROAD FIVE, SOUTH OF WARROAD.
THERE WERE SIX BIDDERS; K-G-M WAS ABOUT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
LOWER THAN THE NEXT LOW BIDDER.
THIS EVENING THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS BRINGING TOGETHER WARROAD CITY OFFICALS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE OF CLOSURE OF TWO RAIL CROSSINGS THAT COULD IMPACT TRAVEL IN THE AREA. THE TWO CROSSINGS ARE AT 340TH STREET AND 610TH AVENUE WHICH PROVIDE ACCESS TO HIGHWAY 11 FROM KIRKWOOD DRIVE. THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY IS ALSO CONSIDERING RAIL WORK THAT WOULD EXTEND TWO MILES EAST, BEGINNING AT CASINO DRIVE. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND TO HAVE THIER INPUT HEARD. THAT BEGINS AT 6 PM AT THE WARROAD CITY HALL.
FERTILIZER PRICING REMAINS A POINT OF CONVERSATION EVER SINCE THE CONFLICT IN IRAN SPIKED. PRE-BOOKING HAS SOFTENED THE IMMEDIATE HIT FOR SOME FARMERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDWEST, BUT IT HAS NOT ELIMINATED THE PROBLEM. A RECENT FARM BUREAU SURVEY FOUND THAT 67% OF MIDWESTERN RESPONDENTS HAD SECURED FERTILIZER AHEAD OF THE SEASON, COMPARED WITH 19% IN THE SOUTH, 30% IN THE NORTHEAST, AND 31% IN THE WEST (SEE FARM BUREAU). THAT STILL LEFT NEARLY ONE IN THREE MIDWESTERN RESPONDENTS ENTERING THE SEASON WITHOUT ALL FERTILIZER NEEDS SECURED. AFFORDABILITY REMAINS AN ISSUE AS WELL. NATIONALLY, ABOUT 70% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEY COULD NOT AFFORD ALL THE FERTILIZER THEY NEEDED. THE SHARE WAS LOWER IN THE MIDWEST, BUT STILL SUBSTANTIAL, AT 48%.
WITH FIELD CONDITIONS IMPROVING, MORE AND MORE SUGARBEET FARMERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR ARE BEGINNING TO GET PLANTING ACCOMPLISHED. SUGARBEETS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE A LOWER ACREAGE THIS YEAR DUE TO IMPROVED EFFICIENCY. POTATO PLANTING IS GETTING STARTED ALSO IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. IT’S LATER THAN SOME FARMERS WOULD PREFER, BUT DOES STILL LAND AT ABOUT THE AVERAGE DATE FOR GETTING THINGS STARTED.
LAST NIGHT GOVERNOR WALZ DELIVERED HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS, SUMMING UP HIS MESSAGE IN THREE WORDS, “WE’RE NOT DONE.” THIS OF COURSE IS HIS FINAL ADDRESS OF THIS NATURE, AS WE’LL HAVE A GOVERNOR’S RACE IN THE COMING ELECTION. RIGHT NOW, AMY KLOBUCHAR AND LISA DEMUTH ARE THE TWO LEADING NAMES.
THERE IS TALK FROM SOME STATE LEADERS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO IMPOSE SOME FORM OF FINANCIAL PENALTY AGAINST CITIES OR MUNICIPALITIES THAT OPT TO FLY THE OLD MINNESOTA STATE FLAG. OPPONENETS OF THAT IDEA ARE CALLING IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL SAYING THERE IS NOTHING ON THE BOOKS CLARIFYING THIS ISSUE. MORE AND MORE CITIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE PASSING RESOLUTIONS TO FLY THE OLD FLAG CITING THE HISTORICAL RELEVANCE OR UPSET WITH THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE NEW FLAG WAS CHOSEN.
A NUMBER OF TWIN CITIES LOCATIONS WERE TARGETED YESTERDAY BY FEDERAL AGENTS, AS SUSPECTED FRAUDULENT BUSINESSES OR ORGANIZATIONS. THE MINNESOTA HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSIONER SAYS THESE WERE ALL AT AUTISM CARE CENTERS, SAYING IT’S AN IMPORTANT MOVE FOR THOSE WHO NEED AUTISM CARE TO CLEAN UP THE SYSTEM WITH THOSE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.
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