THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS APPROVED A MEDICAL EXAMINER SERVICES
CONTRACT WITH MIDWEST MEDICAL, A DEPARTMENT OF ANOKA COUNTY. COUNTIES
ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL EXAMINER SERVICES. ROSEAU COUNTY, FOR
ABOUT A DECADE, HAD CONTRACTED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR THOSE SERVICES. LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IS
ALSO CONTRACTING WITH MIDWEST MEDICAL, WHICH IS PLANNING TO HIRE
PART-TIME LOCAL STAFF TO ASSIST.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS APPROVED LIQUOR LICENSES FOR SEVEN
ESTABLISHMENTS FOR 2026. FOUR OF THOSE SEVEN ARE BOTH ON-SALE AND
OFF-SALE. THE COUNTY ISSUES LICENSES FOR LIQUOR BUSINESSES OUTSIDE THE
SIX INCORPORATED CITIES IN THE COUNTY. ALL SEVEN HAVE PREVIOUSLY HELD
LICENSES WITH THE COUNTY.
U.S. SENATORS AMY KLOBUCHAR AND TINA SMITH (D-MN) ANNOUNCED THAT CONGRESS APPROVED $1,000,000 IN FUNDING FOR LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY TO ACQUIRE A SPECIALIZED VESSEL FOR AQUATIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE, SEARCH AND RESCUE, MEDICAL EVACUATION, AND PUBLIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENT. THE LEGISLATION NOW GOES TO THE PRESIDENT’S DESK TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW.
“LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IS IN ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE AND DIFFICULT-TO-ACCESS AREAS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES, MAKING IT HARDER FOR FIRST RESPONDERS TO REACH PEOPLE IN NEED OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE,” SAID KLOBUCHAR.
CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTS FROM THE WEEK DIDN’T NOTE ANY SEVERE VIOLATIONS. THEY NOTED THAT THE COLD DIDN’T NECESSARILY SLOW TRAFFIC ON THE ICE, BUT THE BITE SEEMS TO HAVE SLOWED FOR ANGLERS.
THE ROSS RINK IS SET FOR A 7TH ANNUAL POND HOCKEY CLASSIC ON FEBRUARY 21. INTERESTED TEAMS HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY 5TH TO REGISTER.
THE GREENBUSH FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEIR ANNUAL SMOKER WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR ON MARCH 21. THAT FUNDRAISING MEAL WILL BE A STEAK DINNER FROM 5-7 PM.
IN 2024, THE DNR LAUNCHED AN EIGHT-YEAR EFFORT TO UPDATE THE PUBLIC WATERS INVENTORY, WHICH IS A TOOL FOR IDENTIFYING LAKES, WETLANDS AND STREAMS THAT MEET MINNESOTA’S LEGAL DEFINITION OF PUBLIC WATERS. THE FIRST FOUR COUNTIES’ PROPOSED CHANGES FOR THIS YEAR ARE NOW OPEN FOR COMMENT. THE FIRST FOUR COUNTIES TO SEE PROPOSED UPDATES INCLUDE: AITKIN, BENTON, BLUE EARTH AND CLAY.
MORE COUNTIES ARE SOON TO BE UPDATED, TOO. THE DNR AIMS TO UPDATE AN AVERAGE OF 12 COUNTIES PER YEAR, WRAPPING UP THE PROJECT BY 2032.
THIS UPDATE TO PUBLIC WATERS COULD MEAN SOME FARMERS WILL SEE BUFFER REQUIREMENTS ON SOME PUBLIC WATERS SUBJECT TO CORRECTIONS. ANY WATERBODY ADDED TO THE PWI WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPLICABLE BUFFER REQUIREMENTS.
DNR COMMISSIONER SARAH STROMMEN SHARED A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES SO FAR DURING THE AG SUMMIT ON JAN. 22, IN FERGUS FALLS. SHE NOTED THAT IN THE FIRST FOUR COUNTIES THAT HAVE SEEN PROPOSED UPDATES, THERE ARE BOTH DELETIONS AND ADDITIONS.
ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS DID WELL TODAY, PLACING 6TH AND 8TH OUT OF 36 TEAMS AT AN ALL-SCHOOL MEET IN THIEF RIVER FALLS. THE ALL-SCHOOL MEET IS ALWAYS TOUGHER, BECAUSE WE ARE UP AGAINST ALL THE SCHOOLS IN OUR REGION. OUR SIXTH PLACE TEAM WERE: MEGAN DELANEY, JOHN DELANEY, RENN GINTHER, STEVEN WRIGHT, AND TIJAH MENLOVE.
TONIGHT, IN THE WAKE OF TRAGEDY IN MINNESOTA, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES SHELLEY BUCK AND MEG LUGER-NIKOLAI CLINCHED VICTORIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE MINNESOTA HOUSE DISTRICT 47A AND HOUSE DISTRICT 64A RACES. WITH THESE VICTORIES, DEMOCRATS SUCCESSFULLY ENDED REPUBLICANS’ MAJORITY IN THE STATEHOUSE
THE DFL RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AFTER AN AGITATOR LUNGED AT CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR AND SPRAYED HER WITH AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE AT A TOWN HALL IN MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT. SECURITY AND THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT QUICKLY APPREHENDED THE INDIVIDUAL, WHO IS NOW IN CUSTODY.
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