A MCINTOSH MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO THIRD-DEGREE MURDER FOR HIS GIRLFRIENDS FATAL OVERDOSE. 32-YEAR OLD GEORGE PIATKOFF WILL BE SENTENCED IN JANUARY. THE DEATH HAPPENED IN JULY OF 2021, WHEN A STATE TROOPER CAME UPON A VEHICLE PULLED OVER WITH THE PASSENGER DOOR OPEN. THE WOMAN WAS DECEASED ON THE GROUND, WHILE HE WAS UNCONCSIOUS SLUMPED OVER THE STEERING WHEEL. TWO CRYING CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE ALSO. HE LATER TOLD POLICE THAT THE TWO HAD PURCHASED PAINKILLERS FROM SOMEONE IN CROOKSTON.
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HOCKEY PLAYER AND MINNESOTA NATIVE ADAM JOHNSON, WHO DIED IN AN ON-ICE ACCIDENT AFTER HIS THROAT WAS HIT BY A SKATE BLADE, THERE IS AN OUTCRY FOR YOUTH HOCKEY TO REQUIRE NECK GUARDS. THEY ARE REQUIRED BY YOUTH PLAYERS IN CANADA, BUT THOSE IN TEH UNITED STATES THAT FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF USA HOCKEY ARE PROHIBITED FROM REQUIRING THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
THE WARROAD AREA COMMUNITY FUND, ALONG WITH THE GAYLORD GUNDERSON EDUCATION FUND AND THE WARROAD EDUCATION FUND HAVE ANNOUNCED A MINI-GRANT ROUND. FOR ANY ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY, YOU COULD APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS THAT COULD TOTAL BETWEEN $500 AND $1500.
AS MANY ARE FOCUSED ON A DEER HUNTING OPENER THIS WEEKEND, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT NEXT YEAR’S GOVERNOR’S FISHING OPENER WILL BE HELD IN LAKE CITY AND LAKE PEPIN. THAT IS MAY 10-11 NEXT SPRING.
THE BODY OF A MISSING UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STUDENT HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 19-YEAR OLD SUMITH MADDI WAS LAST SEEN OCTOBER 21 LEAVING A RESIDENCE HALL THAT AFTERNOON.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE IN THE STATE TOMORROW IN WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS CALLING A RURAL EVENT SERIES, THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT HOW THEIR INVESTING IN AMERICAN AGENDA IS HELPING RURAL AMERICAN.
A Funeral Service for Layln Monsrud of Wannaska, MN willbe held on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 11:00AM at Riverside Lutheran Church in Wannaska. Visitation will be held at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN on Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 5-7PM. Interment will be held at a later date.
Military rites will be provided by the Roseau Memorial Honor Guard.
Layln was 88 years old.
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