The Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday weekend coincides with the Minnesota DNR’s “Take a Kid Ice Fishing,” starting Saturday through Monday. During the weekend, Minnesota residents can go ice fishing for free if they are fishing with a child 15 years old or younger. Minnesotans 15 years old or younger don’t need fishing licenses any…
Featured photo: A sample of the make and model of Mulari’s vehicle. Mulari was found north of Greenbush on Monday. The Becker County Sheriff’s Office thanks all who helped locate 82-year-old James Mulari. According to a release, Mulari was found several miles north of Greenbush sometime Monday afternoon. The Becker County Sheriff’s Office at last…
U.S. Senator Tina Smith, the junior senator for Minnesota, announced late last week that a bill she co-sponsored, “No Surprise Billing,” has been in effect since Jan. 1. Smith says the bill instructs providers, both in health care and in health insurance, to cover the expenses of emergency room visits. Smith says about one in…
Featured photo: Accepting the local 2021 Touchstone Energy Community Award for Blackduck Community Library Board are, from left, Laraine Roach, Kelly Hanks, Cameron Koenen, Paula Erickson and Miriam Osborn-Dougherty. The Blackduck Community Library Board is the most recent winner of Beltrami Electric’s Touchstone Energy Community Award. According to a release, the award recognizes organizations for…
The Red Lake Police Department’s Narcotics Unit seized over a half-pound of fentanyl and nearly two ounces of methamphetamine Wednesday. According to a release, officers from the patrol, conservation and investigation units of the Red Lake Police Department executed a search warrant in Red Lake’s West End area. Two adult women, ages 26 and 54,…
The Becker County Sheriff’s Office identified the homeowner and victim of this fatal house fire as 47-year-old Wesley Stalboerger. ORIGINAL STORY: A house fire early Wednesday morning claimed the life of a Becker County resident. According to a release from Chief Deputy Shane Richard, deputies responded to a call around 2 a.m. on Dec. 22…
The Minnesota DNR confirmed a report of zebra mussels in Thunder Lake. According to a release, a lake property owner, in the Remer area of Cass County, contacted the DNR in October after finding zebra mussels on a boat lift being removed for the season. A shoreline search by the DNR did not reveal additional…
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is reminding Minnesotans to properly dispose of their Christmas trees and other holiday greenery to avoid the spread of invasive species. According to a release, a pest of concern includes the elongate hemlock scale, a small insect from the East Coast where many decorative Fraser firs are grown. This insect…
Some parts of Minnesota have already seen anglers venturing out onto the lakes, but with the widely varied weather this month which has included rain, snow, and swinging temperatures, ice conditions are a bit unpredictable this year. “The week between Christmas and New Year’s is typically the kickoff of the ‘wheelhouse season,’ and we anticipate…
Minnesota’s unemployment numbers continue to improve as job growth in the state outpaces the nation. According to an update from Minnesota DEED, the unemployment rate is no 3.3 percent, down two-tenths of a percentage point from October. The labor force participation rate declined slightly as more than 2,500 Minnesotans left the labor force. Average hourly…
