A US DISTRICT JUDGE HAS ISSUED A PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST THE RECENTLY PROPOSED CRP CRITICAL FEED USE PROGRAM…THE JUDGE RULED FOR THE PLAINTIFFS, WHICH ARE THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION AND SIX OF ITS STATES AFFILIATES…ROSEAU COUNTY FSA DIRECTOR, FRASER NORTON SAYS THE JUDGE FOUND THAT U.S.D.A. HAD VIOLATED THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT BY FAILING TO STUDY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM…NORTON SAYS THE PROPOSED CRITICAL FEED USE PROGRAM WOULD HAVE MADE IT CHEAPER FOR PRODUCERS, WHO WOULD HAVE TO PAY ONLY 75 DOLLARS PER CONTRACT, COMPARED TO 25 PERCENT OF EACH ACRE’S ANNUAL PAYMENT UNDER MANAGED HAYING AND GRAZING…FOR MORE INFO, CALL THE ROSEAU COUNTY F.S.A. OFFICE AT 463-2352…

THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A ROBBERY THAT LEFT A BUSINESS OWNER INJURED IN FORT FRANCES…THE OPP SAYS THE INCIDENT HAPPENED TUESDAY NIGHT, ABOUT 7:00 P.M…OPP OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A ROBBERY AT A MOTEL IN FORT FRANCES….THE INITIAL  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A MALE SUSPECT ENTERED THE MOTEL OFFICE DEMANDING CASH FROM THE OWNER AND ASSAULTED HIM…THE OWNER RECEIVED INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE ROBBERY BUT DID NOT REQUIRE HOSPITAL ADMITTANCE…THE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A FIRST NATIONS MALE, APPROXIMATELY 5’9”, SLENDER BUILD AND WEARING A ‘G UNIT’ WHITE OVER BLUE HOODED SWEATSHIRT…IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS CRIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE AT 1-888-310-1122 OR BY CALLING CRIME STOPPERS AT 1-800-222-TIPS…

IN MARCH 2009, THE ROSEAU COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, AND THE BOARD HAS PLANS TO MAKE IT AN ANNUAL EVENT AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY MUSEUM…. EACH YEAR SINCE 1987, MARCH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH - MEANT TO ENSURE THAT THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN WOMEN WILL BE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED IN SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES, AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY…EACH TOWNSHIP BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL IN ROSEAU COUNTY IS BEING ASKED TO RECOMMEND ONE WOMAN FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA WHO HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF THAT COMMUNITY…PAST OR PRESENT - LIVING OR DECEASED...THE WOMAN MUST HAVE LIVED IN THE TOWNSHIP OR CITY AT ONE TIME…A DISPLAY CELEBRATING THESE WOMEN WILL BE CREATED FOR THE MUSEUM, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER EVENTS ARE ALSO BEING PLANNED FOR MARCH, 2009…ANYONE WHO WANTS TO RECOMMEND A WOMAN FROM THEIR COMMUNITY SHOULD CONTACT THEIR TOWNSHIP BOARD/CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS…THE NAMES OF THE WOMEN NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE 2009 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH COMMITTEE BY SEPTEMBER 1, 2008….FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT ANY MEMBER OF THE 2009 ROSEAU COUNTY WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH COMMITTEE: LINDA VATNSDAL, CAROLYN EEG, CAROLE WILSON, DAWN JOHNSON, LEANNE JOHNSON, AND LORALEE MARVIN…

THE MINNESOTA BANKERS ASSOCIATION RECENTLY INDUCTED NEW MEMBERS INTO IT’S PIONEER CLUB…INCLUDED IN THE NEW CLASS OF INDUCTEES, IS ROBERT F. FOLEY SR., OF CITIZENS STATE BANK OF ROSEAU…THE PIONEER CLUB HONORS BANKERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY FOR 50 OR MORE YEARS…IN ADDITION TO FOLEY, SR, OF ROSEAU, OTHER INDUCTEES INCLUDED  G.A. BEITO OF NORTHERN STATE BANK OF THIEF RIVER FALLS , LOIS FISKUM OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HENNING,  GERALDINE SONS OF STATE BANK OF BELLE PLAINE, PAUL VOLLAN OF LAKE REGION BANK IN NEW LONDON, MICHEAL LILLEHAUGEN, AN ACTIVE BOARD MEMBER AT WELLS FARGO FOLLOWING A LONG CAREER IN BANKING, AND PAUL LINDHOLM OF SECURITY STATE BANK IN FERGUS FALLS…THE MINNESOTA BANKERS ASSOCIATION IS THE STATE’S LARGEST TRADE ASSOCIATION DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE REPRESENTATION OF COMMERCIAL BANKS. THE MBA WAS FOUNDED IN 1889 AND REPRESENTS NEARLY 460 BANKS WITH MORE THAN 1,500 LOCATIONS IN MINNESOTA…

THE WARROAD CITY COUNCIL HAS GIVEN IT’S FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE WARROAD POLICE DEPARTMENT TO START ISSUING ADMINISTRATIVE TICKETS FOR MINOR OFFENSES….WARROAD CITY POLICE CHIEF BOB CUDABACK SAYS THE DEPARTMENT CAN START USING THE TICKETS IN EARLY TO MID JULY….CUDABACK TOLD KQ92 MANY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING ROSEAU COUNTY AND THE ROSEAU POLICE DEPARTMENT, ARE USING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS, AND HE SAYS THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN POSITIVE...AND CUDABACK SAYS THEY ARE POPULAR AMONG LOCAL  POLICE OFFICIALS BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM ANOTHER OPTION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE...THE MONEY FROM THE FINES FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE  CITATIONS WILL GO TO THE CITY OF WARROAD, NOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT…CUDABACK SAYS THE MONEY WILL BE PUT IN A SPECIAL ACCOUNT IN A GENERAL FUND… ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS CAN CALL THE WARROAD POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 386-2053…WHILE MORE AND MORE CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE GOING THIS DIRECTION, THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAS NOT MADE A DECISION ON THE ISSUE, AND ONCE AGAIN WAS TABLED AT THIS YEAR’S LEGISLATIVE SESSION….

Layoffs at a pair of Manitoba companies will affect more than 140 workers. Loewen Windows, the Steinbach-based manufacturer of windows and doors for high-end home builders, announced it will lay off 70 workers because of an expected drop in orders this year. In a statement, the company said the job losses would mainly affect its corporate and administration sectors. On a more positive note, the firm said it is recalling employees who have been on an eight-week layoff from their manufacturing jobs. The company employs about 1,500 workers, according to its website. In Brandon, 73 employees of Perth's will be laid off this fall when Canadian Linen and Uniform Service takes over operations of Western Canada's oldest dry-cleaning company. Perth's garment rental and textile business will be permanently closed effective SeptEMBER 22, but the dry-cleaning business will continue to operate as is.

MARVIN WINDOWS AND DOORS HAS RECEIVED MORE AWARDS, AS BICA AWARD WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED RECENTLY BY MARKET RESOURCE ASSOCIATES....THE AWARDS WON BY MARVIN INCLUDE: OVERALL TOP RATED PATIO DOOR BRAND, AND OVERALL TOP RATED ENTRY DOOR BRAND...THE BICA WAS DEVELOPED BY MRA TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN STUDIES CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM... BICA WINNERS ARE SELECTED FOR CONSISTENTLY HIGH QUALITY RANKINGS AND REMARKABLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AS ESTABLISHED BY OVER 1,500 BUILDING TRADES' PROFESSIONALS....THESE PROFESSIONALS INCLUDED WINDOW AND DOOR DISTRIBUTORS, HOME BUILDERS, REMODELING CONTRACTORS AND BUILDING MATERIALS RETAILERS...

MINNESOTA SENATOR NORM COLEMAN IS APPLAUDING THE RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING THAT AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO OWN GUNS FOR SELF-DEFENSE AND HUNTING….THE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER TOLD KQ92  THE RULING DOES NOT UNDERCUT GUN LAWS THAT PROTECT THE GENERAL PUBLIC...COLEMAN SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A LONG LONG DEBATE ON THE MEANING OF THE WORDING OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT THAT SAYS “A WELL REGULATED MILITIA BE NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE ABRIDGED”…COLEMAN SAYS WASHINGTON, D.C.'S BAN ON HANDGUNS WAS BASED ON THE CITY’S POSITION THAT THE FIRST SENTENCE SOMEHOW CONTROL THE HOLE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AMENDMENT….COLEMAN SAYS THE COURT RULED THE D.C. FIREARMS BAN IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH GUN RIGHTS UNDER THE SECOND AMENDMENT...US. SENATOR NORM COLEMAN APPEARED ON KQ92 THURSDAY….

A NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CARELESS HANDLING OF A FIREARM INVOLVING THE DEATH OF  A NESTOR FALLS MAN DURING HUNTING IN MORSON TOWNSHIP LAST WINTER…18 YEAR OLD ERIC OLSEN, OF LAKE OF THE WOODS TOWNSHIP IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE ON JULY 10^TH IN RAINY RIVER…THE O.P.P. SAYS ON DECEMBER 5^TH 2007,  FOUR TEENS HAD BEEN DEER HUNTING IN MORSON TOWNSHIP WHEN A FIREARM DISCHARGED, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF 18 YEAR OLD TYLER COTTAM, OF NESTOR FALLS… OLSEN WAS CHARGED AFTER AN INVESTIGATION BY THE FORT FRANCES OPP’S CRIME UNIT….

THE OFFICERS OF THE FORT FRANCES ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE (OPP) CRIME UNIT ARE REQUESTING ASSISTANCE FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING A BREAK AND ENTER TO A RESIDENCE WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF EMO.  THE OPP SAYS THAT ON JUNE 13^TH, 2008 BETWEEN 10:00PM AND MIDNIGHT, A MALE SUSPECT KICKED OPEN THE DOOR OF A RESIDENCE AND CONFRONTED THE LONE OCCUPANT BEFORE FLEEING.  THE BREAK AND ENTER SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A MALE, MEDIUM BUILD, VERY SHORT BRUSH-CUT HAIR, CLEAN-SHAVEN, WEARING A FLANNEL PLAID JACKET. POLICE ARE SEEKING THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PUBLIC IN IDENTIFYING THIS MALE SUSPECT. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION, CALL THE OPP AT 1-888-310-1122 OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 1-800-222-TIPS OR ONLINE AT WWW.TIPSHELP.COM. ALL INFORMATION RECEIVED IS CONFIDENTIAL…

 

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR) RECENTLY STOCKED 228,000 LAKE STURGEON FRY INTO TWO TRIBUTARIES TO THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH. HALF OF THE FISH WERE STOCKED TO THE RED LAKE RIVER NEAR RED LAKE FALLS, THE REST WERE STOCKED TO THE ROSEAU RIVER NEAR CARIBOU. THE LAKE STURGEON FRY WERE ABOUT FIVE DAYS OLD AND ABOUT ONE-HALF INCH LONG.HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS SUGGEST THAT LAKE STURGEON WERE ABUNDANT IN THE RED RIVER BASIN UNTIL THE LATE 1800S. THE POPULATION WAS DECIMATED BY OVER-EXPLOITATION, CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS, AND DECLINES IN WATER QUALITY. BY THE MID 1900S, LAKE STURGEON HAD BEEN EFFECTIVELY EXTIRPATED FROM THE BASIN.STOCKING LAKE STURGEON IN THE RED RIVER BASIN IS PART OF A PLAN TO RE-ESTABLISH A SELF-SUSTAINING POPULATION IN THOSE WATERS. THIS VENTURE IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE DNR, THE WHITE EARTH BAND AND THE U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. RESTORATION ACTIVITIES ARE FOCUSED ON RE-ESTABLISHING STURGEON POPULATIONS THROUGH STOCKING AND STREAM RESTORATION TO IMPROVE FISH PASSAGE AND ACCESS TO HISTORICAL SPAWNING AREAS...ACCORDING TO PHIL TALMAGE, BAUDETTE AREA DNR FISHERIES SUPERVISOR, LAKE STURGEON HAVE BEEN STOCKED IN EIGHT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE RED RIVER BASIN SINCE THIS EFFORT BEGAN IN 1998. ANGLERS ARE NOW CATCHING SOME OF THESE STOCKED FISH.“IF YOU CATCH A LAKE STURGEON IN THE RED RIVER, OR IN ANY TRIBUTARY TO THE RED RIVER, WE’D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR CATCH,” EXPLAINED TALMAGE. “REPORTS FROM ANGLERS WHO CATCH LAKE STURGEON ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR EVALUATION OF THE RESTORATION EFFORTS.”TO REPORT INFORMATION ON A LAKE STURGEON CAUGHT IN THE RED RIVER OR ONE OF ITS TRIBUTARY STREAMS, CONTACT THE LOCAL DNR AREA FISHERIES OFFICE IN BAUDETTE, DETROIT LAKES, OR FERGUS FALLS. BE PREPARED TO REPORT THE DATE AND LOCATION OF THE CATCH, ALONG WITH THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF THE FISH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LAKE STURGEON, OR ON OTHER FISH OF THE RED RIVER, VISIT MNDNR.GOV.

 

A WARROAD MINISTER IS CHALLENGING A FEDERAL BAN ON POLITICAL PREACHING….THE REVEREND GUS BOOTH, OF THE WARROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH  GAVE A SERMON MAY 18TH, URGING FOLLOWERS TO OPPOSE  BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON....BOOTH THEN ALERTED THE GROUP “AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE”, THAT HE WAS USING HIS PULPIT TO SPEAK OUT ON POLITICS…THE GROUP, WEDNESDAY, ASKED THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE,  TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH HAD VIOLATED IT’S NONPROFIT, TAX-EXEMPT STATUS WITH LAST MONTHS SERMON IN WARROAD…BOOTH CONTENDS HE HAS THE CONSTITUTION IN HIS CORNER, SAYING HIS RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION SUPERSEDES TAX LAW...BUT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AMERICANS UNITED, BARRY LYNN, SAYS THE “GRANT OF A TAX-EXEMPTION IS NOT A RIGHT, IT’S A PRIVILEGE” AND IT COMES WITH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS… THE I.R.S., MEANWHILE, WOULD NOT COMMENT,  SAYING FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS DISCLOSING INFORMATION ABOUT TAXPAYERS…ACCORDING TO LAW, THE I.R.S. FORBIDS CHURCHES FROM “DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PARTICIPATING OR INTERVENING IN ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF , OR OPPOSITION TO, ANY CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE”…BOOTH SAYS, TO SOME, IT MAY APPEAR THAT HE IS JUST LOOKING FOR A FIGHT, BUT HE THINKS IT IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND:...THE 34 YEAR OLD BOOTH IS A DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, WHICH IS IN ST. PAUL IN EARLY SEPTEMBER…

 

FPM PEAT MOSS COMPANY HAS BEGUN CONSTRUCTION OF A PEAT PROCESSING AND MIX FACILITY NEAR VASSER, MANITOBA… THE 8 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT BEGAN WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING LAST MONTH, AND ITS SLATED TO OPEN THIS NOVEMBER 2008….  AND IT COULD ADD UP TO 75 NEW JOBS ... THE 32,000-SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY WILL MANUFACTURE PACKAGED PEAT MOSS AND PEAT-BASED PROFESSIONAL MIXES AND POTTING SOILS, AND EMPLOY FIVE FULL-TIME AND 30 SEASONAL WORKERS. FPM HARVESTS ITS OWN PEAT MOSS AND CURRENTLY HAS LEASES ON THREE PEATLANDS IN SOUTHEASTERN MANITOBA IN ADDITION TO ITS BOGS IN NEW BRUNSWICK....LOCATED NEAR THE VASSER EAST ROAD, AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 12,  THE PLANT IS THE RESULT OF A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FPM PEAT MOSS AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF PINEY, WHICK IS SUPPLYING THE LAND, ACCESS DRIVEWAY AND OTHER INCENTIVES….