LOCAL NEWS - FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010 Posted on 07-02-2010 ERLING OLSON OF ROSEAU RECENTLY WON NEARLY EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PLAYING A MINNESOTA LOTTERY SCRATCH GAME. OLSON BOUGHT THE TICKET AT DOUG’S SUPERMARKET IN ROSEAU. LOUIS MONSRUD OF BADGER WON THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PLAYING A LOTTERY SCRATCH GAME, WITH A TICKET PURCHASED AT ISANE’S NORTH FORTY MARKET IN BADGER. A WET SPRING HAS RESULTED IN QUALITY LOSSES TO THE FIRST CUTTING OF HAY IN ROSEAU COUNTY; AND AFFECTED PRODUCERS COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR QUALITY LOSS PAYMENTS. THE ROSEAU FARM SERVICE AGENCY OFFICE HAS MORE INFORMATION. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM PAWLENTY’S DECISION NOT TO ENROLL ABOUT EIGHTY THOUSAND LOW-INCOME STATE RESIDENTS IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM IS COSTING THE STATE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A DAY. SO SAYS STATE REPRESENTATIVE TOM HUNTLEY, WHO SAYS STATE DOLLARS COULD LEVERAGE MUCH MORE FEDERAL MONEY … THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID MINNESOTA CAN’T AFFORD THE LOCAL MATCH. BY 2014, THE M-A OPTION WILL BECOME LAW WHETHER THE STATE PARTICIPATES OR NOT. MINNESOTA IS ONE OF ELEVEN STATES BEING OFFERED THE MONEY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRITA SAILER SAYS HOSPITALS IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN REIMBURSEMENT REVENUE FOR TREATING PATIENTS WITHOUT INSURANCE; SHE SAYS NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL IN BEMIDJI WILL LOSE ABOUT EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ALICE HEDLUND OF ROSEAU IS THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN, AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN RURAL ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT BETHEL-STAFFORD CEMETERY. ALICE HEDLUND WAS 88. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, THIS WEEK, OVERTURNED CHICAGO’S TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD HANDGUN BAN, CITING A SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. NO CITY IN MINNESOTA HAS A GUN BAN, SO THE FIVE TO FOUR DECISION WON’T HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN THE STATE. CHASKA POLICE CHIEF SCOTT KNIGHT SAYS THE LARGER QUESTION IS HOW THE RULING AFFECTS LAW ENFORCEMENT …. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS 76% OF GUN-RELATED DEATHS IN THE STATE ARE SUICIDES. UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION HAS SMALL GRAIN PLOT TOURS JULY 16TH NEAR HALLOCK, AT THE GERALD OLSONANAWSKI FARM; AND AT THE JIM KUKOWSKI FARM NEAR STRATHCONA. THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, MET WITH MARC BLOOMQUIST; HE’S THE REGIONAL SUPERVISOR FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. BLOOMQUIST SAYS RECIDIVISM RATES IN ROSEAU COUNTY ARE DOWN FROM MORE THAN ELEVEN PERCENT IN 2005, TO LESS THAN FOUR PERCENT IN 2009. BLOOMQUIST SAYS THAT CAN BE CREDITED TO LOCAL PROBATION OFFICERS. BLOOMQUIST ALSO SAID THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IS SHIFTING MORE OF THE COST OF THE SENTENCED TO SERVICE PROGRAM TO COUNTIES. ROSEAU COUNTY WILL ABSORB AN ADDITIONAL EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS NEXT YEAR AS A RESULT OF A 25% COST SHIFT. THERE’S TWO NIGHTS OF RACING THIS WEEKEND AT GREENBUSH RACE PARK, WHERE SUPER TRUCKS AND WINNIPEG MINI-SPRINTS RUN BOTH TOMORROW AND SUNDAY. NORTHERN OUTLAW SPRINT CARS ARE SCHEDULED SUNDAY EVENING, FOLLOWED BY A FIREWORKS DISPLAY. THERE ARE FOURTH OF JULY PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS SUNDAY IN WARROAD, GREENBUSH AND BAUDETTE. THAT MEANS PLENTY OF AMERICAN FLAGS; AND ROSEAU COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER JEFF PARKER SAYS THERE IS A CERTAIN ETIQUETTE … PARKER SAYS, AS THE FLAG PASSES, STAND, TAKE YOUR HAT OFF AND PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. THUNDERSTORMS ARE BACK IN THE ROSEAU COUNTY FORECAST FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY WEEKEND … GREG GUST, AT THE GRAND FORKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS THIS MORNING. KELSIE McMILLIN OF ROSEAU SPENT A WEEK LAST MONTH IN ST PAUL AT THE 64TH MINNESOTA GIRLS STATE CONVENTION … KELSIE McMILLIN WILL BE A SENIOR THIS FALL AT ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL. WARROAD’S ANNUAL ALL-SCHOOL ALUMNI REUNION AND BANQUET IS TOMORROW EVENING AT THE WARROAD HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS.