The Memorial Day weekend began on Friday with an influx of traffic into town. Surprisingly, there were only three traffic accidents during the entire weekend. In one, a DNR Conservation
CO Brice Vollbrecht (Bemidji) reports rescuing four young squirrels that had their tails tangled together outside a youth house in Bemidji. He was able to trap the animals under a box, leaving their tails outside so a piece of cloth could be pulled away from the tails. The animals were all safely returned to the tree where an upset mother was waiting for them.
The Itasca County Board of Commissioners gave phase 1 of the new Correctional/Court Facility construction contracts a green light at its work session on Tuesday.