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LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020

01/31/2020

MINNESOTA FAMILIES WHO HAVE OWNED THEIR FARMS FOR AT LEAST 150 YEARS CAN REGISTER FOR AN OUTDOOR SIGN AND CERTIFICATE THROUGH THE MINNESOTA FARM BUREAU’S SESQUICENTENNIAL FARM PROGRAM.
371 FARMS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2008.
THERE ARE 78 CENTURY FARMS IN ROSEAU COUNTY; ACCORDING TO THE FARM BUREAU, THE OLDEST IS OWNED BY DENNIS AND ROSE STRANDLUND OF ROSEAU, DATING BACK TO 1887.

 

TWIN CITIES WEATHER FORECASTERS ARE SAYING THIS MONTH HAS BEEN THE “GLOOMIEST” JANUARY IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST PAUL SINCE 1963.

 

A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARILYN FLATEN OF ROSEAU IS THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. BURIAL IS AT A LATER DATE.
MARILYN FLATEN WAS 88.

 

A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ANGELA WYNNE IS THIS AFTERNOON AT FOUR AT THE BADGER BAPTIST CHURCH.
ANGELA WYNNE WAS 51.

 

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR CONNIE NORSTEBON OF BAUDETTE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING WATER, EAST OF BAUDETTE. BURIAL IS AT ELM PARK CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE.
CONNIE NORSTEBON WAS 63.

 

THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION APPROVED FIVE NEW ENTERPRISE LOANS IN 2019 FOR JUST OVER FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT PROGRAM HAS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AVAILABLE FOR LOANS THIS YEAR.
OVER THE YEARS, THE N.W.R.D.C. HAS MADE 29 LOANS TO ROSEAU COUNTY BUSINESSES, TOTALLING MORE THAN TWO-POINT-TWO MILLION DOLLARS.

 

THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY EVENING.
AMONG OTHER BUSINESS, THEY’LL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON A SMALL CITIES GRANT APPLICATION WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

 

THE SECTION 8A ONE-ACT PLAY COMPETITION IS TOMORROW IN CROOKSTON.
ROSEAU AND LAKE OF THE WOODS ARE AMONG EIGHT SCHOOLS COMPETING.

 

THE ANNUAL DAVID JOHNSON SNOCAT SPECTACULAR IS TOMORROW IN ROSEAU (AT THE ROSEAU EVENT CENTER).
THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A POLARIS VERSUS ARCTIC CAT CHALLENGE.

 

FORECASTERS SAY THE PROSPECTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT SPRING FLOOD IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY ARE “HIGH”.
RESEARCH FROM THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS SAYS MINNESOTA IS ONE OF THE ENTITIES TRYING TO MITIGATE LOCAL FLOOD RISK.

ROSEAU WAS ABLE TO LEVERAGE FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS FOR THE EAST DIVERSION FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

 

A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WOULD SAY THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO A QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION.
FORMER STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ALAN PAGE IS MAKING THAT PROPOSAL, INTENDED TO ELIMINATE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.
BHARTI WAHI, THE DIRECTOR OF CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND/ MINNESOTA, SAYS A BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT CHANGING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM WOULD MAKE THE AMENDMENT CHANGE WORTHWHILE.
WAHI SAYS POLICYMAKERS ALSO NEED TO REDUCE RACIAL GAPS IN HOUSING AND WEALTH.

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