POLARIS INDUSTRIES WILL AGAIN SPONSOR A SUMMER FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN ROSEAU. THE COMPANY HAD SPONSORED FIREWORKS IN PREVIOUS YEARS ON THE LAST NIGHT OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR, BUT THE FAIR IS CANCELLED THIS YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. A FIREWORKS SHOW WILL NOW BE AUGUST 15TH IN ROSEAU AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ARE THE FIFTH AND SIXTH STATES WITH THE LEAST AT-RISK YOUTH; BEHIND UTAH, NEW JERSEY, MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THAT’S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DISCONNECTED YOUTH AND THE YOUTH POVERTY RATE, AMONG OTHER THINGS. THE STATES WITH THE MOST AT-RISK YOUTH, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, ARE LOUISANA, ARKANSAS AND ALASKA.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA GUIDELINES, FOR EVAN ANDERSON OF WARROAD IS THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO AT THE WARROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. VISITATION IS TWO HOURS PRIOR. EVAN ANDERSON WAS 20.
MEMORIAL SERVICES, FOLLOWING STATE GUIDELINES, FOR DENNIS BRIESE OF BAUDETTE ARE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THE TWO AT THE PITT COMMUNITY CHURCH. MILITARY HONORS ARE BY THE BAUDETTE VETERANS CEREMONIAL SQUAD. BURIAL IS AT THE RIVERDALE-BORDER CEMETERY. DENNIS BRIESE WAS 73.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR WAYNE JARSHAW IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. WAYNE JARSHAW WAS 71.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR DANIEL KIMBROUGH OF MICHGAN (AND FORMERLY OF ROOSEVELT) ARE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT THE ROOSEVELT AMERICAN LEGION HALL. DANIEL KIMBROUGH WAS 53.
AN OUTDOOR CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF LINDA DALE OF WARROAD IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON STARTING AT 1:30 AT RONNIE AND LINDA DALE’S WARROAD HOME. VISITATION STARTS AT ONE. ANOTHER CELEBRATION IS JULY 25TH AT EMBARRASS, MINNESOTA. LINDA DALE WAS 67.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, APPROVED L.E.D. LIGHTING FOR THE COURTHOUSE CLOCK. THREE OF THE FOUR LIGHTS FOR THAT CLOCK ARE CURRENTLY OUT.
BADGER SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT KEVIN RICKE RECENTLY SAID HE’S HOPING FOR LOCAL CONTROL OF ANY DECISION WHETHER TO RE-OPEN SCHOOLS THIS FALL.
RICKE SAYS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WILL BE MAINTAINING PROPER DISTANCING PROTOCOLS ON SCHOOL BUSSES. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ HAS SAID HE’LL ANNOUNCE A DECISION ON HOW SCHOOL MIGHT BE OFFERED LATER THIS MONTH.
AN ANNUAL WALK AND RUN TO BENEFIT A.L.S. RESEARCH IS TOMORROW IN ROSEAU, BUT WILL BE DONE VIRTUALLY DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC. JANE EVANS IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT, WHICH HAS BEEN HELD FOR TWENTY YEARS.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST WEEK, HEARD THAT GUARDIAN FLIGHT WILL NOT RENEW IT’S CONTRACT FOR FUEL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MEANING THE CITY OF ROSEAU WILL HAVE TO TAKE ON THAT ROLE. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TODD PETERSON SAYS REGULAR TESTING REQUIREMENTS WILL BE THE BIGGEST HURDLE FOR THE CITY.
A PRIVATE FAMILY CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR LORRAINE HILL OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD. LORRAINE HILL WAS 97.
MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR HARLAN KNIGHT OF WARROAD.
23 YEAR OLD SAVANNAH GISLASON OF GRAND FORKS WAS TAKEN TO LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AFTER A SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER LATE YESTERDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY ELEVEN, WEST OF GREENBUSH. A PASSENGER IN THE CAR, 20 YEAR OLD KATELYNN KAZMIERCZAK OF GRAND FORKS, WAS NOT HURT.
60 YEAR OLD KEITH PERRAULT OF EVELETH WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 53 SOUTH OF EVELETH YESTERDAY EVENING. PERRAULT APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND ROLLED; HE WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET.
A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR A FORTY MILLION DOLLAR ROSEAU SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT WAS HELD YESTERDAY. SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAID THERE WAS “ONE PURPOSE” IN THE PROJECT – “TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS”. ROSEAU MAYOR JEFF PELOWSKI CALLED IT A “GREAT DAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY” AND SAID A “TRANSPARENT PROCESS WAS CRITICAL” FOR PASSAGE OF A VOTER REFERENDUM (IN WHICH 75% OF DISTRICT VOTERS APPROVED SPENDING THE MONEY). POLARIS PLANT DIRECTOR NATHAN HANSON NOTED SIXTY-SIX YEARS OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLARIS AND THE SCHOOL. ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR PETE KVIEN TURNED THE FIRST SHOVEL. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE FALL OF 2022.
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