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LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2020

05/29/2020

 

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONFIRMS THAT ROSEAU COUNTY HAS IT’S 2ND POSITIVE CASE OF COVID-19.

 

THE ROSEAU ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THIS WEEK, VOTED TO DEFER EXISTING E.D.A. LOAN PAYMENTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

 

THE LOBBY AT CITIZENS STATE BANK IN ROSEAU IS OPEN WITH PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE.
BORDER STATE BANK IN ROSEAU IS LOOKING AT A PHASED RE-OPENING.

 

THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL HAD PLANNED TO HOLD IT’S MONDAY MEETING IN HYBRID FORM, BOTH IN-PERSON AT THE CITY CENTER AND IN A FACEBOOK FORMAT.
THE IN-PERSON PORTION WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES, THAT MEETING WILL BE HELD VIA WEBEX.

THE ROSEAU COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED USE OF THE CITY NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR A ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED PUBLIC HEARING.

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, APPROVED A PREPAREDNESS PLAN AHEAD OF MONDAY’S SOFT RE-OPENING OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
THE COUNTY BUILDING WILL HAVE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND OTHER GUIDELINES IN PLACE FOR THE SAFETY OF STAFF AND THE PUBLIC.

 

BOTH THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR AND THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR ARE CANCELLED FOR THIS SUMMER,
BUT ROSEAU COUNTY 4H IS OFFERING ALTERNATIVES FOR COUNTY KIDS TO SHOWCASE THEIR PROJECTS.
SANDI WEILAND IS ROSEAU COUNTY’S 4H PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
SHE SAYS MORE INFORMATION ON THE ROSEAU COUNTY 4H SHOWCASE WILL BE RELEASED NEXT MONTH.

 

A REPORT FROM UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION SAYS IF THERE IS A LOSS OF HOG FARMS DUE TO COVID-19, IT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MAIN STREET.
EXTENSION EDUCATOR MEGAN ROBERTS TELLS THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK IT COULD MEAN THE LOSS OF 660 MILLION DOLLARS OF ECONOMIC OUTPUT IN THE STATE.
U of M EXTENSION IS PREPARING SIMILAR ECONOMIC ANALYSES FOR THE POULTRY AND DAIRY INDUSTRIES.

 

THE CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS SAYS YOU CAN ADD CORONAVIRUS TO A LONG LIST OF CONCERNS FACED BY MINNESOTA FARMERS.
MOLLY MALONE IS A MINNESOTA POLICY ASSISTANT FOR THE NEBRASKA-BASED CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS.

 

A PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ROBERT PETERSON OF WARROAD IS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD.
A VISITATION WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING IS WEDNESDAY (11-2) AT THE CHURCH.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE IS PLANNED AT A LATER DATE NEAR CLIMAX, MINNESOTA, AND BURIAL IS IN BUXTON, NORTH DAKOTA.
BOB PETERSON, WHO OWNED SPRINGSTEEL RESORT WITH HIS WIFE PHILO, WAS 74.

 

A 44 YEAR OLD WADENA WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JUST BEFORE ELEVEN P.M. ON HIGHWAY 108 IN OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
SHE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE CYCLE ON A CURVE, CRASHED INTO A DITCH AND HIT A UTILITY POLE.

 

ADAM FISHER, THE WARROAD AREA FIRE TEAM LEADER AT D.N.R. FORESTRY, SAYS SPRING BURNING RESTRICTIONS WILL BE LIFTED IN ROSEAU COUNTY TODAY;
AND THAT REGULAR BURNING WILL BE ALLOWED.
RECENT RAINS HAVE MODERATED THE FIRE DANGER, ALTHOUGH FISHER SAYS THE COUNTY “OVERALL” REMAINS “ON THE DRY SIDE”.

 

CONSTRUCTION OF THREE ROUNDABOUTS IN THIEF RIVER FALLS START MONDAY.
ONE OF THOSE ROUNDABOUTS IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS ONE AND 59.

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