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LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019

10/04/2019

THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY EVENING.

LAST MONTH,  THE COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING FOR A HOUSTON ENGINEERING SUBDIVISION ANALYSIS.

THAT STUDY WILL LOOK AT FOUR LOCATION OPTIONS FOR POTENTIAL CITY GROWTH.

 

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ROBERT DAVY OF BADGER ARE THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO  AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.   BURIAL IS AT SALEM CEMETERY AT MALUNG.

ROBERT DAVY WAS  76.

 

A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DAVID BARTH OF GREENBUSH  (AND FORMERLY OF WARROAD)  IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN  AT JOHNSON FUNERAL SERVICE IN THIEF RIVER FALLS.    VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.

DAVID BARTH WAS  62.

 

THE  33RD ANNUAL ROSEAU RIVER CHAPTER/ MINNESOTA DEER HUNTERS BANQUET IS OCTOBER 14TH AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER.

A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

 

A TAILGATE FUNDRAISER FOR THE WARROAD SCHOOL BACKPACK FOOD PROGRAM IS  OCTOBER  16TH AT THE GARDENS ARENA,  PRIOR TO THAT EVENINGS’  WARRIORS FOOTBALL GAME WITH FRAZEE.

BACKPACKS OF FOOD ARE SENT HOME EACH WEEKEND WITH MORE THAN EIGHTY ELEMENTARY-AGED KIDS.

 

MINNESOTA  U.S.D.A. RURAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR BRAD FINSTAD HAS ANNOUNCED  150 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GRANTS THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES FACILITIES PROGRAM;  THAT MONEY IS INTENDED TO HELP RURAL COMMUNITIES’ RECOVERY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS.

 

A MINNESOTA-BASED THINK TANK,  THE INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND TRADE POLICY,  SAYS THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN A THIRD OF HUMAN-INDUCED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.   SHEFALI SHARMA SAYS GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES ARE FORCING FARMS TO  “GET BIG OR GET OUT”.

SHARMA SUGGEST RE-DIRECTING PUBLIC RESOURCES FROM FARM CORPORATIONS.

 

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SIX-POINT-TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR GREATER MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS,

FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY JANUARY THIRD.

 

THE  8TH ANNUAL ROSEAU ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON  (2 PM)  AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL THEATRE.

THE FIRST INDUCTION,  IN 2012,  HONORED PEOPLE LIKE OSCAR ALMQUIST,  NEAL BROTEN,  MEGAN TAYLOR AND JOHN HARRIS.

JOHN HARRIS’  BROTHER  ROBBY IS AMONG THE SUNDAY HONOREES.

 

THE ROSEAU SCHOOL’S INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CLASS,  NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION,  THE CITY OF ROSEAU AND MARKSTROM CONSTRUCTION ARE WORKING ON A FIFTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT HOME ON  5TH AVENUE NORTHEAST.    COMPLETION IS EXPECTED BY EARLY NEXT SUMMER,  AT WHICH TIME THE HOUSE WILL BE PUT UP FOR SALE.

 

WARROAD SUMMER THEATRE IS DOING A PRODUCTION OF THE PLAY  “ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT” TONIGHT  AND TOMORROW AT SEVEN CLANS CASINO IN WARROAD.   THE JEFF DANIELS-WRITTEN PLAY IS SET AT A DEER CAMP IN MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA.

JEFF GALLE IS ONE OF THE ACTORS IN  “ESCANABA”,  WHICH HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY  WARROAD SUMMER THEATRE SEVEN YEARS AGO.

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD,  LAST WEEK,  MET WITH ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED ADMINISTRATOR TRACY HALSTENSGARD, WHO OFFERED UPDATES ON THE ROSEAU LAKE AND WHITNEY LAKE PROJECTS,  AS WELL AS A ROSEAU RIVER HABITATION RESTORATION.

 

A SECOND ANNUAL OCTOBER FESTIVAL IS TODAY AND TOMORROW AT ALLISON PARK IN WARROAD.

 

THE ANNUAL MOE LUTHERAN CHURCH TURKEY FEED IS SUNDAY  (Noon)  AT THE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL IN ROSEAU.

 

THE PINECREEK LUTHERAN CHURCH FALL FANCY WORK SALE IS THIS EVENING.  THAT CHURCH IS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF ROSEAU.

 

A PANCAKE BENEFIT FOR KRIS JENSON OF BADGER TO HELP WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES IS SUNDAY  (9:30-1)  AT THE GREENBUSH COMMUNITY CENTER.

 

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