KITTSON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES NOW HAVE CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19,
LEAVING ONLY LAKE OF THE WOODS AND PENNINGTON COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WITHOUT CONFIRMED CASES OF THE VIRUS.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAD IT’S FIRST CONFIRMED CASE JUST OVER TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE MINNESOTA AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS LAST WEEK, AFTER A CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK AT THE MOOSE LAKE AND WILLOR RIVER PRISONS. THE SUIT SAYS INMATES WHO ARE NOT A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE RELEASED SO THEY CAN SAFELY SELF-ISOLATE.
SPRING LOAD RESTRICTIONS END TODAY IN THE SOUTH FROST ZONES OF MINNESOTA,
BUT REMAIN IN EFFECT IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL ZONES.
SPRING RESTRICTIONS ARE BASED ON HOW THE WEATHER IS AFFECTING THE STRENGTH OF ROADWAYS.
AT LEAST FOURTEEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A SHOOTING INCIDENT YESTERDAY IN NOVA SCOTIA. IT’S ONE OF THE DEADLIEST INCIDENTS IN CANADA IN DECADES. AMONG THE DEAD IS A ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE VETERAN, AND THE SUSPECT, 51 YEAR OLD GABRIEL WORTMAN.
OFFICIALS SAID SOME OF THE VICTIMS WERE APPARENTLY KILLED RANDOMLY.
ROSEAU COUNTY’S SELF-HELP LAW CLINIC IS CLOSED DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC,
BUT THERE IS ONLINE HELP AVAILABLE AT LawHelpMN.org .
ROSEAU COUNTY PROVIDES A LAW LIBRARY AND FREE HELP THROUGH LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION THIS EVENING, WITH COVID-19 RESPONSE THE ONLY AGENDA ITEM.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MEETS THIS EVENING.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED THE SALE OF A ONE ACRE PARCEL OF COUNTY-OWNED LAND IN HEREIM TOWNSHIP, NEAR GREENBUSH, FOR ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THERE WAS JUST ONE BIDDER FOR THE PROPERTY, WHICH COULD ONLY BE SOLD TO ADJACENT LANDOWNERS.
ROSEAU’S CENEX C-STORE IS CLOSED UNTIL NEXT WEEK AS THAT STORE TRANSITIONS SOME OPERATIONS TO THE FORMER AUTO BODY BUILDING ON THE CENEX CORNER.
KELLY CHRISTIANSON, THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR NORTHERN RESOURCES, SAYS A NEW C-STORE (TO BE BUILT THIS YEAR) WILL INCLUDE A BURGER KING RESTAURANT.
A WARROAD NONPROFIT CALLED “HELPP” (HELPING EASE LOCAL PEOPLE’S PAIN) RECENTLY DONATED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH TO FOOD SHELVES IN WARROAD, BAUDETTE, ROSEAU AND GREENBUSH.
LORALEE MARVIN, IN WARROAD, SAYS THE NONPROFIT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR RESIDENTS OF THE WARROAD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
PENNY TURGEON IN WARROAD IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ‘HELPP’ NONPROFIT.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF TOWNSHIPS SCHOLARSHIPS ARE DUE BY MAY FIRST.
APPLICANTS FOR THOSE TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIPS MUST WRITE AN ESSAY ON A TOWNSHIP THEME.
Last modified: 04/20/2020
