THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS NOTIFIED LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE FIRST PRESUPTIVE POSITIVE CASE OF COVID-19 IN ROSEAU COUNTY.
LIFECARE PRESIDENT AND CEO KEITH OKESON, SAYS “WHILE THEY UNDERSTAND THIS WILL RAISE THE CONCERN LEVEL FOR MANY OF OUR CITIZENS, WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS FOR WEEKS”. HE CONTINUES TO ENOUCRAGE EVERYONE TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF MEDICAL EXPERTS ON HOW BEST TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
SEVERAL MINNESOTA HOUSING GROUPS WANT THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN’T PAY THEIR RENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
ANNE MAVITY, WITH THE MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP, SAYS MANY AFFECTED BY THE RELATED ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HAVE ALREADY MISSED THEIR APRIL HOUSING PAYMENT.
THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE WON’T RE-CONVENE UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL CONDUCT AERIAL MAPPING IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS SPRING,
TO CREATE A RECORD OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPE FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND HIGHWAY DESIGN.
THAT AERIAL MAPPING WILL TAKE PLACE ON HIGHWAY 89 IN THE GRYGLA AREA.
THE UNITED STATES IS EXPERIENCING A RECORD NUMBER OF INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS,
WITH THE BIGGEST INCREASES IN LOUISIANA, NORTH CAROLINA AND INDIANA.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS THE SMALLEST UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES ARE IN OREGON, CONNECTICUT AND WISCONSIN.
MINNESOTA WAS 31ST ON THAT WEBSITE LIST.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS THIS EVENING VIA WEBEX.
ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER SUE GRAFSTROM CONVENES ANOTHER WEBEX GATHERING OF COUNTY PARTNERS THIS MORNING.
GABE MOONEY, WHO MANAGES ALTRU CLINICS IN ROSEAU AND GREENBUSH, IS PART OF THAT VIRTUAL MEETING;
HE SAYS THE CLINICS HAVE NOT SEEN AN INCREASE IN CALLS RELATED TO UPPER RESIPIRATORY ILLNESS;
AND SAYS MOST PEOPLE WHO CONTRACT COVID-19 WILL EXPERIENCE MILD SYMPTOMS.
THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK SAYS COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANOTHER MARKET FACILITATION PROGRAM.
THE FARM NETWORK SAYS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS WORKING ON A NEW WAY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS.
ROAD RESTRICTIONS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR LOST RIVER AND BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST ROADS,
WHICH CAME THROUGH THE WINTER IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE ACCORDING TO SHANE DELANEY WITH D.N.R. FORESTRY.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS 188 ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS SCHEDULED ACROSS THE STATE THIS SUMMER AND FALL;
AND MINN-DOT OFFICIALS SAY SOME PROJECTS ARE STARTING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE DUE TO REDUCED TRAFFIC VOLUMES BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
AMONG THE PROJECTS IS A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT IN BAUDETTE, REPLACING THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE, WHICH SHOULD BE OPEN LATER THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE ALSO EIGHT DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN AND NEAR THIEF RIVER FALLS ON HIGHWAYS ONE AND THIRTY-TWO.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE FOR DEREK HULST OF ROSEAU.
DEREK HULST WAS 43.
LYNNETTE OLSON OF BAUDETTE DIED IN LATE MARCH AT AGE 81.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ DELIVERED HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS LAST NIGHT FROM THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION IN ST PAUL LAST NIGHT,
OFFERING NO SPECIFIC POLICY DECISIONS RELATED TO COVID-19.
THE GOVERNOR’S SPEECH WAS DESCRIBED AS A RALLYING CRY TO MINNESOTANS.
YESTERDAY’S GRAND FORKS HERALD HAS A BRAD DOKKEN STORY ON THE WARROAD RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY,
WHICH CONTINUES WORKING ON TRAILS IN BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST;
AND ON GOVERNMENT ISLAND IN THE WARROAD RIVER, WHICH THE GROUP HOPES TO TURN INTO A RECREATIONAL AMENITY.
Last modified: 04/06/2020
