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LOCAL NEWS MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020

06/01/2020

LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WERE NOTIFIED OF A THIRD POSITIVE CASE OF  COVID-19  FRIDAY IN THE COUNTY.

A SECOND CONFIRMED POSITIVE CASE WAS IDENTIFIED THURSDAY.

LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS MITIGATION STRATEGIES REMAIN THE SAME;  THAT IS …   WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN ….  GET TESTED WHEN YOU’RE SICK …  MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING ….   WEAR A MASK  …   AND STAY HOME WHEN YOU CAN.

AS OF SATURDAY,  THE ONLY COUNTIES WITHOUT A CONFIRMED CASE OF CORONAVIRUS WERE LAKE OF THE WOODS AND COOK.

 

THE MINNESOTA  D.N.R.  SAYS DEER POPULATION GOALS REMAIN RELATIVELY UNCHANGED IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS YEAR.

DEER MANAGEMENT PLANS ARE THE RESULT OF LOCAL WORKSHOPS HELD OVER THE PAST YEAR,  INCLUDING IN ROSEAU AND WARROAD.

JOHN WILLIAMS,  WITH THE D.N.R.,  TELLS THE GRAND FORKS HERALD MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES MUST BE DIFFERENT IN FORESTED AREAS OF THE REGION VERSUS AGRICULTURAL AREAS;

AND THAT HARVEST GOALS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS SUMMER.

 

THE ROSEAU ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,  LAST WEEK,  APPROVED TIM LOVEN OF BORDER STATE BANK  AS A MEMBER OF THE E.D.A.   HE SUCCEEDS JASON SMITH,  WHO ALSO WORKS AT BORDER STATE BANK.

 

THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL  MEETS IN REGULAR MONTHLY SESSION THIS EVENING.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TODD PETERSON SAYS THE CITY CONTINUES TO WORK ON TWO NEW SUBDIVISIONS.

THE SECOND OF THE TWO SUBDIVISIONS IS AT THE NORTH END OF THE CITY ON PROPERTY FORMERLY OWNED BY RICHARD LARSON.

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD MEETS TOMORROW AND ARE EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT A FLOOD REPAIR PROJECT ON COUNTY/STATE AID HIGHWAY SEVEN  (NORTH OF GREENBUSH).

THE LOW BID FROM DAVIDSON CONSTRUCTION WAS  THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS,  NEARLY DOUBLE THE ANTICIPATED COST FOR THAT WORK.

COUNTY HIGHWAY ENGINEER BRIAN KETRING SAID A SPILLWAY PROJECT WOULD ALSO BE NEEDED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

 

A GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR DOROTHY HASBARGEN OF BAUDETTE IS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO  AT ELM PARK CEMETERY IN BAUDETTE.

DOROTHY HASBARGEN WAS  89.

 

A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ARDITH  WAAGE OF GREENBUSH  IS THURSDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN  AT UNITED FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GREENBUSH.

VISITATION IS WEDNESDAY EVENING  (5-7 PM)  AT THE CHURCH.

ARDITH  WAAGE  WAS  78.

 

ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION WAS YESTERDAY IN A CEREMONY HELD IN THE ROSEAU SCHOOL PARKING  LOT,

FOLLOWED BY A PARADE DOWN CENTER STREET IN ROSEAU.

 

MICHAEL AND STEPHANIE JOHNSON LOST THEIR HOME TO A FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE PARENTS AND FOUR KIDS ARE OKAY.

A GO FUND ME PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP FOR THE FAMILY,  AND GIFT CARDS WERE COLLECTED YESTERDAY DURING THE ROSEAU GRADUATION.

THE OLDEST DAUGHTER,  CHLOE,  GRADUATED YESTERDAY;  SHE’LL ATTEND COLLEGE AT CONCORDIA IN MOORHEAD,  WHERE SHE’LL PLAY SOFTBALL.

 

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS 188  ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE THIS SUMMER,

INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE BETWEEN BAUDETTE AND RAINY RIVER,  ONTARIO.

JOE McKINNON IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR MINN-DOT.   THAT BRIDGE PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR SEVERAL YEARS;  COMPLETION IS EXPECTED LATER THIS SUMMER.

 

 

 

 

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