OAK CREST SENIOR HOUSING IN ROSEAU IS OFFICIALLY STARTING AN OUTDOOR VISITATION PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES;
ALTHOUGH RESTRICTIONS INSIDE THE BUILDING REMAIN IN PLACE.
THAT PROGRAM IS BASED ON CURRENT GUIDANCE FROM THE C-D-C AND MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
IN THE WAKE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, POLARIS INDUSTRIES ISSUED A BLEAK SALES FORECAST.
POLARIS C.E.O. SCOTT WINE APPEARED RECENTLY ON CNBC, SAYING THAT FORECAST WAS “WAY OFF”.
RATHER THAN A DECREASE IN SALES, POLARIS IS SEEING HUGE DEMAND FOR IT’S PRODUCTS ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
THE ROSEAU POLARIS PLANT IS OPERATING WITH THREE SHIFTS, AND STILL LOOKING FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED FULLTIME EMPLOYEES.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR CHARLEY SHIMPA OF GREENBUSH IS WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 10:30 AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS TOMORROW EVENING AT SIX, WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE, AT THE CHURCH.
CHARLEY SHIMPA WAS 88.
SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR STEVE LaVALLA OF WILLIAMS. BURIAL WILL BE AT FORT SNELLING CEMETERY IN MINNEAPOLIS.
STEVE LaVALLA WAS 71.
THELMA SWEARSON OF BAUDETTE DIED SATURDAY AT AGE 73.
SERVICE INFORMATION FOR WILLIAM CONLEY OF WILLIAMS WILL FOLLOW AT A LATER DATE.
BILL CONLEY WAS 69.
THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM IS RE-OPENING THIS WEEK.
THE ROSEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY IS EXPECTED TO RE-OPEN, WITH COVID PROTOCOLS, NEXT MONDAY.
THE MINNESOTA SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF GRANTS PROGRAM STARTS TOMORROW.
THAT’S A SIXTY-TWO MILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE LAST WEEK, WITH HALF THE MONEY GOING TO GREATER MINNESOTA SMALL BUSINESSES.
THE APPLICATION PERIOD GOES FROM JUNE 23RD THROUGH JULY 2ND, WITH AWARDS ADMINISTERED BY LOCAL AND REGIONAL NONPROFIT AGENCIES, THROUGH A LOTTERY PROCESS.
MINNESOTA’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN MAY WAS AT 9.9%; THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA’S RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT HAS RECOVERED FASTER THAN ALL BUT THIRTEEN OTHER STATES.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR LuVERNE HAGEN OF BADGER ARE THIS MORNING AT 10:30 AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
LuVERNE HAGEN WAS 90.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub HAS RELEASED A REPORT ON THE STATES WITH THE MOST RACIAL EQUALITY, BASED ON COMPARISONS BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK AMERICANS IN AREAS LIKE ANNUAL INCOME AND HOME OWNERSHIP RATE.
MINNESOTA IS 48TH AND NORTH DAKOTA 44TH ON THAT LIST.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, HEARD THAT 70 OF 72 SENIORS GRADUATED THIS SPRING.
THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF LONGTIME BASEBALL COACH TRACEY WENSLOFF.
FOR GENERATIONS, HOCKEY ROLE MODELS HAVE BEEN MALES.
HOCKEY HALL OF FAMER NATALIE DARWITZ, THE HEAD COACH OF THE HAMLINE WOMEN’S TEAM, SAYS THAT’S BEGINNING TO CHANGE.
NATALIE DARWITZ WAS A THREE-TIME U.S. OLYMPIAN.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, THIS MONTH, HEARD THAT IT’S MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE WAS “EXTREMELY BUSY” AGAIN IN MAY.
AFTER BEING DELAYED BY THE PANDEMIC, THE U.S. CENSUS IS RAMPING UP FOR COUNTS IN JULY AND AUGUST.
IN MINNESOTA, EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO EDUCATE FAMILIES IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
CAMILA MERCADO MICHELL, WITH A MINNESOTA NONPROFIT THAT SERVES LATINO FAMILIES, SAYS THEY’RE TRYING TO DISPEL MYTHS THAT CENSUS WORKERS ARE UP TO NO GOOD.
IT’S ESTIMATED THAT TWO PERCENT OF MINNESOTA KIDS WERE MISSED IN THE 2010 CENSUS.
Last modified: 06/22/2020
