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LOCAL NEWS MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020

05/11/2020

THE ROSEAU SCHOOL RECENTLY SENT A SURVEY TO PARENTS OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS,  SEEKING FEEBACK ON THEIR DISTANCE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

THE SCHOOL RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM THE FAMILIES OF JUST OVER HALF OF THEIR ELEMENTARY-AGED STUDENTS.

85%  SAID THE SCHOOL WORK DEMAND WAS JUST RIGHT FOR THEIR KIDS;  ABOUT  12%  OF THOSE PARENTS SAID THEY ARE COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED BY DISTANCE LEARNING.

 

FIRST HALF TAXES ON REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ARE DUE BY FRIDAY AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE.    WHILE THE COURTHOUSE IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC,  THERE IS A DROP BOX AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE FOR PAYMENTS;  AND PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY WEBSITE                                     ( www.co.roseau.mn.us ).

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD,  LAST WEEK,  APPROVED DELAYING PENALTIES ON FIRST HALF TAXES THROUGH JULY  15TH.

 

ONE OF THE EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE COVID CRISIS HAS BEEN FEWER WELLNESS VISITS AT CLINICS AROUND THE STATE,  INCLUDING ALTRU CLINICS IN ROSEAU AND GREENBUSH.

GABE MOONEY MANAGES THOSE TWO CLINICS;  HE SAYS THERE’S ALSO BEEN A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF  “SICK”  VISITS.

 

THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES IT’S WEEKLY MEETINGS ON THE COVID RESPONSE THIS EVENING  (VIA  WEBEX).

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD,  LAST WEEK,  HEARD FROM VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER MARTY HOWES –

WHO SAID THERE HAS BEEN NO SLOWDOWN IN HIS OFFICE  SINCE THE ONSET OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

 

ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTERS CAN CAST BALLOTS ON A BOND REFERENDUM  TOMORROW AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER;  AND ABSENTEE VOTING CONTINUES TODAY AT THE SCHOOL.

DAN MILLER,  WITH J L G  ARCHITECTS,  SAID ROSEAU’S  FORTY MILLION DOLLAR BOND QUESTION IS TYPICAL OF OTHER RECENT REFERENDUMS AROUND MINNESOTA.

J L G  IS THE COMPANY THAT WOULD DESIGN THE PROJECT,  IF APPROVED BY VOTERS.

 

THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL,  LAST WEEK,  TALKED ABOUT THE SUMMER CONCERTS AT THE RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO.

COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID THERE’S NO DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON WHETHER THOSE CONCERTS CAN BE HELD UNTIL A GOVERNOR’S  DECISION ON ALLOWABLE CROWD SIZE.

 

A PRIVATE SERVICE FOR BEV BUCY  WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE,  WITH BURIAL AT FORT SNELLING CEMETERY IN MINNEAPOLIS.

A FORMER ROSEAU RESIDENT,  BEV BUCY  DIED LAST WEEK OF COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS IN MOORHEAD;  SHE WAS  74.

 

GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR EVELYN  KLINE OF KARLSTAD  (AND FORMERLY OF STRANDQUIST)  ARE THURSDAY AT THE ENGLISH CEMETERY IN STRANDQUIST.

EVELYN  KLINE WAS  88.

 

THE PENNINGTON AND MARSHALL COUNTY FAIRS WERE CANCELLED LAST WEEK DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.

THEY WERE SCHEDULED JUST BEFORE AND JUST AFTER THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR IN JULY.

THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR BOARD MEETS NEXT MONDAY TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT’S  2020 FAIR.

 

THE MINNESOTA  D.N.R.  SAYS EXCESSIVELY DRY CONDITIONS FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO THE CANADIAN BORDER MEAN A HIGH DANGER OF WILDFIRES.

 

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