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LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020

04/02/2020

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, HEARD THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE COUNTY’S FULLTIME EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING FROM HOME, ON-CALL AT HOME OR TAKING UNPAID TIME OFF.
DEPARTMENT HEADS SAY ABOUT FIFTY EMPLOYEES ARE NECESSARY AT THEIR COUNTY WORKSTATIONS TO PROVIDE MINIMAL SERVICE.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, BUT EMPLOYEES ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE NECESSARY SERVICE.

 

GROCERY STORES ARE AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
SUPER ONE IN ROSEAU IS TAKING STEPS TO KEEP IT’S EMPLOYEES SAFE; AND MANAGER GARY GRONDAHL SAYS THEY’RE BUSY.

 

AT A COMMUNITY TELECONFERENCE THIS WEEK MARVIN WINDOWS AND DOORS IN WARROAD SAID THEY ARE OPERATING WITH SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE IN THE PLANT, WHILE THOSE WHO CAN WORK FROM HOME ARE DOING SO.
POLARIS INDUSTRIES HAS A PARTIAL RE-START OF IT’S PLANT OPERATIONS TODAY.
INTERCEPT AND B & B DIVERSIFIED OF ROSEAU IS OPERATING ON A LIMITED BASIS.
KARL MANUFACTURING IS CURRENTLY SHUT DOWN, WITH A LIKELY RE-START APRIL 13TH; AND HEATMOR OF WARROAD IS ALSO SHUT DOWN UNTIL APRIL 13TH.

 

STATE AUDITOR JULIE BLAHA RELEASED THE 2018 MINNESOTA COUNTY FINANCES REPORT THIS WEEK,
WHICH SHOWED THAT TOTAL COUNTY REVENUES IN MINNESOTA INCREASED BY SIX-POINT-SEVEN PERCENT FROM 2009 TO 2018; WHILE EXPENDITURES INCREASED BY SIX-POINT-THREE PERCENT IN THAT SAME PERIOD (WHEN ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION).
THE MAIN SOURCES OF A COUNTY’S REVENUE ARE PROPERTY TAXES; IN MINNESOTA, THAT SOURCE ACCOUNTED FOR 49% OF THE TOTAL (THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE IN DECADES);
AND STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, WHICH WAS DOWN TO 36% IN 2018 (THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE IN DECADES).
IN ROSEAU COUNTY TWO YEARS AGO, TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE JUST UNDER TWENTY-ONE MILLION DOLLARS, AND TOTAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE WAS JUST UNDER TEN MILLION DOLLARS. ROSEAU COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES IN 2018 WERE LESS THAN SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
ROSEAU COUNTY’S UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE (OR SAVINGS ACCOUNT) IN 2018 WAS EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.
LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HAD RESERVES OF NEARLY ELEVEN MILLION; MARSHALL JUST OVER EIGHT MILLION; AND KITTSON, JUST UNDER SIX MILLION.

 

ROSEAU COUNTY’S 125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, SCHEDULED FOR MID-JUNE, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GOAL HAD BEEN TO MAKE IT AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION.
WARROAD’S NORTHBORN DAYS, ALSO SCHEDULED FOR MID-JUNE, IS POSTPONED TO NEXT YEAR.

THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK SAYS TITAN MACHINERY SHOWED A FOURTH QUARTER NET INCOME OF SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, AS COMPARED WITH A TWO-POINT-TWO MILLION DOLLAR NET LOSS LAST YEAR.

 

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULED ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ROSEAU ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE IS POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.
THE COOP BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS CONSIDERING AN ALTERNATE DATE.

 

THE CITY OF ROSEAU CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH A WORKFORCE HOUSING SHORTAGE,
AS POLARIS (AND OTHER EMPLOYERS) LOOK TO ADD WORKERS.
JENNIFER HO, MINNESOTA’S HOUSING COMMISSIONER, WAS IN ROSEAU IN EARLY FEBRUARY TO LEARN FIRSTHAND ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
POLARIS HOPES TO FIND SEVENTY NEW EMPLOYEES IN THE NEXT WEEKS.

 

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ROSEAU COUNTY THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT.
FORECASTER DAN RIDDLE, AT THE GRAND FORKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE, SAYS THE SNOW SHOULD START THIS AFTERNOON.
RIDDLE SAYS FREEZING RAIN COULD BE PART OF THE WINTRY MIX COMING TO THE COUNTY.
THE CHANCE OF SNOW IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.

 

 

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