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LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020

02/13/2020

A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR REGINA  BOESE  OF GREENBUSH IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN  AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GREENBUSH.   VISITATION IS THIS EVENING AFTER SIX,  WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE,  AT THE CHURCH.

REGINA  BOESE  WAS  88.

 

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR GARY NOBLE OF BAUDETTE IS SATURDAY  (11-2)  AT HELGESON FUNERAL CHAPEL IN BAUDETTE.   AN INFORMAL GATHERING FOLLOWS AT THE MOOSE LODGE IN BAUDETTE.

GARY NOBLE WAS  80.

 

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR BRANDI  MURRAY  OF BAUDETTE IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON  (3-5 PM)  AT THE BAUDETTE AMERICAN LEGION.

BRANDI MURRAY WAS  43.

 

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS MAY  12TH,  WITH A ONE-WOMAN PERFORMANCE BY JANE CURRY ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS.

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD,  THIS WEEK,  HEARD FROM RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND CEDARBEND TOWNSHIP WHO ARE SEEKING FLOOD RELIEF.

COUNTY ENGINEER BRIAN KETRING SAID THE  “HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BELIEVES IN DRAINAGE”  AND SCHEDULED A MARCH MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THAT GROUP.

 

THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD,  THIS WEEK,  HEARD AN UPDATE FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE  CHLOE JOHNSON ON WINTERFEST WEEK  (THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY);

WHICH INCLUDED A LIP SYNCH CONTEST WON BY FIVE  8TH GRADERS CALLED  “THE BACKSTREET GIRLS”.

 

THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK SAYS  2019 WILL GO INTO THE RECORD BOOKS FOR THE NUMBER OF CROP INSURANCE CLAIMS.

ONE INSURANCE AGENT SAID THERE WERE MAJOR CLAIMS WITH EVERY CROP;  AND SAID FARMERS SHOULD MEET WITH THEIR AGENT  “SOONER, RATHER THAN LATER”.

 

THE WOMENS WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION HAS FOUR OF THE TOP EIGHT TEAMS IN THE NATION,  WITH WISCONSIN AT NUMBER TWO  (BEHIND CORNELL);

MINNESOTA AT FOUR,   OHIO STATE AT SIXTH,  AND MINNESOTA/DULUTH AT NUMBER EIGHT.

GOPHERS COACH BRAD FROST SAYS WOMENS HOCKEY IN THE UNITED STATES IS IN A GOOD PLACE.

 

THE MINNESOTA  D.N.R.  IS LOOKING FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON DEER POPULATIONS  AND OTHER DEER-RELATED ISSUES.

AN ONLINE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE THROUGH SUNDAY AT THE D.N.R. WEBSITE.

 

THE WANNASKA LIONS HOST THEIR ANNUAL FISHING DERBY SATURDAY AT HAYES LAKE STATE PARK.

 

ROSEAU’S  HIGH SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE BOWL TEAMS COMPETE IN BEMIDJI TODAY.

 

THE MINNESOTA  “GREEN STEP CITIES”  INITIATIVE IS IN IT’S TENTH YEAR;  THAT’S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM THAT HELPS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ADOPT SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES.

IN NISSWA,  NEAR BRAINERD,  CITY EMPLOYEE  BRITTNEY COTNER SAYS THEY’RE TAKING A MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH.

COTNER SAYS NISSWA IS USING MORE RECYCLED PAPER  AND BUYING ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES FOR CITY USE.

 

A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR ELLEN  “TOOTIE”  OTTO OF WARROAD IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO  AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD.

TOOTIE  OTTO  WAS   70.

 

THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION HAS NEARLY  750 THOUSAND DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO HELP THE REGION PREVENT AND END YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.

APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION SERVES TWELVE COUNTIES, INCLUDING ROSEAU.

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