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LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021

01/21/2021

LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IS BUYING THE FORMER DOLLAR SAVERS BUILDING IN WARROAD AND WILL TURN IT INTO A COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER.
SHANNON CARLSON, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT LIFECARE, SAYS THE WELLNESS CENTER WILL INCLUDE REHABILITATION SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND A FITNESS CENTER;
AND FITS WITH LIFECARE’S MISSION.

LIFECARE HOPES TO OPEN THE WARROAD WELLNESS CENTER THIS FALL.

THE CITY OF ROSEAU HAS APPLIED FOR STATE FUNDING FOR A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX, TO RESOLVE A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF WORKFORCE HOUSING.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TODD PETERSON SAYS THE CITY HASN’T YET RECEIVED WORD ON THAT GRANT REQUEST.

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED A WARROAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RAFFLE, AS PART OF A SPRINGSTEEL FISHING DERBY.

 

THE SNOWMOBILE RACING HALL OF FAME IN ST GERMAIN, WISCONSIN IS CELEBRATING MORE THAN THREE DECADES.
THE FIRST HALL OF FAME CLASS, IN 1988, INCLUDED THE LATE BOB EASTMAN OF ROSEAU.
SINCE THEN, PEOPLE LIKE EDGAR HETTEEN, LARRY RUGLAND, CHARLIE LOFTON, JIM BERNAT, JERRY BUNKE, DAVE AND DURMONT WAHL, RAY MONSRUD, DON OMDAHL AND HERB HOWE HAVE GONE UP ON THE WALL OF FAME.
CRAIG MARCHBANK, A 2020 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE (AND PRESIDENT OF THAT HALL OF FAME) SAYS POLARIS HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON SNOWMOBILE RACING.

 

THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, EARLIER THIS MONTH, HEARD THAT STUDENTS DONATED MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED POUNDS OF FOOD AND MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THE ROSEAU FOOD SHELF;
AS PART OF THE SCHOOL’S CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE.

 

DISTANCE LEARNING HAS BECOME THE NORM FOR MANY SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC,
AND A MINNESOTA-BASED GROUP SAYS THAT’S RAISED NEW CONCERNS ABOUT ONLINE BULLYING.
JULIE HERTZOG, WITH THE NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION CENTER, SAYS TECHNOLOGY CAN LEAD TO TARGETING.
9% OF 11TH GRADERS REPORTED BEING CYBER-BULLIED IN THE PAST YEAR.

 

A PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICE WILL BE HELD FOR DALE DROWN AT A LATER DATE.
DALE DROWN, THE FORMER ROSEAU CITY SUPERINTENDENT, WAS 79.

 

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS ROSEAU COUNTY HAS ADDED THREE NEW CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES THIS WEEK,
AND ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH.
SEVENTEEN ROSEAU COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE DIED OF COVID COMPLICATIONS SINCE LAST APRIL.

 

ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE BOWL TEAMS FINISHED 15TH AND 19TH OUT OF 36 TEAMS AT AN ALL-SCHOOL COMPETITION YESTERDAY.

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