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LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021

01/28/2021

25 YEAR OLD ANGELICA NELSON OF PUPOSKY, MINNESOTA SUFFERED NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH YESTERDAY EVENING (6 PM) ON HIGHWAY 89 IN BELTRAMI COUNTY;
WHEN THE VEHICLE SHE WAS DRIVING WAS STRUCK BY A CAR DRIVEN BY 25 YEAR OLD DUSTIN KOVACH OF LANCASTER.
THE NELSON VEHICLE ROLLED .

 

APPOINTMENTS TO THE YOUNG WOMEN’S INITIATIVE AND YOUNG WOMEN’S CABINET OF MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. ELLA WEBER OF CROOKSTON IS AMONG THE APPOINTEES.

 

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL ANNOUNCE THE NEXT ROUND OF STATE BROADBAND GRANTS THIS AFTERNOON.
WIKSTROM TELEPHONE COMPANY, SJOBERG’S CABLE TV AND THE ROSEAU ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE HAVE BEEN RECIPIENTS OF PREVIOUS GRANTS TO EXPAND BROADBAND SERVICE IN ROSEAU COUNTY.

 

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS THREE NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN ROSEAU COUNTY THIS WEEK.

 

FOOD INSECURITY HAS INCREASED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, BUT ONE MINNEAPOLIS GROCERY STORE IS PROVIDING HEALTHY FOODS AT A LOWER PRICE.
KURT VICKMAN IS THE FOUNDER OF “GOOD GROCER”, WHOSE BUSINESS MODEL HAS NINETY PERCENT OF IT’S STAFF SIGNED UP AS HIRED VOLUNTEERS.
THEY GET A TWENTY PERCENT DISCOUNT ON FOOD, AND THE STORE VASTLY REDUCES LABOR COSTS.

 

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS SEEKING GRANT APPLICATIONS TO HELP RURAL COMMUNITIES ACCESS FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND BUILD PROSPERITY.
STRATEGIES INCLUDE SUPPORTING A RURAL WORKFORCE, AND ACHIEVING E-CONNECTIVITY FOR RURAL AMERICA.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY MARCH 29TH.

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, APPROVED A PERMIT FOR A FEMME FATALE RAFFLE AT CLEARRIVER CAMPGROUND, SPONSORED BY THE WARROAD NONPROFIT “HELPP, INC”.

 

ROSEAU COUNTY HAS THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND NONPROFITS AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC, WITH APPLICATIONS DUE BY TOMORROW. ROSEAU COUNTY COORDINATOR JEFF PELOWSKI SAYS THERE HAD BEEN ONE-POINT-THREE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF REQUESTS THROUGH MONDAY.

 

LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IS PLANNING A NEW WARROAD WELLNESS FACILITY IN THE FORMER DOLLAR SAVERS BUILDING,
WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR EXPANSION OF LIFECARE REHABILITATION SERVICES IN WARROAD.
THE NEW FACILITY HAS THIRTEEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AVAILABLE.

 

A SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EMERGING FARMERS CONFERENCE IS TOMORROW AND SATURDAY IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT.

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