LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS AND MANUFACTURERS ARE MONITORING THE COVID-19 SITUATION IN PENNINGTON COUNTY, WHERE THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES JUMPED FROM THREE TO SEVENTEEN THIS WEEK.
NATHAN HANSON, THE PLANT DIRECTOR AT POLARIS IN ROSEAU, SAID THAT COMPANY IS “DOUBLING DOWN ON PROTOCOLS” FOR WORKER SAFETY;
AND POLARIS H-R DIRECTOR KELLIE ROTH SAID “AS THE STATE OPENS UP, RISKS INCREASE”.
A PRIVATE VISITATION IS MONDAY EVENING AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU FOR ROSEMARY BENKE OF ROSEAU.
A PRIVATE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL IS TUESDAY MORNING AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ROSEAU, WITH BURIAL AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
ROSIE BENKE WAS 72.
MINNESOTA D.N.R. FISHERIES STOCKED A THOUSAND RAINBOW TROUT IN THE PITT GRADE TROUT STREAM SOUTH OF BAUDETTE TUESDAY,
COMPLETING THE ANNUAL TROUT STOCKING BY D.N.R. FISHERIES IN BAUDETTE.
FOUR HUNDRED BROOK TROUT, MANY A POUND OR LARGER, WERE STOCKED IN THE BEMIS HILL TROUT STREAM LATE LAST MONTH.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, MEETING IN SPECIAL SESSION THIS WEEK, WAIVED UTILITY PAYMENT PENALTIES THROUGH THE END OF THE CITY’S EMERGENCY DECLARATION. THE COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY WAIVED PENALTIES FROM MARCH THROUGH MAY.
THE ROSEAU COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED A REIMBURSEMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSE FEES FOR JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST.
THE CITY HAD PREVIOUSLY REBATED IT’S LIQUOR LICENSE HOLDERS 25% OF THEIR ANNUAL FEE FOR MARCH THROUGH MAY.
CONSERVATION GROUPS ARE CALLING FOR A RETURN OF THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS IN THE WAKE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
THAT PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN THE 1930’S PUT YOUNG PEOPLE TO WORK.
COLLIN O’MARA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, SAYS MASSIVE LAYOFFS DURING COVID-19 CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC SPARK.
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS PROJECTS IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA INCLUDE NORRIS CAMP, AND PINE REFORESTATION AT BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST, WHICH IS MINNESOTA’S SECOND LARGEST STATE FOREST.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, APPROVED ELEVEN FLOOD-RELATED DITCH REPAIR PROJECTS. ALL ARE THE RESULT OF FLOODING LAST FALL, AND TOTAL ABOUT 550 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THERE IS A 75% STATE REIMBURSEMENT ON THOSE PROJECTS.
COUNTY HIGHWAY ENGINEER BRIAN KETRING SAID MORE PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED NEXT YEAR FROM SPRING FLOODING IN 2019, BUT THE COUNTY WILL NEED ‘FEMA’ APPROVAL FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON THOSE PROJECTS.
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
JAN CARR HERSETH IS THE DIRECTOR OF LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER’S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT;
SHE WAS ASKED WHETHER HER DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SEEING MORE ANXIOUS FOLKS DURING THE PANDEMIC?
ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTERS, EARLIER THIS MONTH, OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED A FORTY MILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE FOR RENOVATION OF LARGE PORTIONS OF THE ROSEAU SCHOOL.
THAT WORK STARTS THIS SPRING, BUT SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAYS CLASSES NEXT FALL SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.
KRAUS-ANDERSON IS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THAT PROJECT.
THE MINNESOTA FUTURE FARMERS ASSOCIATION HAS A NEW OFFICER TEAM, AND TWO OF THOSE OFFICERS ARE FROM NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
THEY’RE TREASURER ELAINA KNOTT FROM THIEF RIVER FALLS, AND SENTINEL LANEY SWIERS OF MAHNOMEN.
Last modified: 05/28/2020
