HIGHWAY 89 IS CLOSED THROUGH THE RED LAKE NATION.
RED LAKE IS ONE OF TWO RESERVATIONS IN THE NATION THAT HAS THAT OPTION, DUE TO THEIR SOVEREIGN NATION STATUS.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TOLD LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER YESTERDAY THAT THE FIRST PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASE OF COVID-19 IS IN ROSEAU COUNTY.
LIFECARE PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. KEITH OKESON SAYS HE “UNDERSTANDS THIS WILL RAISE THE CONCERN LEVEL FOR MANY CITIZENS” BUT THAT LIFECARE “HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS FOR WEEKS”.
ROSEAU WAS AMONG THE LAST COUNTIES IN THE STATE TO HAVE A CASE OF CORONAVIRUS.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION THIS MORNING.
A WARROAD NONPROFIT CALLED “HELPP” (HELPING EASE LOCAL PEOPLE’S PAIN) DONATED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH TO FOOD SHELVES IN GREENBUSH, ROSEAU, WARROAD AND BAUDETTE LAST MONTH.
LORALEE MARVIN, IN WARROAD, SAID THAT NONPROFIT HAS PREVIOUSLY GIVEN FINANCIAL HELP TO PEOPLE IN THE WARROAD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION IN BEMIDJI IS ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR EMERGENCY DISASTER RECOVERY FUND.
PROPOSALS UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL BE CONSIDERED, AND ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ARE NONPROFITS, TRIBAL ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE TWELVE COUNTY NORTHWEST REGION (WHICH INCLUDES ROSEAU COUNTY).
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS ACCEPTED THREE-POINT-FOUR MILLION ACRES INTO THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM,
IN THE FIRST GENERAL ENROLLMENT IN FOUR YEARS.
MINNESOTA HAD 105 THOUSAND ACRES ENROLLED IN C.R.P.
THE TWO RIVERS WATERSHED DISTRICT IS DEALING WITH HIGH WATER, BUT NOT THE MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED AFTER LAST FALL’S RECORD RAINFALL IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
DAN MONEY IS THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE TWO RIVERS WATERSHED DISTRICT.
THE ROSEAU RIVER IN THE CITY WAS AT _____ FEET EARLY THIS MORNING.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR MAYNARD BRAATEN OF RURAL ROSEAU.
MAYNARD BRAATEN WAS 87.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST NIGHT, APPROVED STREET PROJECTS SCHEDULED THIS YEAR ON 8TH STREET NORTHEAST AND MAIN AVENUE SOUTH.
THERE WAS JUST ONE QUOTE, FROM R & Q CONTRACTING.
CITY SUPERINTENDENT DAVID DROWN SAID HE EXPECTS THE TOTAL COST OF THE WORK TO BE LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS; THE CITY BUDGETED 350 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. AND EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM HAVE NAMED TWENTY MEMBERS OF A NEW OUTDOOR RECREATION TASK FORCE.
THOSE TWENTY INCLUDE POLARIS’ DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, STEVEN “J R” BURKE;
AND JOE HENRY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR LAKE OF THE WOODS TOURISM.
THERE WERE 140 APPLICANTS FOR THAT TASK FORCE.
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