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LOCAL NEWS TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2020

01/21/2020

MINNEAPOLIS AND DULUTH ARE THE FIRST CITIES IN MINNESOTA TO REQUIRE RETAILERS TO CHARGE CUSTOMERS FOR PLASTIC BAGS,

DESPITE A STATE LAW PROHIBITING PLASTIC BAG BANS.

JENNIE ROMER,  FROM   PlasticBagLaws.org,  RETAILERS ARE BECOMING MINDFUL OF CUSTOMER CONCERNS OVER THE IMPACT PLASTICS HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

 

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ROSEAU IS OFFERING A FREE FAMILY MOVIE CALLED  “OVERCOMER”   FEBRUARY 5TH AT THE ROSO THEATRE.

 

THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD  HAS RE-APPOINTED ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IVAN HIRST AND BOARD MEMBER THOR DIDRIKSON AS DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.

 

THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK SAYS THERE WAS A  25% INCREASE IN FARM ACRES SOLD IN 2019 FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR;

AND THE MOST FARMLAND SOLD SINCE  2014.

FARMERS NATIONAL COMPANY SAYS PRICES HAVE PLATEAUED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

 

A SMALL GRAINS WORKSHOP IS FRIDAY MORNING  (Nine to  12:30)  AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER.

JARED GOPLEN,  A UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION EDUCATOR,  SAYS THEY’LL TALK ABOUT AGRONOMICS AND ECONOMICS.

 

THE ROSEAU MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE SAW NET PROFITS IN 2019 INCREASE BY ABOUT FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THE LIQUOR STORE MADE ABOUT  A QUARTER-MILLION DOLLARS IN PROFITS LAST YEAR.

 

GABE MOONEY,  WHO MANAGES ALTRU CLINICS IN ROSEAU AND GREENBUSH,  HAS MET WITH THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD AND ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL OVER THE PAST MONTH;

SAYING THE CLINIC’S  GOAL IS  HEALTHCARE CLOSE TO HOME.

ALTRU HAS THREE CLINICS IN ROSEAU COUNTY,  INCLUDING ONE IN WARROAD.

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS APPROVED AN AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PREVENTION WORK PLAN.

THE COUNTY RECEIVED  FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS LAST YEAR FOR THAT EFFORT,  WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY THE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

 

SUNDAY’S GRAND FORKS HERALD HAD A FEATURE STORY ON WARROAD’S RICK OLSON,  AND HIS FORTY YEAR FASCINATION WITH TRAPPING AND THE OUTDOORS.

 

A REPORT SAYS  ABOUT THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND MINNESOTANS COULD LOSE THEIR FOOD STAMPS UNDER A FEDERAL PLAN TO REDUCE THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS CHANGES WOULD SAVE ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THAT SEVENTY BILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM.

LESS THAN THREE PERCENT OF ROSEAU COUNTY RESIDENT RECEIVE  ‘SNAP’  BENEFITS.

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