THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST NIGHT, HEARD FROM SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME – WHO SAID THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WON’T MAKE A DETERMINATION ON STARTING SCHOOL THIS FALL UNTIL LATE JULY.
JEROME SAID THE DEPARTMENT WILL LET SCHOOL DISTRICTS KNOW OF THEIR DECISION JULY 27TH;
AND THAT THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS …. STARTING SCHOOL AS NORMAL; A HYBRID MODEL, WITH BOTH IN-PERSON AND DISTANCE LEARNING; OR ONLY DISTANCE LEARNING.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD ALSO APPROVED THE HIRE OF BRADY JOHNSON AS A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER; HE’S TAUGHT IN THE BADGER DISTRICT THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST NIGHT, TABLED A REQUEST FROM THE ROSEAU ROYALS SENIOR AMATEUR BASEBALL TEAM FOR USE OF GILBERTSON FIELD. THE COUNCIL IS WAITING FOR LEGAL ADVICE FROM THEIR LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES INSURANCE TRUST.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA IS THE 8TH LEAST FEDERALLY DEPENDENT STATE,
BASED ON DATA LIKE THE RETURN ON TAXES PAID TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL FUNDING AS A SHARE OF STATE REVENUE.
THE LEAST FEDERALLY DEPENDENT STATES ARE KANSAS, NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE AND IOWA.
THE MOST FEDERALLY DEPENDENT ARE NEW MEXICO, KENTUCKY, MISSISSIPPI AND WEST VIRGINIA.
NORTH DAKOTA IS 14TH MOST FEDERALLY DEPENDENT.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE (WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING) FOR TRISTAN SJAAHEIM OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA (AND FORMERLY OF ROSEAU) IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
TRISTAN SJAAHEIM WAS 40.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR HELEN NOVACEK OF ROSEAU IS FRIDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS THURSDAY EVENING (5-7 PM) WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
HELEN NOVACEK WAS 96.
A PUBLIC GRAVESIDE SERVICE (WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING) FOR DONALD McFARLANE OF BAUDETTE IS TODAY AT NOON AT THE HILLSIDE (ZIPPEL) CEMETERY IN RURAL BAUDETTE.
DON McFARLANE WAS 99.
DEMOCRATS IN THE MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE PROMOTING AN AGGRESSIVE AGENDA OF LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORMS DURING A SPECIAL SESSION IN ST PAUL;
WHILE SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING THE FOCUS OF THE SESSION SHOULD BE ON PANDEMIC RELIEF.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ SAYS THERE ARE MANY CHANGES TO CONSIDER.
ROSEAU COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET THIS EVENING AS A COUNTY BOARD OF APPEAL AND EQUALIZATION.
VALUATION CHANGES IN ROSEAU COUNTY PROPERTIES WERE RELATIVELY MINOR IN THE LAST ASSESSMENT PERIOD.
A FORTY MILLION DOLLAR ROSEAU SCHOOL RENOVATION AND BUILDING PROJECT IS UNDERWAY, WITH COMPLETION IN JUST OVER TWO YEARS.
KRAUS-ANDERSON IS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE PROJECT, AND BOB FITZGERALD IS MANAGING THE WORK FOR THAT BEMIDJI COMPANY.
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