THE TWO RIVERS WATERSHED DISTRICT SAYS AREAS UPSTREAM OF LAKE BRONSON HAVE CRESTED WHILE DOWNSTREAM AREAS CONTINUE TO SEE RISING WATER.
ADMINISTRATOR DAN MONEY SAYS WEEKEND RAIN CAUSED A THIRD CREST OF THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE TWO RIVERS, BUT THE RIVER HAS CRESTED AT PELAN (ON THE ROSEAU/ KITTSON COUNTY LINE).
FUNERAL SERVICES FOLLOWING MINNESOTA GUIDELINES FOR GORDON HOLLRAH OF WARROAD ARE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT THE WARROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR WITH MILITARY HONORS BY THE WARROAD AMERICAN LEGION.
GORDON HOLLRAH WAS 89.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS AWARDED NEARLY NINETEEN MILLION DOLLARS TO 32 CITIES AS PART OF IT’S SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
ROSEAU GETS 625 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL REHABILITATION.
GREENBUSH GETS ONE-POINT-ONE MILLION FOR HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL REHAB, AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
ARGYLE GETS ABOUT 750 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ROSEAU COUNTY STILL HAD SIX CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 AS OF YESTERDAY; AND FIVE OF THOSE SIX CASES HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED FROM ISOLATION, MEANING THEY ARE NO LONGER CONTAGIOUS.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR CHARLEY SHIMPA OF GREENBUSH IS TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:30 AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS THIS EVENING AFTER SIX, WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE, AT THE CHURCH.
CHARLEY SHIMPA WAS 88.
ALLIED CONCERT SERVICES ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK IT WAS CANCELLING IT’S FALL TOURING SEASON,
MEANING THE FIRST TWO SCHEDULED SHOWS IN THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CONCERT SERIES IN ROSEAU IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ARE OFF.
CRAIG RISNES, WHO REPRESENTS ALLIED WITH THE ROSEAU CONCERT ASSOCIATION, SAYS THE CONCERT TOURS PROVIDE AN ENTERTAINMENT OPTION IN GREATER MINNESOTA.
A NORTHERN LIGHTS ASSOCIATION CONCERT SCHEDULED IN JANUARY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE RESUMPTION OF THE SEASON.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED A STUDENT HANDBOOK FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WITH ONE CHANGE.
THE BOARD ALTERED A PROPOSED RULE THAT WOULD HAVE BANNED A STUDENT FROM SCHOOL DANCES FOR A YEAR, IF THAT STUDENT CAME TO A DANCE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.
THE COMPROMISE WAS THAT THE STUDENT MUST MISS THE NEXT DANCE, WITH PROGRESSIVELY HARSHER PENALTIES.
THE JENSEN SISTERS APPEARED IN CONCERT LAST THURSDAY NIGHT AT ROSEAU’S RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO. A ROSEAU COUNTY BAND CALLED “THE NORTHERN SUNS” ARE AT THE GAZEBO THIS THURSDAY.
PAM HETTEEN, ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THOSE SUMMER SHOWS, SAYS PEOPLE NEEDED A CHANCE TO GET OUT.
APPROVAL FOR THOSE ROSEAU OUTDOOR CONCERTS, WITH ATTENDANCE AT LESS THAN 250 PEOPLE, HAD COME THE PREVIOUS WEEK.
A NEW COALITION IS WORKING TO PROTECT THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS FROM AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES.
JEFF PIKE IS A BOUNDARY WATERS-AREA RESIDENT.
IN MINNESOTA, LAKE ASSOCIATIONS ARE PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN PROTECTING LOCAL WATERWAYS FROM INFESTATION;
BUT THERE AREN’T LARGE ASSOCIATION IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS.
Last modified: 06/23/2020
