KITTSON COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND AUDITOR/TREASURER ERIC CHRISTENSEN HAS BEEN HIRED AS CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR NORTH SIOUX CITY, IOWA.
CHRISTENSEN HAD BEEN WITH KITTSON COUNTY FOR EIGHT YEARS.
BELTRAMI COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR KAY MACK IS RETIRING. SHE’LL WORK SIX MONTHS TO EASE THE TRANSITION.
MACK’S SON, JIM, LIVES IN ROSEAU.
SIGNUP FOR THE CORONAVIRUS FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STARTS TODAY. AGRICULTURE SECRETARY SONNY PERDUE TELLS THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK THAT SIXTEEN BILLION DOLLARS IN DIRECT PAYMENTS WILL BE SENT TO FARMERS AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED YESTERDAY’S MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK IN ROSEAU.
RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL VAL BERNAT READ THE ROLL OF HONOR, OF ROSEAU COUNTY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY OVER THE PAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
ROSEAU COUNTY HASN’T HAD A MILITARY DEATH SINCE THE VIETNAM WAR.
PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD FOR JAY ESTLING, JR OF ROOSEVELT.
JAY ESTLING DIED SATURDAY AT AGE 81.
A PRIVATE FUNERAL MASS FOR LORETTA COULTER OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD.
LORETTA COULTER WAS 76.
STEVEN MILLION OF BAUDETTE, THE OWNER OF STEVE’S LUCKY BAIT SHOP, DIED LAST WEEK IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.
STEVE MILLION WAS 53.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA HAS HAD THE SECOND SMALLEST INCREASE IN IT’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE SINCE THE ADVENT OF COVID-19 IN THE UNITED STATES.
CONNECTICUT HAD THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE.
THE STATES MOST AFFECTED BY UNEMPLOYMENT WERE NEVADA, HAWAII AND MICHIGAN.
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, AND LIFECARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SAYS THE CORONAVIRUS HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON PEOPLE’S STRESS LEVELS.
DOCTOR ANNA STEIN, FROM LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER, SAYS PEOPLE HAVE TIRED OF THE ANXIETY AND RESTRICTIONS CREATED BY THE VIRUS.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES THEIR WEEKLY MEETINGS ON COVID-19 RESPONSE THIS EVENING.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, HEARD FROM FINANCIAL ADVISORS EHLERS AND ASSOCIATES, WHO SAID THEY’RE EXPECTING INTEREST RATES FROM A FORTY MILLION DOLLAR BOND SALE TO BE JUST OVER THREE PERCENT.
THAT’S A FULL PERCENTAGE POINT LOWER THAN PROJECTIONS.
GREG CROWE, WITH EHLERS, SAID THAT COULD MEAN A TEN PERCENT SMALLER TAX IMPACT FROM THE SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT.
DEER HUNTER NUMBERS AT BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST ARE DOWN BY FIFTY PERCENT SINCE 2008;
AND SCOTT LAUDENSLAGER, WITH THE MINNESOTA D.N.R., SAYS HUNTER HARVEST IS CORRESPONDINGLY DOWN.
MINNESOTA’S MOOSE LAKE PRISON HAD A COVID-19 OUTBREAK LAST MONTH AMONG PRISONERS AND STAFF,
WHICH CAUSED THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO LOOK AT WAYS TO SAFELY REDUCE PRISON POPULATIONS.
ATTORNEY DAN SHULMAN, WITH THE MINNESOTA AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, SAYS THE D.O.C. NEEDED AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
Last modified: 05/26/2020
