ROSEAU COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER MARTIN HOWES HAS BEEN ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS.
HOWES IS DESCRIBED AS A “RISING STAR” BY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT GREG PETERSON OF BROWN COUNTY.
THE QUIN COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES BOARD AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS MONDAY AFTERNOON IN NEWFOLDEN.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED ADVERTISING TO HIRE A HIGHWAY TECHNICIAN.
THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN FINDING A G-I-S TECHNICIAN, SO PLANS TO TRAIN THAT POSITION FROM WITHIN.
WET WEATHER THIS FALL IS CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH A ROSEAU MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PROJECT.
A DELAYED PAVING PROJECT WOULD MAKE THE NEW FUEL SYSTEM UNAVAILABLE UNTIL NEXT SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER.
EARTH’S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE HAS INCREASED BY NEARLY TWO DEGREES OVER THE LAST CENTURY,
BUT THE INCREASE IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT IN ROSEAU AND KITTSON COUNTIES, AT FOUR-POINT-THREE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
THAT’S AMONG THE BIGGEST INCREASES IN THE UNITED STATES.
KENNY BLUMENFELD, A SENIOR CLIMATOLOGIST AT THE MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE, SAYS MOST OF THE INCREASE HAPPENS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
BLUMENFELD SAYS MORE GREENHOUSE GASES PREVENT THE EARTH FROM COOLING DOWN, TRAPPING HEAT IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
YOUTH DEER HUNTS START THIS WEEK IN PARTS OF MINNESOTA, INCLUDING AT ZIPPEL BAY STATE PARK (NORTH OF WILLIAMS) SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THAT’S FOR KIDS AGED TWELVE TO FIFTEEN, HUNTING WITH AN ADULT.
ANOTHER SPECIAL YOUTH DEER HUNT IS OCTOBER 26TH AND 27TH AT LAKE BRONSON STATE PARK.
THE ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED BOARD MET YESTERDAY TO CONSIDER THEIR RESPONSE TO RECORD RAINFALL OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS IN ROSEAU COUNTY.
THE WATERSHED BOARD DECIDED TO WAIT UNTIL THE WATER BEGINS RECEDING AT ROSS, BEFORE RELEASING WATER FROM THE NORLAND IMPOUNDMENT.
WATERSHED TECHNICIAN TORIN McCORMACK SAYS “DE-WATERING THE NORLAND IMPOUNDMENT TAKES A MONTH, UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS”.
DALAGER SAYS THAT IMPOUNDMENT WILL HAVE TO BE DRAINED DOWN BY NEXT MARCH.
THE ROSEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY IS HOSTING LOCAL AUTHOR ALEDA MARSHALL THURSDAY EVENING (6:30 PM),
WHOSE LATEST BOOK IS CALLED “GREATLY LOVED AND DEEPLY PRIZED”.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR KAY JOHNSON OF ROSEAU ARE SATURDAY MORNING AT TEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
KAY JOHNSON WAS 78.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DIONNE AMMERMAN OF BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA IS SATURDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THIEF RIVER FALLS. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
DIONNE AMMERMAN, THE DAUGHTER OF ROCKY AND BARB AMMERMAN, WAS 46.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FLOYD OTTO OF NEWFOLDEN IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN AT NAZARETH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN HOLT. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
FLOYD OTTO WAS 82.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS LOOKING FOR APPLICATIONS FROM STATE RESIDENTS INTERESTED IN SERVING ON A STATEWIDE AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY NOVEMBER 11TH.
THAT’S A FIFTEEN MEMBER COMMITTEE WITH REPRESENTATION FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
Last modified: 10/15/2019
