A KVLY-TV REPORT SAYS LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER HAS FIRED CHIEF NURSING OFFICER NATE BROVOLD AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF AN ASSAULT WITH A GUN.
THE 41 YEAR OLD BROVOLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT, FELONY THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND STRANGULATION, AND MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF FIFTH DEGREE DOMESTIC ASSAULT.
OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO A HOME NEAR FOX SUNDAY.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FRED ERICKSON OF BAUDETTE, FOLLOWING COVID GUIDELINES, ARE SATURDAY MORNING AT TEN AT THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
FRED ERICKSON WAS 84.
LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER HAS A COVID INFORMATION PHONE HOTLINE TO KEEP ROSEAU COUNTY RESIDENTS UP-TO-DATE ON THE STATUS OF VACCINE DISTRIBUTION;
BUT LIFECARE OFFICIALS SAY THEY WON’T BE SCHEDULING PEOPLE FOR COVID VACCINATIONS OR CREATING A WAITING LIST UNTIL THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT VACCINE AVAILABILITY.
THE COVID INFO HOTLINE NUMBER IS 218 463-4779.
ROSEAU’S HIGH SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE BOWL TEAMS COMPETE AT AN ALL-SCHOOL MEET TODAY.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BRINGS IT’S JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS BACK FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING STARTING FEBRUARY FIRST.
THOSE KIDS HAVE BEEN IN A HYBRID MODE, IN SCHOOL TWO DAYS A WEEK, SINCE THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
A TEMPORARY COVID-19 TESTING SITE WILL BE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS TOMORROW, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT THE BOB WALLS MEMORIAL UNION HALL.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS WORKING WITH KOOCHICHING COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH, THE CITY OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THAT TESTING SITE.
THE ROSEAU PLANNING COMMISSION HAS APPROVED A RE-ZONING APPLICATION FROM THE CITY FOR THE OAK CREST ESTATES SUBDIVISION;
WHICH CHANGES THE ZONING AT THAT LOCATION FROM FARM/RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL ONE.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD APPROVED ADVERTISING TO HIRE A HALF-TIME EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CO-DIRECTOR.
EMERGENCY MANAGER SUE GRAFSTROM PROPOSED THE HIRE FOR CONTINUITY IN THAT DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC IN THE COUNTY.
THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS UNDERWAY, AND MOST OF THE ATTENTION OF LAWMAKERS IS ON PANDEMIC-RELATED ISSUES.
HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA SAYS ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE COVID CRISIS HAS BEEN FOOD SHELF DEMAND, WITH STATE FOOD SHELVES SEEING A RECORD THREE-POINT-SEVEN-FIVE MILLION VISITORS LAST YEAR.
LEAH GARDNER, WITH HUNGER SOLUTIONS, SAYS THERE’S ALSO STRONG DEMAND FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND SHE’D LIKE THE STATE TO ADJUST ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED FEDERALLY, SO THERE WOULD BE NO COST TO MINNESOTA.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY THE END OF MARCH FOR THE DNR’S REGIONAL TRAIL AND LOCAL TRAILS CONNECTION GRANT PROGRAMS.
DAN GOLNER IS A D.N.R. GRANTS SPECIALIST COORDINATOR WHO SAYS BOTH PROGRAMS GENERATE SIGNIFICANT INTEREST.
ROSEAU HAS APPLIED FOR THOSE GRANTS IN PAST YEARS.
Last modified: 01/20/2021
