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LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020

06/10/2020

AT AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS MEETING THIS WEEK, GABE MOONEY ANNOUNCED THAT HE’S ACCEPTED A JOB WITH THE KITTSON MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE CENTER IN HALLOCK.
ALLIE THORTSEN WILL BE ADDING ALTRU CLINIC MANAGEMENT DUTIES IN ROSEAU AND GREENBUSH TO HER RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE ALTRU HEALTH SYSTEM, LAST WEEK, ANNOUNCED A WORKFORCE REDUCTION OF MORE THAN 160 EMPLOYEES SYSTEM-WIDE; TWO OF THOSE ALTRU EMPLOYEES WORKED IN WARROAD, AND SIX IN ROSEAU.

 

THE SPLASH PAD AT ROSEAU’S SOUTH RIVERVIEW PARK OPENS TODAY.

 

A MAJORITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID THEY WOULD DISMANTLE THAT CITY’S POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD IN LATE MAY BY A POLICE OFFICER.
THERE ARE NATIONWIDE CALLS TO DRASTICALLY OVERHAUL SOME POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
NANCY LaVIGNE, AT THE URBAN INSTITUTE, URGES CAUTION – SAYING SOME PAST REFORMS HAVE RESULTED IN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

 

A PURDUE UNIVERSITY AG ECONOMY BAROMETER SHOWS A MODEST INCREASE IN FARMER SENTIMENT FROM APRIL TO MAY.
THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK SAYS THAT OPTIMISM IS FUELED BY THE USDA’S CORONAVIRUS FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH HAS 545 MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCERS.

 

THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, EARLIER THIS MONTH, APPROVED THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT HOLDING MEETINGS AT THE FIRE HALL; WITH A PREPAREDNESS PLAN IN PLACE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAD EARLIER SAID THOSE MEETINGS WERE OKAY WITH LOCAL APPROVAL.

 

THE ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED HELD A PUBLIC HEARING LAST MONTH ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO COUNTY DITCH SIXTEEN.
WATERSHED ADMINISTRATOR TRACY HALSTENSGARD SAYS THAT’S PART OF THE WHITNEY LAKE PROJECT.
THE WATERSHED PLANS TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PROJECT THIS YEAR.

 

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HAS RADICALLY CHANGED LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES.
CARMA HANSON, WITH SAFE KIDS/ GRAND FORKS, SAYS THERE ARE OTHER SAFETY CONCERNS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO CONTRACTING THE VIRUS.

 

FORMER ROSEAU MAYOR MILT ARNESON HAS DIED IN MOORHEAD. A PRIVATE MEMORIAL SERVICE IS A WEEK FROM FRIDAY (June 19/ 2 p.m.).
MILT ARNESON SERVED AS ROSEAU’S MAYOR IN THE 1980’S; HE WAS 92.

 

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ERNIE GIESEKE OF GREENBUSH ARE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS TOMORROW EVENING (5-7 PM) AT THE CHURCH, WITH C-D-C GUIDELINES IN PLACE.
ERNIE GIESEKE WAS 70.

 

A PUBLIC GRAVESIDE SERVICE WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR DONALD McFARLANE OF BAUDETTE IS TUESDAY (June 16/ Noon) AT THE HILLSIDE (ZIPPEL) CEMETERY IN RURAL BAUDETTE.
DON McFARLANE WAS 99.

 

MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR JEAN BEY OF BAUDETTE.
JEAN BEY WAS 79.

 

A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARY MATHEWS OF WARROAD IS NEXT THURSDAY (June 17/ 11 a.m.) AT THE FAMILY FUNDAMENTAL CHURCH, WEST OF WARROAD. VISITATION IS NEXT WEDNESDAY EVENING AT THE CHURCH.
MARY MATHEWS WAS 64.

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, YESTERDAY, APPROVED THE HIRE OF HEIDI OLSON AS A SOCIAL WORKER. SHE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING IN SOCIAL SERVICES IN CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.

 

THE CITY OF ROSEAU HAS GOTTEN NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS,
WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF SIX TO SEVEN INCHES REPORTED IN WESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY AND IN KITTSON COUNTY.

 

THE FIRST CONCERT OF THE SUMMER SEASON AT ROSEAU’S RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW (June 18/ 6:30 p.m.)
FEATURING THE JENSEN SISTERS, KENDRA AND KANSAS.
THEY RECENTLY WON THE MIDWEST COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION “NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR” AWARD.
DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, THE AUDIENCE WILL BE LIMITED TO 250 PEOPLE.

 

THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA AND WISCONSIN ARE THE STATES WITH THE FEWEST CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS.
MINNESOTA IS 30TH.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, CALIFORNIA AND NEW JERSEY HAVE THE MOST RESTRICTIONS, BASED ON DATA LIKE WHETHER RESTAURANTS HAVE REOPENED, AND THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER.

 

A 54 YEAR OLD MINNESOTA STATE TROOPER FROM BAXTER IS RECOVERING AFTER HIS DODGE CHARGER WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP DRIVEN BY A 38 YEAR OLD LITTLE FALLS MAN YESTERDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 371 NEAR FORT RIPLEY.

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