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LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020

06/24/2020

MINNESOTA’S RESPONSE RATE FOR THE 2020 CENSUS IS AT 71%, WHILE THE U.S. AS A WHOLE IS AT 61%.
ROSEAU COUNTY’S RESPONSE RATE IS 59%; IN 2010, 68% OF ROSEAU COUNTY RESIDENTS RESPONDED TO THE CENSUS.
THE CITY OF ROSEAU IS AT 66%; BADGER AT 61%; AND WARROAD AND GREENBUSH AT 58%.

 

A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR CHARLEY SHIMPA OF GREENBUSH IS THIS MORNING AT 10:30 AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. BURIAL IS AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CEMETERY.
CHARLEY SHIMPA WAS 88.

 

THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA IS THE 9TH MOST PATRIOTIC STATE IN THE NATION, BASED ON CRITERIA LIKE THE STATE’S MILITARY VETERANS, THE PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS WHO VOTED IN 2016 AND AMERICORPS VOLUNTEERS PER CAPITA.
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WYOMING TOP THE LIST, WITH NORTH DAKOTA AND WISCONSIN 7TH AND 8TH.
THE LEAST PATRIOTIC STATES, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, ARE NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS.

 

ROSEAU COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TODD PETERSON SAYS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON PLANS FOR SUMMER YOUTH BALL, AND PERHAPS ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUES.
SUMMER SOFTBALL STARTED YESTERDAY IN ROSEAU.

 

THE WARROAD SENIOR LIVING CENTER IS WORKING TOWARD GETTING BACK TO A PRE-PANDEMIC NORMAL.
ADMINISTRATOR MARK BERTILRUD SAYS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PATIENT THROUGH THE PAST THREE MONTHS.

 

THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION THIS AFTERNOON.

MINNESOTA STATE PARKS ARE SLOWLY RE-OPENING.
AT HAYES LAKE STATE PARK, RUSTIC CAMPING IS AVAILABLE; WHILE PARK MANAGER AL LARSEN SAYS THEY’RE MOVING TOWARD OPENING BATHROOMS AND SHOWERS.

 

ROSEAU COUNTY HAS REPLACED IT’S AUTOMARK ASSISTED VOTING DEVICE WITH AN OMNI-BALLOT.
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT FOUR POLLING PLACES FOR THE AUGUST PRIMARY, AND AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE.

THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, EARLIER THIS MONTH, APPROVED A RE-ZONING AND CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST FOR CARY AND JENNIFER OLSON, TO ALLOW A NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL BAKERY IN THE FORMER EAST SIDE GROCERY BUILDING ON CENTER STREET.

 

FUNERAL SERVICES, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDELINES, FOR GENE DIDRIKSON OF BADGER ARE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH OF BADGER. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
GENE DIDRIKSON WAS 61.

 

MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR MARJORIE MADISON OF ROSEAU ARE MONDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ROSEAU.
MARJORIE MADISON DIED IN APRIL AT AGE 85.

 

MINNESOTA D.N.R. FORESTRY HAD SOME GRAVELING DONE YESTERDAY ON BLACK’S WINNER FOREST ROAD TO SOLVE FLOODING ISSUES. SPOT GRAVELING IS PLANNED ON THE RIVER ROAD AND SNOW’S TRAIL TODAY, AND SEGMENTS OF THOSE ROADS WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK.

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, YESTERDAY, VOTED TO MAKE THE COUNTY AUDITOR AN APPOINTED POSITION. THERE WERE NO WRITTEN OR VERBAL COMMENTS AT A PUBLIC HEARING.
THE COUNTY BOARD HAD EARLIER MADE THE RECORDER POSITION APPOINTED.
MARTIE MONSRUD WILL SERVE AS AUDITOR/RECORDER FOR THE COUNTY.

 

THE U.S.D.A. IS INVESTING FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT IN BLACKDUCK. THAT CITY WILL USE A COMMUNITY FACILITIES GRANT TO BUY A SKID STEER FOR IT’S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

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