ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTERS HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED TWO BOND REFERENDUM QUESTIONS THAT WILL SPEND MORE THAN FORTY MILLION DOLLARS TO RENOVATE THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BUILDING.
74% OF DISTRICT VOTERS SAID YES TO A BOND ISSUE THAT IN MANY CASES WILL RAISE LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.
THE VOTES WERE 1044 TO 359 ON QUESTION ONE, AND 1040 TO 359 ON QUESTION TWO.
SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME CALLED THE ELECTION RESULT A “VICTORY FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY”; AND SAID “WE ARE FORTUNATE TO LIVE AND WORK IN A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES EDUCATION”.
THE MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS ESTABLISHED A SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STATE’S PANDEMIC RESPONSE,
WHICH WILL REVIEW FEDERAL AND STATE RESPONSES TO THE COVID CRISIS.
MINNESOTA HOUSE SPEAKER MELISSA HORTMAN (DFL/ BROOKLYN PARK) SAYS COVID-19 MAY RE-SHAPE MINNESOTA FOR YEARS TO COME, AND THE PUBLIC POLICY CHALLENGES ARE ENORMOUS.
THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE INCLUDE TWO REPUBLICANS, KURT DAUDT AND PAT GAROFALO.
THE MINNESOTA DFL PARTY HAS ENDORSED EAST GRAND FORKS SCIENCE TEACHER REED PERKINS TO RUN AGAINST INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR MARK JOHNSON (EAST GRAND FORKS) IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
THE DFL ALSO ENDORSED CONNIE LINDSTROM FOR THE DISTRICT 1A HOUSE SEAT; SHE WOULD RUN AGAINST REPUBLICAN JOHN BURKEL OF BADGER.
BURKEL IS RUNNING FOR A SEAT THAT’S BEEN HELD BY ROSEAU’S DAN FABIAN FOR TEN YEARS. FABIAN IS RETIRING IN DECEMBER.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA HAS THE 3RD LEAST VULNERABLE POPULATION TO CORONAVIRUS, AFTER UTAH AND COLORADO.
THAT’S BASED ON METRICS IN CATEGORIES LIKE MEDICAL, HOUSING AND FINANCIAL VULNERABILITY.
THE MOST VULNERABLE STATES, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, ARE WEST VIRGINIA, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS AND ALABAMA.
THE BAUDETTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS ANNOUNCED IT’S CANCELLING IT’S ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY EVENTS, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, YESTERDAY, APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS ROGER FALK AND RUSS WALKER … COUNTY ATTORNEY KRISTY KJOS …. AND COUNTY ASSESSOR LIZ LUND TO A TAX COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE;
FOR A PENDING MARVIN WINDOWS AND DOORS TAX COURT CASE.
THE WARROAD COMPANY IS DISPUTING IT’S PROPERTY VALUATIONS.
THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK REPORTS THE TOP FIVE LARGEST AG RETAILERS IN THE UNITED STATES INCLUDES C-H-S.
HEFTY SEED WAS NUMBER 19 ON THAT RANKING.
THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE IS IN IT’S FINAL WEEK OF SESSION, BARRING A SPECIAL SESSION.
A BUSINESS AND LABOR COALITION CALLED “FIX THE PIPES” WANTS LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE A BONDING PROGRAM TO FUND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AROUND THE STATE.
ONE OF THE PROPONENTS IS REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR DAVE SENJEM OF ROCHESTER, WHO SAYS MANY GREATER MINNESOTA TOWNS CAN’T AFFORD THE COST OF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT.
MINNESOTA HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KURT DAUDT (R/ CROWN) SAYS REPUBLICANS WILL BLOCK A BONDING BILL UNTIL THE GOVERNOR GIVES UP HIS EMERGENCY POWERS IN THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE.
A REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION SAYS VERY FEW FARMERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE THE FEDERAL PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.
THE FEDERATION SAYS JUST ONE-POINT-THREE PERCENT OF THE 349 BILLION DOLLARS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR THE PROGRAM WENT TO THE AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHING AND HUNTING SECTOR.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL SESSION MONDAY, WITH MAYOR JEFF PELOWSKI REITERATING THAT “THE CITY CANNOT IGNORE THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDERS”. CITY ATTORNEY MICHELLE MOREN SAID IGNORING THOSE ORDERS COULD LEAD TO PROSECUTION OF THE COUNCIL, AND THAT THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES WOULDN’T PROVIDE LEGAL HELP FOR CITIES THAT FLAUNT THE RULES.
AT AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS MEETING THIS WEEK, MARVIN WINDOWS AND DOORS OF WARROAD SAID THEY STARTED SCREENING EMPLOYEES LAST WEEK; AND THAT MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR WORKERS EFFECTIVE THIS WEEK.
AN AIR NATIONAL GUARD FLYOVER OF LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU IS LATE THIS MORNING (BETWEEN 11:20 AND 11:45 A.M.).
RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL AUDRA FLANAGAN, WITH 148TH FIGHTER WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN DULUTH, SAYS THE PURPOSE IS TO SALUTE PEOPLE AT THE FOREFRONT IN THE CORONAVIRUS FIGHT.
FIRE DANGER IS HIGH IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA, INCLUDING IN ROSEAU COUNTY.
ADAM FISHER AT THE WARROAD D.N.R. FORESTRY OFFICE SAYS THE FIRE DANGER IS ELEVATED DESPITE A VERY WET 2019 FALL.
HEALTH CARE WORKERS MAKE UP ABOUT TEN PERCENT OF THE CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES IN MINNESOTA,
AS THEY WORK IN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS WITH CORONAVIRUS CASES.
DR JESSICA SIMMONS IS AN ALTRU DOC AT LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU; SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS MANY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE U.S. WHO ARE ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE PANDEMIC.
Last modified: 05/13/2020
