THE CITY OF FORT ERIE, ONTARIO SENT A LETTER TO ROSEAU ASKING U.S. AND CANADA BORDER CITIES TO LOBBY WITH THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO RE-OPEN THE BORDER, WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED TO MAERICANS FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS ARE DUE BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE. DISBURSEMENTS TO CITIES, SCHOOLS, AND TOWNSHIPS IN THE COUNTY WILL BE MADE IN JUNE. THE CITY OF ROSEAU CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT SEVEN AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN RESERVE FUNDS.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED MOVING FORWARD WITH ANOTHER HOUSE BUILD BY THE ROSEAU SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION CLASS.
CITY SUPERINTENDENT DAVID DROWN WILL BE ADVERTISING FOR AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, AFTER THE RESIGNATION OF DAN HALSTENSGARD.
CITY PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR KEITH SEVERSON SAID ABOUT FORTY PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES WERE INVOLVED IN A VOLUNTEER CLEANUP EFFORT AT ROSEAU PARKS LAST MONTH.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR JOANN DEMARS OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (10:30 AM) AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE THIS EVENING (5:00-7:00) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. JOANN DEMARS WAS 86.
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER GATHERING TOMORROW (5:15 PM). THAT GATHERING ORGANIZED, BY THE ROSEAU AREA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION, WILL BE ON THE STEPS OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
T.J. OSHIE YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED THE PASSING OF HIS FATHER TIM OSHIE, WHO HAS BATTLED ALZHEIMER’S SINCE 2012. FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, TIM OSHIE SERVED AS A JUNIOR VARSITY HOCKEY COACH, AND VARSITY ASSITANT COACH IN WARROAD.
ANGLERS FISHING DURING THE SUMMER SEASON ON UPPER RED LAKE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL HAVE A THREE-WALLEYE BAG LIMIT THIS YEAR, WITH ONLY ONE WALLEYE LONGER THAN 17 INCHES ALLOWED, DOWN FROM FOUR FISH ALLOWED IN 2020. ANGLERS HAD AN EXCELLENT WINTER SEASON, HARVESTING 143,000 POUNDS OF WALLEYE. MINNESOTA’S FISHING OPENER IS MAY 15TH.
GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WILL SPEAK TOMORROW AND PROMISING A LOOSENING OF COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS. THE GOVERNOR CAUTIONED TUESDAY THAT COVID-19 WILL LIKELY REQUIRE A “LOW LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE” WELL INTO THE FUTURE AND THAT “WE’VE GOT JUST A LITTLE WAYS TO GO HERE.” BUT “THE FINISH LINE IS THERE,” HE SAID. 46.5% OF MINNESOTA’S TOTAL POPULATION HAS NOW HAD AT LEAST ONE SHOT OF THE VACCINE.
THE ATTORNEY FOR DEREK CHAUVIN FILED A MOTION TUESDAY, MAY 4, SEEKING A NEW TRIAL FOR THE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER, WHO WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER LAST MONTH IN THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. THE MOTION CITES 10 REASONS CHAUVIN SHOULD BE GRANTED A NEW TRIAL.
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