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News, Monday, November 9 2020

11/09/2020

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED  A TOTAL OF  550 CONFIRMED COVID CASES IN ROSEAU COUNTY YESTERDAY,  WITH  176 OF THOSE BEING ACTIVE CASES.

THE ROSEAU COUNTY NUMBER WAS AT  360 AT THE END OF OCTOBER,  AND THE COUNTY IS AVERAGING ABOUT THIRTY NEW CASES PER DAY OVER THE PAST FIVE DAYS. ACROSS MINNESOTA,  FOR THE SEVEN DAY PERIOD ENDING SATURDAY,  THE STATE HAD MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS;  THAT’S ABOUT TEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES SINCE MARCH.

PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE HELD FOR HELEN THOMPSON OF ROSEAU.  SHE WAS  93.

FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR WARREN JOHNSON OF ROSEAU.  HE WAS  70.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING FOR NORMAN  MILLER OF GREENBUSH.  HE WAS  77.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING FOR THEODORE  SHIMPA  OF ROSEAU.  “TEDDY”  SHIMPA WAS  75.

A GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR VIOLET DIX IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN  AT THE GRACETON  CEMETERY. VIOLET DIX WAS  82.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THOMAS  FUGLEBERG OF ROSEAU,  HAS BEEN POSTPONED. TOM  FUGLEBERG WAS  67.

REGISTRATION FOR THE  13TH ANNUAL  ‘IDEA’  COMPETITION OPENS TODAY.   THAT’S AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CONTEST THAT SHOWCASES INNOVATORS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.   THERE HAVE BEEN WINNERS FROM ROSEAU AND WARROAD OVER THE PAST DOZEN YEARS.

A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR LeROY TAUS IS THIS MORNING AT  10:30  AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREENBUSH.  VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.  BURIAL IS AT ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN STRATHCONA. LeROY TAUS WAS  94.

THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL,  LAST WEEK,  SET A PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 30TH  FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ZACH MANKA,  WHO’S PLANNING A SKATE SHARPENING  HOME-BASED BUSINESS IN HIS GARAGE.

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD,  LATE LAST MONTH,  HEARD FROM TRACY HALSTENSGARD –  SHE’S THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT. SHE OFFERED UPDATES ON THE WATERSHED’S  WHITNEY LAKE PROJECT,  SAYING  82% OF THE WHITNEY SUB-WATERSHED IS AGRICULTURAL LAND; AND ON THE ROSEAU LAKE PROJECT,  WHICH STILL NEEDS ABOUT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS TO COMPLETE. HALSTENSGARD SAID LARGE WATER PROJECTS TAKE A LONG TIME …. THE ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT MAY SEEK MONEY FROM THE LESSARD/SAMS OUTDOOR HERITAGE COUNCIL FOR THE ROSEAU LAKE PROJECT. STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN FABIAN CURRENTLY SERVES ON THAT COUNCIL.

WORK CONTINUES AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL ON PHASE ONE OF A BUILDING RENOVATION PROJECT. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAYS THE PROJECT IS PROGRESSING

THE POLITICAL DIVIDE AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT SEEMS SOMEWHAT  TIED TO GEOGRAPHY,  IN WHAT’S  DESCRIBED AS AN  URBAN/RURAL DIVIDE. BUT THE ST PAUL-BASED WILDER FOUNDATION SAYS MOST PARTS OF MINNESOTA  ARE FACING THE SAME CHALLENGES. ELLEN WOLTER,  FROM THE WILDER FOUNDATION,  SAYS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE EXAMPLE … WOLTER ALSO SAYS AGING POPULATIONS ARE NOT SIMPLY A RURAL TREND;  THAT SEVERAL TWIN CITIES SUBURBS ARE AMONG THE TEN OLDEST CITIES IN MINNESOTA.

 

 

 

 

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