ON A ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COVID STAKEHOLDERS MEETING YESTERDAY, PARTICIPANTS HEARD THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS CASES OF CORONAVIRUS AT THE GREENBUSH MANOR, ROSEAU MANOR NURSING HOMES; AND AT THE WARROAD SENIOR LIVING CENTER, AFFECTING BOTH RESIDENTS AND STAFF. ROSEAU AND GREENBUSH MANOR BOTH HAVE SEPARATE COVID TREATMENT UNITS.
A COMPANY CALLED LawnStarter SAYS MINNESOTA IS THE SIXTH BEST STATE IN THE NATION AT WASTE MANAGEMENT, BASED ON METRICS LIKE MANDATORY RECYCLING LAWS AND THE NUMBER OF RECYCLING FACILITIES. VERMONT IS NUMBER ONE, AND NEVADA NUMBER FIFTY ON THAT LIST. NORTH DAKOTA WAS 12TH.
THE ROSEAU WOMEN OF TODAY ARE HOSTING SUPER SANTA SATURDAY THIS WEEKEND, BUT IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. SANTA HAS SENT A VIDEO MESSAGE (ACCESSIBLE ON YOUTUBE BY SEARCHING ROSEAU WOMEN OF TODAY); AND THERE IS CURBSIDE PICKUP OF A GOODIE BAG SATURDAY FROM TEN TO NOON ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER.
THE FIREARMS DEER HARVEST IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA SHOWED AN INCREASED HARVEST, COMPARED WITH LAST FALL. JOHN WILLIAMS IS THE REGIONAL WILDLIFE SUPERVISOR FOR THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. THE DEER HARVEST THE PAST TWO YEARS IN MINNESOTA HAS BEEN BELOW PROJECTIONS.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS A VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE DECEMBER 16TH THROUGH JANUARY 11TH ON A PLANNED RE-SURFACING PROJECT ON HIGHWAY ELEVEN BETWEEN ROSEAU AND WARROAD. THAT WORK WOULD BE DONE IN 2023, AND WOULD INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TURN LANES AND A RE-ALIGNED SECTION NEAR THE ROSEAU AIRPORT. THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE MINN-DOT WEBSITE.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED A FINAL PAYMENT OF 111 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO KNIFE RIVER MATERIALS FOR AN OVERLAY PROJECT ON COUNTY ROAD TWELVE. THE COUNTY BOARD MEETS THIS EVENING FOR THEIR STATE-REQUIRED TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING.
ROSEAU COUNTY COVID-19 NUMBERS HAVE SPIKED OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, WITH MORE THAN A THOUSAND NEW CONFIRMED CASES SINCE THE FIRST OF OCTOBER; THAT’S AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 125 NEW CASES PER WEEK …. ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER SUE GRAFSTROM; HER DEPARTMENT UNVEILED THEIR “IT’S UP TO ME” CAMPAIGN IN NOVEMBER, ASKING PEOPLE TO HEED THE MASKING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE BOARD MEETS THIS WEEK, AMID A FOUR WEEK PAUSE IN PREP SPORTS PRACTICES AND GAMES …. ROSEAU SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME IS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR HERMAN VISSER OF ROOSEVELT, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID-19 GUIDELINES, IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN AT THE WARROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. HERMAN VISSER WAS 83.
A GRAND FORKS HERALD STORY TODAY SAYS 78% OF NORTH DAKOTANS FAVOR SOME SORT OF STATEWIDE MASKING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING MANDATES TO CONTROL CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS.
Last modified: 12/01/2020
