A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ARDELLE VACURA IS THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT BARNETT NATIONAL CEMETERY IN BADGER.ARDELLE VACURA WAS 81.
THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION IS SEEKING NEW MEMBERS FOR IT’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE APPLICATION FORM IS AT THE FOUNDATION WEBSITE ( www.nwmf.org/news/job-openings). CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION BOARD INCLUDE STEVE ANDERSON OF WARROAD, TODD BECKEL OF BAUDETTE, AND KRISTIN EGGERLING OF HALLOCK.
ROSEAU COUNTY SCHOOLS START IN-PERSON LEARNING TODAY.ROSEAU SCHOOL NURSE BETH ULVIN SAYS THE DISTRICT IS ASKING PARENTS TO BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN A SCREENING PROCESS WITH THEIR KIDS EACH SCHOOL DAY. GUIDELINES FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAY IN-PERSON LEARNING IS OKAY AS LONG AS THE COVID CASE RATE IS LESS THAN TEN PER TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE IN A COUNTY.
COVID CONCERNS CAN BE ADDED TO A LIST OF BACK TO SCHOOL SAFETY ISSUES FOR KIDS AND PARENTS.CARMA HANSON, WITH SAFE KIDS / GRAND FORKS, SAYS THE STANDARD LIST REMAINS ….
THOMPSON FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION, IN BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST, STARTS THIS WEEK. THAT WORK GOES FROM THE BEMIS HILL CAMPGROUND TO THE ROOT ROAD. A DETOUR IS FROM PALSBURG TO BLACK’S WINNER ROAD.
ONE OF THE NEW FACES AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL THIS FALL IS JOE BRODERICK, THE K-12 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.AFTER ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AS A TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR, BRODERICK SPENT THE PAST FEW YEARS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE TWIN CITIES. JOE BRODERICK SUCCEEDS KELSEY JOHNSON, WHO SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR TWO YEARS.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR COLBY BRUNK OF WARROAD IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH (4:30 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD. DUE TO CURRENT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDELINES, THE SERVICE IS FOR CLOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. COLBY BRUNK WAS 20.
TWO WEEKS AGO, ROSEAU COUNTY WAS AT 64 CONFIRMED COVID CASES, WITH EIGHT OF THEM ACTIVE. YESTERDAY, THAT NUMBER HAD JUMPED TO 93 CONFIRMED CASES, WITH 19 ACTIVE. THAT’S A 45% JUMP IN CONFIRMED CASES IN A TWO WEEK SPAN.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PEGGY FLANAGAN ARE PLANNING VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON VISITS TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.AMONG OTHERS, WALZ AND FLANAGAN ARE PLANNI NG TO VISIT SCHOOLS IN MOORHEAD AND DULUTH.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FRANK CWIKLA OF WANNASKA ARE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT RIVERSIDE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WANNASKA. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. FRANK CWIKLA WAS 90.
THERE WILL BE LANE CLOSURES, PILOT CARS AND SHORT-TERM DELAYS AS A RE-SURFACING PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 313 FROM WARROAD TO THE CANADIAN BORDER BEGINS TODAY. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE DONE BY MID-OCTOBER. THE COST FOR THAT MINN-DOT PROJECT IS ABOUT TWO-POINT-ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
A MISSISSIPPI VETERINARIAN, 62 YEAR THOMAS BORUM, WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH OF A SMALL PLANE LAST WEEK IN LEECH LAKE, NEAR WALKER. BORUM, THE PILOT, HAD LEFT NATCHEZ – BOUND FOR BEMIDJI – LAST TUESDAY. BORUM WAS STARTING A JOB FOR THE BEMIDJI VETERINARY CLINIC’S SATELLITE IN FACILITY IN ROSEAU; WHICH HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR OF MINNESOTA AND REPUBLICAN PAT ROBERTS OF KANSAS HAVE SENT A BIPARTISAN LETTER (SIGNED BY 21 SENATE COLLEAGUES) TO SECRETARY AND AGRICULTURE SONNY PERDUE, REQUESTING “CARES” ACT FUNDING FOR WHEAT FARMERS WHO’VE EXPERIENCED ECONOMIC HARM DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC. THE SENATORS SAY WHEAT PRICES HAVE BEEN DEPRESSED BY THE PANDEMIC.
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