ON A ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS TELECONFERENCE MONDAY, LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR JULIE PAHLEN SAID THEIR GOAL DURING THIS YEAR OF CORONAVIRUS IS TO GET EVERY COUNTY RESIDENT VACCINATED WITH A FLU SHOT, TO CREATE “BIG TIME HERD IMMUNITY”. BROOKE HOMSTAD IS A LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE; SHE SAYS THERE IS PLENTY OF VACCINE, AND FLU SHOT CLINICS WILL BE SCHEDULED THIS FALL.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MET MONDAY EVENING, AND HEARD THAT INTERVIEWS ARE SCHEDULED TODAY FOR A K-12 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. THREE OF THE CANDIDATES ARE LICENSED AND EXPERIENCED. ROSEAU HAS BEEN SEEKING AN ASSISTANT SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF KELSEY JOHNSON LAST SPRING. THE BOARD ALSO ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF BUS DRIVER ORLAN DVERGSTEN.
THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. HAD A STATEWIDE WEBEX PRESENTATION ON DEER POPULATIONS AND DEER MANAGEMENT YESTERDAY EVENING WITH BIG GAME PROGRAM LEADER BARB KELLER.THAT’S IN LIEU OF ANNUAL LATE SUMMER DEER MEETINGS OFFERED IN RECENT YEARS BY LOCAL D.N.R. MANAGERS.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE MINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE MINNESOTA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION IS PLANNING ON GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IN DETERMINING THOSE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, THIS MONTH, APPROVED A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR ABOUT TWENTY ACRES OF LAND FROM BERGLAND ENTERPRISES, WHERE BUILDING LOTS WOULD BE CREATED TO ADDRESS A SHORTAGE IN THE CITY. THE CITY IS ALSO BUYING LAND FROM RICHARD LARSON AT THE NORTH END OF TOWN. ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE LOTS ARE PLANNED ON THE TWO PARCELS, WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE COST ESTIMATED AT ONE-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS. PER CURRENT POLICY, THE CITY WOULD PAY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THAT.
MINNESOTA’S RACIAL GAPS IN WEALTH, EDUCATION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HAD SURFACED EVEN BEFORE THE POLICE KILLING GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS IN LATE MAY.JUSTIN HOLLIS, A RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT THE WILDER FOUNDATION IN ST PAUL, SAYS MINNESOTANS HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO CONSIDER CHANGE. HOLLIS SAYS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION HAVE HISTORICALLY ONLY BEEN TALKING POINTS IN MINNESOTA.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR ANDREA MICKIEWICZ OF ROOSEVELT IS SATURDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION IS FRIDAY EVENING (5-7 PM) WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD. ANDREA MICKIEWICZ WAS 60.
VISITATION AND A SERVICE FOR FRANCIS “FRANK” McGUIRE OF ROSEAU IS FRIDAY MORNING FROM TEN TO ONE AT BELLE PRAIRIE COUNTY PARK NEAR LITTLE FALLS, FOLLOWING A BURIAL AT THE MINNESOTA VETERANS CEMETERY AT LITTLE FALLS. FRANK McGUIRE, THE FATHER-IN-LAW OF ROSEAU ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL AMY McGUIRE WAS 77.
ROSEAU COUNTY WILL SEND MAIL BALLOTS FOR THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION LATE NEXT MONTH (September 28) TO REGISTERED VOTERS IN THIRTY-TWO TOWNSHIPS, ALL UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS, AND THE CITIES OF BADGER, STRATHCONA AND ROOSEVELT. IN-PERSON VOTING NOVEMBER 3RD IS IN THE CITIES OF GREENBUSH, ROSEAU AND WARROAD; MORANVILLE TOWNSHIP; AND AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE. MAIL BALLOTS CAN BE RETURNED BY MAIL, DELIVERED IN PERSON OR DROPPED IN THE DROP BOX AT THE FRONT OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. AUDITOR/RECORDER MARTIE MONSRUD SAYS VOTERS SHOULD ALLOW FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS IF YOU ARE RETURNING YOUR BALLOT BY MAIL.
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