58 YEAR OLD GARY AUSTAD OF LAKE BRONSON WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT (11:30 P.M.) ON HIGHWAY ONE, JUST WEST OF GOODRIDGE IN PENNINGTON COUNTY.
AUSTAD FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND COLLIDED WITH AN S-U-V DRIVEN BY 31 YEAR OLD RITA GIDDINGS OF ROSEAU. SHE AND A PASSENGER, 9 YEAR OLD GABRIEL REESE OF ROSEAU, WERE TAKEN TO A THIEF RIVER FALLS HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
BOTH VEHICLES WENT INTO THE DITCH.
AUSTAD WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, AND DIED AT THE SCENE.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR GLADYS MARKSTROM OF ROSEAU ARE JANUARY 4TH AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
GLADIE MARKSTROM WAS 92.
PRIVATE MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE FOR DANNY WINKLER OF ROOSEVELT.
DANNY WINKLER WAS 65.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR JANE WOLD OF ROSEAU IS FRIDAY AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. A PUBLIC VISITATION IS THURSDAY EVENING (5-8 PM) AT HAZEL’S BARN AT THE DOUG AND TERI MAGNUSSON FARM NORTH OF ROSEAU.
JANE WOLD WAS 80.
LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER’S PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS A WALK-IN FLU VACCINE CLINIC NEXT MONDAY IN ROSEAU.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAY THE FLU SEASON HAS BEEN MODERATE THUS FAR THIS YEAR IN MINNESOTA.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, HEARD FROM IT’S DISTRICT FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR DEANNA DRENTLAW – WHO SAID THE DISTRICT IS LOSING MONEY IN IT’S ALA CARTE OFFERINGS.
SHE SAID ALA CARTE HAD GENERATED FIVE TO SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY; THAT’S NOW DOWN TO ABOUT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER SCHOOL DAY.
A STUDENT SURVEY OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS SHOWED CHICKEN STRIPS AND CHEESEBURGERS WERE THEIR FAVORITE SCHOOL LUNCHES.
THE MINNESOTA SENATE D.F.L. HAS CREATED A CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE CAUCUS, FOCUSSED ON GROWING CLEAN ENERGY IN THE STATE.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, THIS MONTH, RESOLVED TO SUPPORT CREATION OF A TEN TON STATE HIGHWAY FROM GRYGLA TO GULLY.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TODD PETERSON HAS SERVED ON A COMMITTEE THAT LOOKED AT WAYS TO IMPROVE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ACCESS FROM NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
PETERSON SUPPORTS CONVERTING COUNTY ROADS IN ROSEAU, MARSHALL, PENNINGTON AND POLK TO STATE HIGHWAY STATUS.
Last modified: 12/23/2019
