A ROSEAU COUNTY ‘CARES’ COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED ABOUT FIFTEEN APPLICATIONS FROM SMALL BUSINESSES FOR GRANT FUNDING RELATED TO REVENUE LOSS FROM THE PANDEMIC. ROSEAU COUNTY COORDINATOR JEFF PELOWSKI. THE COUNTY IS PARTNERING WITH NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION OF BADGER TO ADMINISTER THE ‘CARES’ ACT FUNDING. IT’S EXPECTED ROSEAU COUNTY WILL HAVE MORE THAN TWO-POINT-TWO MILLION DOLLARS, WITH PRIORITIES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, COVID COSTS INCURRED BY THE COUNTY, AND SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF.
ON AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COVID STAKEHOLDERS MEETING THIS WEEK, B AND B DIVERSIFIED AND INTERCEPT OF ROSEAU SAID THEIR BIGGEST ISSUE CURRENTLY IS A LABOR SHORTAGE.
ROSEAU FIRE CHIEF CRAIG McMILLIN SAID THE DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL FUNDRAISER MEAL NEXT MONTH WILL BE TO-GO ONLY.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION THIS MORNING TO FINALIZE RETURN TO SCHOOL PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER.A PARENTS’ SURVEY EARLIER THIS MONTH SHOWED THAT MOST ROSEAU KIDS WILL BE BACK IN SCHOOL IN-PERSON ON THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER ….
THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION HOSTS A VIRTUAL COFFEE AND CONVERSATION EVENT THIS MORNING (9 A.M.). THE FOUNDATION HAS SIMILAR EVENTS SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER FIRST AND TENTH.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR RONALD TORKELSON OF ROSEAU IS TODAY AT NOON AT PINECREEK LUTHERAN CHURCH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT PINECREEK CEMETERY. RON TORKELSON WAS 65.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR ELEANOR JOHNSON OF ROSEAU ARE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT THE MALUNG CEMETERY. TENTS AND CHAIRS WILL BE AVAILABLE, AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND FACE COVERING GUIDELINES WILL BE FOLLOWED. ELEANOR JOHNSON WAS 90.
THE ROSEAU EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH HAS A BACK TO SCHOOL SALE OF NEW AND GENTLY USED KIDS CLOTHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON ( 2-5 PM ) AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER. EVERYTHING IS FIFTY CENTS, AND PROCEEDS GO TO THE ROSEAU FOOD SHELF AND SCHOOL BACKPACK PROGRAM.
UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION HAS HAD FREE FOOD PRESERVATION WEBINARS THIS MONTH, WITH TWO MORE SCHEDULED IN SEPTEMBER.THEY’RE LED BY SUZANNE DRIESSEN, A U of M EXTENSION FOOD SAFETY EDUCATOR ….THE SEPTEMBER WEBINARS ARE ON PRESERVING FALL VEGETABLES, AND SAFELY FERMENTING FOOD AT HOME.
ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE TAYLOR JOHNSON HAS RECEIVED A SIXTY-SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP FROM AEROSPACE COMPANY LOCKHEED MARTIN. JOHNSON IS A STUDENT IN THE MACHINE TOOL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AT ALEXANDRIA TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
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