THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON THE ROSEAU HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FACILITY. COMMISSIONERS HAVE TALKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT REPLACING OR RE-HABBING THAT SIXTY YEAR OLD BUILDING. LAST WEEK’S CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT THE FUTURE SITE FOR THE HIGHWAY SHOP, AND SITE PREPARATION COSTS.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED THE HIRE OF JOE BRODERICK AS A K-12 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. BRODERICK HAS FIFTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE AS BOTH AN ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MOSTLY IN NEW LONDON/ SPICER; AND IS A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AT OSAKIS.
THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA AND THE MINNESOTA BEEF COUNCIL STUDYING THE FARM TO FEEDLOT PATHWAYS BEING USED BY BEEF PRODUCERS IN THE STATE;AND ARE ASKING THOSE PRODUCERS TO COMPLETE A SHORT SURVEY, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT THE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION WEBSITE.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID ROSEAU COUNTY WAS AT 73 CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES YESTERDAY; THAT’S 9 MORE THAN A WEEK AGO. THE FOURTEEN DAY CASE COUNT PER TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE IN ROSEAU COUNTY WAS SIX-POINT-FOUR-SEVEN; THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS ANY NUMBER UNDER TEN ALLOWS FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR ALL SCHOOL KIDS.
A GATHERING OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF GUS HOLM OF WARROAD IS THIS AFTERNOON FROM THREE TO FIVE P.M. AT THE GUS AND JEAN HOLM HOME, WEST OF WARROAD. A GRAVESIDE SERVICE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT ONE AT FOREST HILL CEMETERY IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS. GUS HOLM WAS 62.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THOMAS CHENEY OF BAUDETTE ARE THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO AT THE LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS PAVILION, WITH MILITARY HONORS BY THE BAUDETTE VETERANS CEREMONIAL SQUAD. TOM CHENEY WAS 68.
A PRIVATE FAMILY FUNERAL WITH MILITARY HONORS FOR DONALD HUEPER OF BAUDETTE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT ONE AT THE PITT COMMUNITY CHURCH; FOLLOWED BY A GRAVESIDE SERVICE AT THREE AT SILVER CREEK CEMETERY. DONALD HUEPER WAS 86.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ROBERT BUSICK OF WILLIAMS IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. ROBERT BUSICK WAS 70.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA HAS THE SIXTH WORST EARLY EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES, BASED ON THINGS LIKE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT OFFER A PRE-K PROGRAM. THE THREE WORST, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, ARE INDIANA, MISSOURI AND NORTH DAKOTA. THE BEST ARE NEBRASKA AND MARYLAND.
A BREAKTHROUGH RECOVERY PROGRAM CONTINUES THIS EVENING AT THE ROSEAU COMMUNITY CHURCH. PASTOR JARED GUSTAFSON SAYS MONDAY EVENING MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO ANYONE …. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE BY CALLING THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OFFICE ( 463-3405 ).
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH, APPROVED A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE TEAMSTERS UNION; WHICH REPRESENTS THE SCHOOL’S BUS DRIVERS.
UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION HAS DONE A STUDY OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SEGMENTS OF THE STATE’S ECONOMY IN THE WAKE OF CORONAVIRUS. BRIGID TUCK IS A SENIOR ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYST; SHE SAYS THE MOST VULNERABLE REGIONS ARE NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, WHICH IS HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON MINING AND TOURISM; AND FIVE OF THE SEVEN METRO COUNTIES. BUT SHE NOTES THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS BEEN FALLING IN MINNESOTA ROSEAU COUNTY’S MAJOR EMPLOYERS ARE FACING A LARGE LABOR SHORTAGE.
MINORITY GROUPS HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC. A STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA SAYS BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED DURING THE PANDEMIC AT MUCH HIGHER RATES THAN THEIR SHARE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION. THE STUDY SHOWS BLACK RESIDENTS IN MINNESOTA MAKE UP NEARLY TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS; BUT THEY ACCOUNT FOR ONLY SEVEN PERCENT OF THE STATE’S POPULATION.
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