A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR SHIRLEY MORKEN OF THIEF RIVER FALLS (AND FORMERLY OF ROSS) IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.SHIRLEY MORKEN WAS 88.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR LYNDA McCOURT IS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.LYNDA McCOURT WAS 72.
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CREWS WILL LIKELY FINISH PAVING OPERATIONS ON HIGHWAY 172 NEAR BAUDETTE THIS WEEK. THAT REQUIRES PILOT CARS AND FLAGGERS, SO DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. THAT ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL COST ABOUT FOUR-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS. HIGHWAYS ONE AND 59 IN THIEF RIVER FALLS, WHICH HAD BEEN DETOURED DUE TO MINN-DOT ROAD WORK, WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC LATE LAST WEEK.
THE MINNESOTA COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL SELECTION HAS RECOMMENDED THREE CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED JUDGE CHARLES LeDUC, WHO’S BEEN CHAMBERED IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS IN KOOCHICHING COUNTY. THEY’RE DAVID FRANK, THE CHIEF ASSISTANT BELTRAMI COUNTY ATTORNEY; ATTORNEY JERROD SHERMOEN; AND KIMBERLY WIMMER, WHO IS GENERAL COUNSEL FOR TruStar FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. ROSEAU IS ONE OF 17 COUNTIES IN THE 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA HAS THE FIFTH LOWEST RATE OF PEOPLE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, BEHIND MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, HAWAII AND VERMONT. NORTH DAKOTA IS 19TH. THE HIGHEST UNINSURED RATES IN THE NATION ARE IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND MISSISSIPPI.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SAYS MANUFACTURERS IN THE STATE ARE HIRING; AND THAT AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGES FOR MANUFACTURING IN MINNESOTA ARE MORE THAN SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT’S SIXTEEN PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE OVERALL AVERAGE WAGE IN THE STATE.
FARMING IN ROSEAU COUNTY THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A MIXED BAG, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO WEATHER CONDITIONS.AFTER AN UNUSUALLY WET FALL IN 2019, THE WESTERN SIDE OF ROSEAU COUNTY HAD A WET SPRING. CARAH HART, AT THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK, SAYS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC PLAYED ONLY A MINOR ROLE IN AGRICULTURE THIS YEAR …
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR LANIE (KORB) ZIMNEY OF OGILGIE, MINNESOTA (AND FORMERLY OF ROSEAU) IS THIS AFTERNOON AT THREE AT HELGESON FUNERAL CHAPEL IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. LANIE ZIMNEY WAS 29.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR RICHARD FOLDESI IS SATURDAY MORNING AT TEN AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION IS FRIDAY EVENING (5-7 PM) WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. RICHARD FOLDESI WAS 68.
59 YEAR OLD MICHAEL MAROK OF BOVEY WAS KILLED IN A CAR/PEDESTRIAN CRASH EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 169 IN COLERAINE. MAROK WAS WALKING ON THE HIGHWAY JUST AFTER ONE A.M. WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR DRIVEN BY 55 YEAR OLD PAUL POWERS OF GRAND RAPIDS.
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