A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ELSIE LISLEGARD OF ROSEAU IS FRIDAY MORNING AT TEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
ELSIE LISLEGARD WAS 96.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR KATHRYN OLSON OF ROSEAU ARE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THREE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID-19 GUIDELINES. KATHRYN OLSON WAS 79.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR JUNE MAGNUSSON OF ROSEAU IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH (2 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. JUNE MAGNUSSON WAS 94.
PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE FOR PATRICIA BURKEL/HAUGEN. SHE WAS 80.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DALE KLEGSTAD OF LAKE BRONSON ARE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT THE LAKE BRONSON COMMUNITY COVENANT CHURCH. DALE KLEGSTAD WAS 77.
LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTED FOURTEEN NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN ROSEAU COUNTY YESTERDAY, WITH A TOTAL SINCE APRIL OF 203. THERE HAVE BEEN 45 NEW CASES OVER THE PAST WEEK, WITH NEARLY HALF OF THEM (22) IN THE TWENTY TO THIRTY-NINE YEAR OLD AGE GROUP.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST NIGHT, AGREED TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR CURRENT LEARNING MODEL; WHICH HAS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN-PERSON, AND JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN A HYBRID MODE. SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAID LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT “ENDORSED” THE ROSEAU SCHOOL PLAN, BECAUSE COVID SPREAD HASN’T HAPPENED IN THE SCHOOL.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL HAS HAD ONE CONFIRMED POSITIVE STAFF MEMBER, LEADING TO QUARANTINING OF TEN CLOSE CONTACT STUDENTS AND THREE OTHER STAFFERS.
TOM JEROME SAID THE ROSEAU SCHOOL DECISION IS “SUBJECT TO CHANGE”.
LOCAL NEWS …… TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020
THREE OF THE TOP TEN MOVIES OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE U.S. ARE RE/RELEASED OLDER MOVIES, INCLUDING “THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS”, “HOCUS POCUS” AND “BEETLEJUICE”.
“HOCUS POCUS” IS CURRENTLY PLAYING AT THE ROSO THEATRE.
NOAA, THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, SAYS IT WILL BE COOLER AND WETTER IN THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES THIS WINTER DUE TO ONGOING LA NINA CONDITIONS … NORTHERN MINNESOTA IS EXPECTED TO COLDER, WITH MORE SNOW THIS WINTER, DUE TO A LA NINA IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK IN ROSEAU COUNTY WILL BE ABOUT TWENTY DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME IN OCTOBER.
THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION AND “LEAD FOR MINNESOTA” HAVE LAUNCHED A BALANCING COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE, WITH TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR MATCHING GRANTS AVAILABLE. THE GOAL IS CREATING ADEQUATE CHILDCARE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A SKILLED WORKFORCE AND AN ACTIVE ARTS AND CULTURAL SCENE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED ACQUISITION OF LAND ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY LANDFILL (SOUTHEAST OF SALOL) FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
ROSEAU PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR SARA VATNSDAL TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT NEW ELECTRIC AND WATER LINES ARE GOING IN AT THE CITY PARK.
THE CITY OF ROSEAU HAS TAKEN SEVERAL ACTIONS TO IMPROVE A DIFFICULT HOUSING SITUATION, WITH PLANS FOR ANOTHER APARTMENT BUILDING; AND ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AT THE SOUTH AND NORTH ENDS OF THE CITY … ROSEAU COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TODD PETERSON.
ROSEAU COUNTY AUDITOR/RECORDER MARTIE MONSRUD CONDUCTS A PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST OF ELECTION EQUIPMENT TOMORROW MORNING ( 9 A.M. ) AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE BOARDROOM.
MINNESOTA’S HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, LAST MONTH, RECOGNIZED TEN MINNESOTANS WHO CAME TO THE STATE AS REFUGEES – FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINNESOTA. ONE WAS UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA STUDENT KU MO, WHO VOLUNTEERS AS A TRANSLATOR FOR FELLOW REFUGEES FROM THAILAND ….
ROSEAU COUNTY’S SELF-RESPONSE RATE FOR THE 2020 CENSUS WAS 64%, DOWN FROM 68% IN 2010. ROSEAU COUNTY TRAILED THE RESPONSE RATE OF PENNINGTON, RED LAKE AND POLK IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAD A 75% SELF-RESPONSE RATE, THE BEST IN THE NATION, AND ONE PERCENT BETTER THAN A DECADE AGO.
Last modified: 10/20/2020
