A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR DOUGLAS WISKOW OF ROSEAU, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID-19 GUIDELINES, IS THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
DOUG WISKOW WAS 94.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, VACATED A SHORT PIECE OF OLD HIGHWAY ELEVEN IN JADIS TOWNSHIP; AND WILL TRANSFER THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED FOOT SEGMENT TO ADJACENT LANDOWNERS DENNIS JOHNSON AND CHAD BAKKE.
ROSEAU COUNTY’S “IT’S UP TO ME” CAMPAIGN, INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM COVID-19; WAS FEATURED THIS WEEK ON MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO.
THE STORY FEATURED ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER SUE GRAFSTROM, REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN FABIAN AND ROSEAU COUNTY COMMISSIONER JACK SWANSON.
MATTHEW AND MIRANDA GREEN OF GREENBUSH WILL REPRESENT ROSEAU COUNTY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM IN 2021. MATT AND JACKIE PRZEKWAS WILL REPRESENT KITTSON COUNTY IN A PROGRAM THAT HAS EXISTED FOR THIRTY-SIX YEARS IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INVITES THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES FOR A RESURFACING PROJECT PLANNED ON HIGHWAY ELEVEN BETWEEN ROSEAU AND WARROAD IN 2023. ALONG WITH RESURFACING, MNDOT PLANS TO CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL TURN LANES AND REALIGN THE SECTION NEAR THE ROSEAU AIRPORT. THIS PROJECT IS SEPERATE FROM THE HIGHWAY 11 PROJECT WITHIN THE CITY OF WARROAD, ALSO FOR 2023.
WITH THE CONTINUED SURGE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE RECREATING OUTDOORS, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES REMINDS EVERYONE THAT LAKES AND PONDS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE STARTED TO FREEZE, AND WHERE THERE ISN’T ICE, THE WATER IS DANGEROUSLY COLD. ICE THICKNESS IS HIGHLY VARIABLE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND CAN CHANGE DUE TO A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES. ANGLERS AND OTHERS WHO RECREATE ON THE ICE SHOULD STAY ON SHORE UNTIL THERE’S AT LEAST 4 INCHES OF NEW, CLEAR ICE.
TWO NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA ARE ASKING STATE REGULATORS TO STOP THE IMMINENT CONSTRUCTION OF ENBRIDGE ENERGY’S LINE 3 CRUDE OIL PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THEY SAY IT INCREASES THE RISK OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS SPREADING ON THEIR RESERVATIONS. THE RED LAKE AND WHITE EARTH BANDS OF CHIPPEWA FILED A MOTION FOR AN EXPEDITED STAY OF THE PROJECT WITH THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION LATE WEDNESDAY.
Last modified: 11/27/2020
