THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST NIGHT, HEARD A COMPLAINT THAT THE CITY’S SIDEWALK SNOW REMOVAL ORDINANCE IS NOT BEING ENFORCED.
THE COMPLAINANT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED CENTER STREET, AND OFFERED CONCERNS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND A.D.A.-COMPLIANCE; AND REMINDED THE COUNCIL THAT VEHICLES PARKED ON THE STREET AFTER A SNOWFALL ARE TICKETED AND SOMETIMES TOWED.
COUNCIL MEMBER JANE EVANS SAID SHOVELED SIDEWALKS ARE AN AMENITY FOR A COMMUNITY.
THE COUNCIL ASKED RESIDENTS TO KEEP THEIR SIDEWALKS CLEARED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
ON A ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COVID STAKEHOLDERS CALL YESTERDAY, LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR JULIE PAHLEN SAID THE HOSPITAL AND CLINIC ADMINISTERED 714 CORONAVIRUS TESTS LAST WEEK.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED 22 NEW COVID CASES IN ROSEAU COUNTY YESTERDAY, FOR A TOTAL OF 1410 CONFIRMED CASES SINCE APRIL.
LAST WEEK’S MINNESOTA CIVIC CAUCUS INTERVIEW WAS WITH BOB KILL, THE PRESIDENT OF ENTERPRISE MINNESOTA.
KILL SAYS MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES ARE CRITICAL FOR STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIES. THERE ARE MORE THAN EIGHTY-THREE HUNDRED MANUFACTURERS IN MINNESOTA, WITH JUST OVER HALF IN GREATER MINNESOTA; AND THEY PROVIDE MORE THAN THIRTEEN PERCENT OF THE JOBS IN THE STATE.
BOB KILL WAS AT MARVIN WINDOWS IN WARROAD SEVERAL YEARS AGO, SPEAKING AT A NORTHWEST MINNESOTA MANUFACTURERS EVENT.
GRANT FUNDING FOR THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. LOCAL TRAILS CONNECTION PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE, WITH APPLICATIONS DUE BY THE END OF MARCH. FUNDED PROJECTS MUST CREATE A TRAIL LINKAGE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC.
MONEY FROM THE D.N.R. REGIONAL TRAIL GRANT PROGRAM IS ALSO AVAILABLE; THAT GRANT IS AVAILABLE ONLY OUTSIDE THE SEVEN COUNTY METRO AREA.
AS COVID-19 CASES INCREASE IN ROSEAU COUNTY, LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IS SEEING MORE CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS.
DOCTOR DAVID SIMMONS IS A CLINICAL PHARMACIST AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT LIFECARE;
HE SAYS COVID TREATMENTS VARY, AND HAVE BEEN TWEAKED OVER THE PAST NINE MONTHS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED ADVERTISING FOR BIDS FOR NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING FOR 2021. THE GREENBUSH TRIBUNE IS CURRENTLY THE COUNTY’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.
ALLIED CONCERT SERVICES, LAST MONTH, ANNOUNCED THAT ALL OF IT’S WINTER AND SPRING TOURS ARE POSTPONED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
ALLIED PROVIDES THE ARTISTS FOR ROSEAU’S NORTHERN LIGHTS CONCERT ASSOCIATION SERIES.
DAVID FOLIN, WITH ALLIED, SAYS THEY’RE HOPING TO RESUME CONCERTS IN THE FALL OF 2021, BUT SOME QUESTIONS REMAIN.
FOLIN SAYS THEY HOPE TO RE-SCHEDULE ALL THE CONCERTS THE ROSEAU SERIES HAS LOST.
MINNESOTA’S STATE DEMOGRAPHER PROJECTS MORE THAN ONE OF EVERY FIVE STATE RESIDENTS WILL BE AN OLDER ADULT, BY THE YEAR 2030.
ANTHONY TAYLOR, WITH A.A.R.P./MINNESOTA, SAYS THOSE OLDER ADULTS SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A COMMUNITY ASSET.
TAYLOR SAYS COMMUNITIES NEED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OLDER ADULTS.
Last modified: 12/08/2020
