ROSEAU COUNTY RECEIVED JUST LESS THAN TWO-POINT-TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN “CARES” ACT FUNDING IN AUGUST, AND HAD TO SPEND ALL OF IT BY DECEMBER FIRST (OR SEND IT BACK TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA).
46% OF THAT MONEY WAS SPENT EXTERNALLY, MOSTLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND REIMBURSEMENTS TO LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY ONLY FOR RAYMOND STOE OF LINDSTROM, MINNESOTA IS TOMORROW IN FOREST LAKE, WITH BURIAL AT FORT SNELLING NATIONAL CEMETERY.
RAY STOE, WHO WAS BORN IN ROSS, WAS 86.
THE GRAND FORKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW IN ROSEAU COUNTY.
FORECASTER VINCE GODON SAYS NORTH/NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE THE GREATEST PROBLEMS.
GODON SAYS THEY’RE CURRENTLY EXPECTING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW, BUT WINDS GUSTING AT TIMES AROUND FORTY MILES PER HOUR.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST NIGHT, CERTIFIED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR NEXT YEAR; AT THREE-POINT-TWO-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS. THAT’S A 25.08% INCREASE OVER THE CURRENT LEVY.
MOST OF THE NEW MONEY (JUST OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS) IS FOR THE FORTY MILLION DOLLAR VOTER-APPROVED SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
THE SCHOOL BOARD HELD IT’S REQUIRED TRUTH-IN-TAXATION MEETING LAST NIGHT, WITH NO QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAD NO NEW COVID-19 CASES YESTERDAY, AND THE FOURTEEN DAY ROLLING CASE RATE IN THE COUNTY WAS DOWN TO 102.31 FOR THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 6-20. THE HIGH RATE DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS 318.29 FROM NOVEMBER 11-25, WHEN 438 NEW CASES WERE CONFIRMED.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS LAUNCHED A “NAME A SNOWPLOW” CONTEST.
MINN DOT IS ASKING FOR NAME IDEAS AT THEIR WEBSITE UNTIL JANUARY 22ND.
THEY’LL EVENTUALLY NAME EIGHT SNOWPLOWS, ONE FOR EACH MINN DOT DISTRICT.
REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN FABIAN OF ROSEAU RETIRES FROM THAT JOB IN EARLY JANUARY, AND WILL BECOME ROSEAU’S NEXT MAYOR ON THE 11TH OF NEXT MONTH.
FABIAN WAS AT THIS MONTH’S ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WAS ASKED TO COMPARE THE CITY’S MEETING WITH THOSE AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
MAJOR MINNESOTA HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ARE STILL SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT HOSPITAL CAPACITY DURING THIS WINTER COVID SURGE ACROSS THE STATE.
KEN HOLMEN, WITH ST CLOUD-BASED CENTRA CARE, SAYS VACCINES ARE HERE BUT THE IMPACT WON’T BE FELT FOR MONTHS.
ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER SUE GRAFSTROM SAYS THE FIRST VACCINES COMING TO ROSEAU COUNTY SHOULD ARRIVE NEXT MONDAY.
THE TEMPERATURE IN ROSEAU COUNTY TOMORROW NIGHT IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO TEENS BELOW ZERO, AND THE HIGH CHRISTMAS EVE DAY MAY NOT MAKE IT BACK ABOVE ZERO.
JASMINE WANGEN, WITH SAFE KIDS/ GRAND FORKS, SAYS CARSEAT SAFETY FOR KIDS IS PARAMOUNT IN THE WINTER MONTHS.
Last modified: 12/22/2020
