ON A ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COVID STAKEHOLDERS CALL THIS WEEK,
LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH IS ESTIMATING CLOSE TO SEVENTY PERCENT OF PEOPLE AGED SIXTY-FIVE AND OLDER IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED WITH EITHER THE MODERNA OR PFIZER VACCINES.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS 56% OF ROSEAU COUNTY SENIORS HAD BEEN VACCINATED AS OF LAST FRIDAY.
ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER SUE GRAFSTROM SAYS LIFECARE WILL CONTINUE TO GET DOSES.
ASSISTANT CHIEF MARK BERNAT IS STEPPING DOWN AFTER NINE YEARS IN THAT ROLE FOR THE ROSEAU VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HE’LL BE SUCCEEDED BY LEON HUOT IN THAT ROLE.
WARROAD’S DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT HUB CELEBRATES IT’S FOURTH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK.
THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT HUB IS ALSO HOME TO THE WARROAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP, WARROAD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND VISITORS CENTER, AND WARROAD COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
THE INTERNATIONAL RAINY/ LAKE OF THE WOODS WATERSHED FORUM IS NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT.
TODD SELLERS, IN KENORA, IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE LAKE OF THE WOODS SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATION; HE SAYS THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY WILL PRESENT ON ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT PHOSPOROUS IN LAKE OF THE WOODS;
AND SAYS COVID HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON STUDIES OF THE BIG LAKE.
THAT FORMAT IS TYPICALLY HELD IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD ACCEPTED THE LOW BID OF DAVIDSON CONSTRUCTION TO RE-BUILD THE MICKELSON BRIDGE.
DAVIDSON’S 283 THOUSAND DOLLAR BID WAS THIRTY-TWO PERCENT UNDER THE ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START IN EARLY JUNE.
THERE WERE THREE BIDS; THE HIGHEST BID WAS NEARLY TWICE AS MUCH AS THE DAVIDSON BID.
IT’S POLARIS PROFIT SHARING WEEK.
POLARIS PLANT MANAGER NATHAN HANSON, IN ROSEAU, SAYS DESPITE THE PANDEMIC (OR PERHAPS IN PART BECAUSE OF IT) SALES OF POLARIS PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN VERY STRONG SINCE LAST SUMMER.
THOSE STRONG SALES ARE THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO PEOPLES’ DESIRE TO GET OUTSIDE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING FOR TERRY BREKKE OF GREENBUSH (AND FORMERLY OF STRATHCONA).
TERRY BREKKE WAS 71.
82 YEAR OLD MAXINE HOLMSTROM OF STRANDQUIST WAS TAKEN TO A THIEF RIVER FALLS HOSPITAL AFTER HER VEHICLE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK A KENWORTH SEMI TRUCK DRIVEN BY 24 YEAR OLD MITCHELL EMERY OF BAGLEY.
THE CRASH HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 59, SOUTH OF KARLSTAD.
EMERY WAS NOT HURT.
LAST MONTH’S DEEP FREEZE IN MINNESOTA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HIGHER ENERGY BILLS. BILL GRANT, WITH THE MINNESOTA COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP, SAYS PEOPLE MAY BE SHOCKED AT THE COST.
MEANWHILE, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IS INCREASING IT’S ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MAXIMUM BENEFIT FOR QUALIFYING HOUSEHOLDS.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF IT’S NAME A SNOWPLOW CONTEST. IN MINN-DOT DISTRICT TWO, WHICH INCLUDES ROSEAU COUNTY, THE WINNER IS “PLOW BUNYAN”. OTHER WINNING NAMES INCLUDED “PLOWY McPLOWFACE”, “DARTH BLADER”, “DUCK DUCK ORANGE TRUCK” AND “F. SALT FITZGERALD”. MORE THAN 122 THOUSAND PEOPLE VOTED IN THAT CONTEST.
Last modified: 03/03/2021
