CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISHBACH ISSUED ANOTHER STATEMENT YESTERDAY ON THE US-CANADA BORDER CLOSURE, FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THAT TOPIC AT A WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING. SHE SAID, “OUR OWN GOVERNMENT’S INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS CAN TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY WITHOUT A QUARANTINE PERIOD. EVEN SO, THE CANADIAN RESTRICTIONS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN STRICTER.” SHE STRESSED CONCERN FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND GENERATIONAL BUSINESSES BROUGHT TO THE BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY.
ROSEAU PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR KEITH SEVERSON IS ORGANIZING A VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY CLEANUP EFFORT AT THE ROSEAU CITY PARK, COINCIDING WITH EARTH DAY, NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL 22.
THE CITY OF ROSEAU HAS RECENTLY APPROVED A NEW CITY/SCHOOL AGREEMENT. THAT AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR JOINT FACILITY USE BY BOTH THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DEED COMMISSIONER STEVE GROVE WILL HOLD A ROUNDTABLE WITH SOME OF MINNESOTA’S TOP MANUFACTURERS STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE THESE BUSINESSES CAN PLAY IN GETTING THEIR EMPLOYEES VACCINATED, AND EDUCATED ABOUT THE VACCINE.
GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ANNOUNCED THAT THE STATE HAS RECEIVED $135 MILLION IN FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDING TO SUPPORT CHILD CARE IN MINNESOTA. THE NEW FUNDING WILL SUPPORT CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO CHILD CARE FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.THE NEW FUNDING COMES FROM THE FEDERAL CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT THAT WAS PASSED IN DECEMBER. THE FUNDING IS IN ADDITION TO $48 MILLION THAT THE STATE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED IN FEDERAL RELIEF FOR CHILD CARE.
RISING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION COMBINED WITH SOARING UNEMPLOYMENT AND ISOLATION UNDER COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS HAS BEEN A HEALTH CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, AND NEW DATA SUGGEST THOSE CONCERNS WERE VALID.IN 2020 NEARLY ONE THOUSAND MINNESOTANS DIED FROM FULLY ALCOHOL RELATED CAUSES — CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE OR ACUTE ALCOHOL POISONING — ACCORDING TO NEW DATA FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 171 MORE MINNESOTANS DIED IN 2020 COMPARED TO 2019, WHICH IS A LARGER JUMP THAN THE TREND PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
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