ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL’S COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SUNDAY AT 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON. WEATHER PERMITTING, THEY WILL UTILIZE THE FOOTBALL FIELD. IF NEEDED, IT WOULD BE MOVED INDOORS TO THE RAMS SPORTS CENTER. THERE WILL BE A PARADE OF THE GRADUATES DOWN CENTER STREET FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY. THAT WILL END AT THE RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO.
WARROAD’S GRADUATION CEREMONY IS FRIDAY EVENING… GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER WILL GRADUATE ITS SENIORS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:00.
A CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BEGINS TODAY, CONTINUING THROUGH JUNE 6, WITH EXTRA EMPHASIS PLACED ON SEAT BELT USAGE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. PRELIMINARY REPORTS SHOW 38 UNBELTED MOTORISTS DIED AS OF MAY 21 COMPARED WITH 25 THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
THE FITNESS CENTER AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL WILL OPEN FOR PUBLIC USAGE BEGINNING JUNE 7TH, WITH HOURS ON MONDAY-SATURDAY FROM 6A-9P, WITH SHORT HOURS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD THIS WEEK APPROVED THE SALE OF TEN MILIONS DOLLARS IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO CONSTRUCT ANEW HIGHWAY SHOP IN ROSEAU. THERE WERE FOUR BIDDERS FOR THE BOND, THE LOW BID WAS AT ONE-POINT-SEVEN-NINE PERCENT INTEREST.
ROSEAU COUNTY IS LOOSENING REQUIREMENTS FOR A COUNTY HIGHWAY ENGINEER POSITION, IN HOPES OF ATTRACTING A CERTIFIED ENGINEER. THE MOST RECENT ADVERTISEMENT FOR CANDIDATES BROUGHT NO APPLICATIONS. ROSEAU COUNTY HAS BEEN WITHOUT A HIGHWAY ENGINEER SINCE BRIAN KETRING’S DEPARTURE FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A YEAR AGO.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WELL OVER A YEAR, WARROAD SUMMER THEATER IS PREPARED FOR IT’S FIRST PRODUCTION. THEY’LL PRESENT THE PLAY, “LET’S MURDER MARSHA” BEGINNING JUNE 10TH.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ROGER DIDRIKSON OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY (10 AM) AT FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH, SOUTH OF BADGER. ROGER DIDRIKSON WAS 66.
FIVE ADULT DOES AND SEVEN FAWNS HAVE ALL TESTED POSITIVE FOR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN THE INFECTED BELTRAMI COUNTY FARMED DEER HERD. ONE DEER TESTED POSITIVE IN APRIL, SPURRING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE OTHER 54 ANIMALS IN THE HERD. OF THE TWELVE, 9 WERE BORN ON THE BELTRAMI FARM, WHILE THREE WERE MOVED TO THE FARM FROM OTHER MINNESOTA HERDS.
DNR SET A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN ELK LICENSES FOR THIS YEAR’S NORTHWEST MINNESOTA HUNTS. SEASONS WILL RUN FROM LATE AUGUST UNTIL MID-OCTOBER, AND THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR ONE OF THE 30 AVAILABLE LICENSES IS FRIDAY, JUNE 11. THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WILL OFFER THOSE 30 LICENSES FOR THIS YEAR’S ELK SEASON IN KITTSON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, DOWN FROM 44 LAST YEAR.
AS HINTED AT YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR WALZ ANNOUNCED THE “YOUR SHOT TO SUMMER” CAMPAIGN, AIMED AT ENTICING PEOPLE TO GET THEIR COVID 19 VACCINATION BETWEEN NOW AND JULY 1. THE FIRST 100,000 MINNESOTANS THAT GET THEIR VACCINE, THEN SUBMIT A REQUEST, WILL GET TO CHOOSE THEIR PREFERRED REWARD. THOSE INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS A FREE FISHING LICENSE, STATE PARK PASS, STATE FAIR TICKETS, VALLEYFAIR ADMISSION, A $25 PREPAID VISA CARD, AND MORE. THE WEBSITE FOR SUBMISSION IS MN.GOV/COVID19/SUMMER.
Last modified: 05/28/2021
