YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR WALZ ANNOUNCED FULL DETAILS ON THE ENTIRE ONE MINNESOTA BUDGET. IT WOULD INCLUDE DIRECT CHECKS UP $2600, WITH MOST QUALIFIED PEOPLE GETTING $1000 INDIVIDUALLY OR $2000 FOR COUPLES, LEGALIZING THE ADULT-USE OF CANNABIS, CLEANER ENERGY,A ND INVESTING IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
THE MINNESOTA DNR WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY IN THE NEW STATE BUDGET, WITH $287 MILLION IN NEW MONEY OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS REHABBING STATE PARKS BUILDINGS, BOAT LANDINGS, FISH HATCHERIES AND MORE.
TODAY GOVERNOR WALZ WILL BE SIGNING INTO LEGISLATION AND EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR WORKERS ON THE IRON RANGE.
FLOOD MITIGATION WORK IS UNDERWAY THAT WILL HELP TO REMOVE A PORTION OF THE CITY OF NEWFOLDEN FROM A 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN. IN 2016, FEMA CHANGED MAPPING THAT THEN INCLUDED 43 RESIDENCES, MULTIPLE ELEVATORS, A CHURCH AND PARK AND AN APARTMENT BUILDING. IN 2021, FLOOD INSURANCE BECAME MANDATORY FOR ALL THOSE PROPERTIES. THE WORK WILL INVOLVE REPLACING CULVERTS AND INSTALLING A BRIDGE OVER THE MIDDLE RIVER.
THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM IS LOOKING TO FILL A PART-TIME LIBRARIAN POSITION AT THE ROSEAU BRANCH. VISIT THEIR WEBSITE NWRLIB.ORG FOR MORE.
A FIREARMS SAFETY CLASS IS SCHEDULED IN ROSEAU IN EARLY MARCH, BEGINNING ON THE 6TH. STUDENTS FOR THE CLASS MUST BE AT LEAST 11 YEARS OLD AND MUST PRE-REGISTER AT COAST TRUE VALUE IN ROSEAU. THERE IS A PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE OF FEBRUARY 27TH.
ROSEAU SCHOOL IS HOSTING SUB-SECTION COMPETITION FOR ONE ACT PLAY THIS SATURDAY. GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER, LAKE OF THE WOODS, GRYGLA-GATZKE, AND WARROAD ARE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE PRESENT. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED FOR OTHER VIEWING TIMES OF THE ROSEAU PLAY ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK AT 4:30, OR NEXT MONDAY AT 7 PM.
AN ELY MINNESOTA TEEN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF AN ADULT-LEVEL ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE. MICHAEL WILLIAM HAAPALA, WHO WAS 16 AT THE TIME, WILL BE SENTENCED AT A LATER DATE. THE CASE DATES BACK TO 2020, WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY STABBED HIS YOUNGER BROTHER A DOZEN TIMES AND LEFT HIM FOR DEAD IN A RAVINE. HE WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND BY PASSING HIKERS AND SPENT TWO WEEKS RECOVERING IN A HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES NEVER UNCOVERED AN “APPARENT REASON” FOR THE ATTACK.
Last modified: 01/25/2023
