THE CITIES OF EAST GRAND FORKS, GRAND FORKS AND FARGO HAVE ALL DECLARED FLOOD EMERGENCIES AHEAD OF ANTICIPATED SPRING FLOODING OF THE RED RIVER.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST NIGHT, VOTED 3-2 TO NOT HAVE STUDENTS OR TEACHERS MAKE UP LAST THURSDAY’S SNOW DAY.ANOTHER MOTION, TO HAVE TEACHERS MAKE UP THE LOST WORK DAY, FAILED ON A 3-3 VOTE. THE SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZED MR HOCKEY FINALIST AARON HUGLEN, AND MS BASKETBALL FINALIST KACIE BOROWICZ.BRYCE BRODZINSKI OF BLAINE WAS THIS YEAR’S MR HOCKEY WINNER. ROSEAU HAS HAD SEVEN MR HOCKEY FINALISTS SINCE 1990, INCLUDING 2008 WINNER AARON NESS.
WISCONSIN-BASED SHOPKO HAS ANNOUNCED IT’S CLOSING ALL OF IT’S REMAINING STORES, INCLUDING ONE IN ROSEAU, BY MID-JUNE.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WERE IN ROSEAU YESTERDAY, DEFENDING THEIR 2017 DECISION TO REDUCE HOURS AT THE ROSEAU PORT OF ENTRY. THAT PORT HAD BEEN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT UNTIL JANUARY OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THE CLOSING TIME WAS MOVED UP EIGHT P.M.
FORMER STATE SENATOR LeROY STUMPF WAS AT YESTERDAY’S MEETING, ON BEHALF OF U.S. CONGRESSMAN COLLIN PETERSON …. U.S. CUSTOMS SAYS THE ROSEAU PORT AVERAGES ABOUT FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND VEHICLES PER YEAR, WHICH IS MORE THAN 24 HOUR PORTS IN CITIES IN VERMONT, MONTANA, WASHINGTON AND MAINE.
A ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION REPORT, RELEASED YESTERDAY, SAYS CARVER IS THE HEALTHIEST COUNTY IN MINNESOTA, AND MAHNOMEN IS THE LEAST HEALTHY.
THE TEN HEALTHIEST COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, ARE ALL SOUTH OF ST CLOUD; THE TEN UNHEALTHIEST COUNTIES INCLUDE CASS, WADENA, NORMAN, BELTRAMI AND CLEARWATER.
ROSEAU COUNTY WAS 26TH (OUT OF 87) IN HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND 48TH IN HEALTH FACTORS, LIKE THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WITH HEALTH INSURANCE, AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOAN HAUGEN OF GREENBUSH IS THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT BETHEL CEMETERY THIS SPRING. JOAN HAUGEN WAS 76.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR VERNA DUNRUD/KAMMEN OF BADGER ARE THIS AFTERNOON AT ONE AT THE BADGER CREEK FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. VERNA KAMMEN WAS 98.
THE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MASSACHUSETTS IS THE MOST INNOVATIVE STATE IN THE NATION, BASED ON CRITERIA LIKE THE NUMBER OF ‘STEM’ PROFESSIONALS AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SPENDING PER CAPITA. MINNESOTA IS RANKED 13TH. WISCONSIN IS 30TH, SOUTH DAKOTA 43RD AND NORTH DAKOTA 46TH.
THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL HAS IT’S SPRING ART SHOW OPENING TODAY AT THE BADGER COMMUNITY HALL. THE BADGER AREA COMMUNITY FUND HAS A MARDI GRAS FUNDRAISER APRIL 6TH TO RAISE MONEY FOR A GAZEBO TO HOUSE A GLASS MOSAIC WALL, WHICH SHOWS THE HERITAGE OF THE AREA.
A ROSEAU NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY BLOOD DRIVE IS TODAY (9-2:45) AT THE OLD CAFETERIA.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, TENTATIVELY APPROVED A JOINT POWERS ENTITY FOR THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF A LAKE OF THE WOODS ONE WATERSHED/ ONE PLAN; WHICH INCLUDES ROSEAU AND LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES, THE LAKE OF THE WOODS AND ROSEAU SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND THE WARROAD RIVER WATERSHED.
A MINNESOTA SHARP-TAILED GROUSE SOCIETY EVENT IS APRIL 6TH AT LAKE BRONSON STATE PARK.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREAT NORTHERN TRANSMISSION LINE, ACROSS ROSEAU COUNTY, CONTINUES. MIKE PONTIUS IS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR MINNESOTA POWER THE COMPANY IS USING HELICOPTERS FOR PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS PLANNED FOR COMPLETION NEXT SPRING.
MINNESOTA’S ANNUAL TOWNSHIP DAY WAS LAST TUESDAY (March 12).
DAVID HANN IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF TOWNSHIPS; HE SAYS GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES STRUGGLES TO FIND ELECTED OFFICIALS … ROSEAU COUNTY HAS THIRTY-TWO TOWNSHIPS; THE LARGEST, LAKE TOWNSHIP, IS THE SECOND LARGEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE COUNTY (AFTER THE CITY OF ROSEAU).
A PANCAKE BENEFIT FOR GERALD MANNING OF BADGER, TO HELP WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES, IS SUNDAY (9:30-1) AT THE BADGER COMMUNITY CENTER.
A ‘WIC’ CLINIC IS TODAY AND TOMORROW AT LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU.
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