HIGHWAY 175 NEAR HALLOCK REMAINS CLOSED INDEFINITELY DUE TO FLOODING. TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO DETOUT TO HIGHWAY 75, THEN NORTH ON 171 TO I-29. MNDOT CREW ARE CLOSELY MONITORING WATER LEVELS AND ANALYZING THE DAMAGE.
A REMINDER TO MOTORISTS TO WATCH FOR CREWS PERFORMING PRESCRIBED BURNS ALONG VARIOUS ROADWAYS. TODAY A CREW WILL BE ON HIGHWAY 75 NORTH OF EUCLID. AN ADDITIONAL SITE IS ON HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN THIEF RIVER FALLS AND HALMA.
VFW AUXILIARY MEMBERS OF ROSEAU POST 8663 WILL BE HAVING THEIR ANNUAL POPPY DRIVE NEXT WEEK. THEY THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
ROSEAU COUNTY’S TEAM EPIC IS TAKING ON THE TOPIC OF MARIJUANA USE. YOU’LL SEE FLYERS AROUND TOWN NOTING THAT A LARGE MAJORITY OF TEENS ARE STILL DRUG FREE, AND ENCOURAGE THEIR PEERS TO BE AS WELL. CO-COORDINATOR DANI WOLF SAYS THE MESSAGE ON MARIJANA USE IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD. PEOPLE WILL OFTEN COUNTER THEIR MESSAGE WITH ONE THAT IS PRO-LEGALIZATION. SHE NOTES HOWEVER, THAT EVEN UNDER LEGALIZATION AND IN STATES THAT HAVE MADE THAT MOVE, IT STILL REMIANS ILLEGAL FOR TEENS AND KIDS.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR WILLIAM “BILL” HAGEN OF RURAL SALOL WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY (11 AM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE SUNDAY (5-8 PM) ALSO AT HELGESON’S. INTERMENT WILL BE AT SPRUCE CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE. BILL HAGEN WAS 81.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR CHARLEY DURHAM OF BAUDETTE IS THIS MORNING AT TEN AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. BURIAL IS AT ELM PARK CEMETERY.
CHARLEY DURHAM WAS 86.
A MEMORIAL VISITATION FOR MICHAEL “BUGSY” ECKLUND OF BAUDETTE IS TODAY FROM FOUR TO SIX P.M., WITH A SIX O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN BAUDETTE.
MICHAEL ECKLUND WAS 57.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR HARVEY JOHNSON OF SALOL IS THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:30 AT THE ROSEAU FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. BURIAL IS AT NORLAND CEMETERY AT SALOL.
HARVEY JOHNSON WAS 87.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR EVAN PARKHOUSE OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT ONE AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD.
EVAN PARKHOUSE, A WARROAD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, WAS 31.
SUMMER HOURS AT THE LANCASTER PORT OF ENTRY START SUNDAY, WHEN THE PORT WILL BE OPEN FROM EIGHT A.M. TO EIGHT P.M.
CURRENT HOURS ARE EIGHT TO SIX.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, THIS WEEK, APPROVED A PILOT PLAN FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEE SUMMER HOURS FOR 2019. THOSE EMPLOYEES WILL WORK NINE-HOUR DAYS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AND A FOUR HOUR DAY FRIDAYS – STARTING NEXT WEEK, AND GOING THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST.
FIRST HALF TAXES ON ALL REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IS DUE BY NEXT WEDNESDAY (May 15) AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE.
Last modified: 05/10/2019
