THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, YESTERDAY, APPROVED A 2020 PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF JUST UNDER SEVEN-POINT-TWO MILLION DOLLARS. THAT’S A THREE PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE CURRENT YEAR’S LEVY.
THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED AN EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR OF TWENTY FOUR-POINT-THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT BUDGET PROJECTS A ONE-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A SNOWSTORM THAT COULD IMPACT ROSEAU COUNTY,
ALTHOUGH THE COUNTY ISN’T CURRENTLY IN A WINTER STORM WATCH.
TOM GRAFENAUER, AT THE GRAND FORKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE, SAYS THE HEART OF THE STORM WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WHERE A DOZEN INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL; ALONG WITH FORTY MILE PER HOUR WINDS.
THERE IS A WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT IN LAKE OF THE WOODS STARTING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR JAMES VISTAD OF HIGH RIDGE, COLORADO (AND FORMERLY OF ROSEAU).
JAMES VISTAD WAS 61.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR JANE WOLD OF ROSEAU IS THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. BURIAL IS AT AMERICA CEMETERY AT WARROAD.
JANE WOLD WAS 80.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ELDOR LORENSON OF GREENBUSH (AND FORMERLY OF STRATHCONA) ARE THIS MORNING AT TEN AT GRACE EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF STRATHCONA. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT THE LORENSON FAMILY CEMETERY AT STRATHCONA.
ELDOR LORENSON WAS 93.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR HENRYKA EVANS OF GREENBUSH IS TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:30 AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS THIS EVENING AFTER SIX WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. BURIAL IS AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
HENRYKA EVANS WAS 84.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR BETH MARVIN OF WARROAD IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
BETH MARVIN WAS 94.
THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP IS LOOKING FOR IDEAS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES. R.S.D.P. IS PART OF UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION. PROJECTS RECENTLY SUPPORTED BY NORTHWEST R.S.D.P. INCLUDE STRATEGIES TO ADAPT TO THE ICE FISHING BOOM ON LAKE OF THE WOODS. PROJECT IDEAS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH MID-FEBRUARY.
THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK SAYS JANUARY IS FORECAST TO BE COLDER THAN NORMAL ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA; ALONG WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
A FALL SURVEY OF LAKE OF THE WOODS SHOWED STRONG WALLEYE AND SAUGER NUMBERS,
TO SUPPORT A LARGE UPSWING IN THE NUMBER OF WINTER ANGLERS ON THE BIG LAKE.
PHIL TALMAGE IS THE D.N.R. AREA FISHERIES SUPERVISOR IN BAUDETTE.
ANGLERS KEPT ABOUT 850 THOUSAND POUNDS OF WALLEYE AND SAUGERS LAST WINTER TAKEN FROM LAKE OF THE WOODS.
CARAH HART, AT THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK, SAYS MANY AG PRODUCERS WOULD LIKE TO PUT 2019 IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR. WEATHER, TARIFFS AND LOW COMMODITY PRICES MADE THIS YEAR ANOTHER DIFFICULT ONE FOR FARMERS. BUT HART SAYS EXPERTS TELL THE FARM NETWORK IT ISN’T QUITE LIKE THE DIFFICULTIES FARMERS FACED IN THE EARLY 1980’S.
LAKE CALHOUN, IN MINNEAPOLIS, HAD IT’S NAME CHANGED TO IT’S ORIGINAL DAKOTA NAME (BDE MAKA SKA) BY THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. LAST YEAR; LEADING TO STATE SUPREME COURT CONSIDERATION.
UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA HISTORY PROFESSOR DAVID CHANG SAYS THAT’S AN EXAMPLE OF EFFORTS IN RECENT YEARS TO RE-NAME PLACES IN HONOR OF NATIVE AMERICANS.
Last modified: 12/27/2019
