SNOW TOTALS ARE IN FROM THE WEEKEND BLIZZARD ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS.
ROSEAU OFFICIALLY HAD SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW; WHILE OKLEE REPORTED SIXTEEN INCHES ….
THIRTEEN INCHES IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND FORKS; A DOZEN IN DETROIT LAKES ….
AND ELLENDALE, NORTH DAKOTA (IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THAT STATE) HAD A WHOPPING TWENTY-SIX INCHES OF SNOW.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE FOR FORMER BAUDETTE RESIDENT MAE PETERSON, WHO DIED AT A FOREST LAKE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY SUNDAY.
BURIAL IS AT ELM PARK CEMETERY AT BAUDETTE.
MAE PETERSON WAS 95.
THIS DATE IN 1894, ROSEAU COUNTY WAS ESTABLISHED BY ORDER OF GOVERNOR KNUTE NELSON.
NELSON WAS MINNESOTA’S 12TH GOVERNOR, SERVING FROM 1893 TO 1895;
AND SERVED 28 YEARS AS A U.S. SENATOR FROM MINNESOTA, FROM 1895-1923.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SAYS THE POPULATION OF THE STATE WILL GROW AT IT’S SLOWEST PACE EVER DURING THE NEXT DECADE;
AND THE MINNESOTA ECONOMY WILL BE SQUEEZED AS THE LAST BABY BOOMERS RETIRE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
A 31ST ROSEAU CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT IS SATURDAY; IT’S PART OF THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY’S WESTERN HEMISPHERE BIRD COUNT.
BETH SIVERHUS ( 242-1037 ) AND KRIS GUGGISBERG ( 218 689-7699 ) HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
SUNDAY’S GRAND FORKS HERALD HAD A BRAD DOKKEN FEATURE ON THE TOP OUTDOORS STORIES OF THE DECADE, WITH CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN DEER AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
OTHERS ON THAT LIST INCLUDED THE HUGE ELK FOUND BY RYAN MUIRHEAD OF ROSEAU IN DECEMBER 2010; THE RACK FROM THAT ELK HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY MUSEUM …. THE 2015 PALSBURG FIRE AT BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST, THAT BURNED 45 HUNDRED ACRES … AND ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN WOLF HUNTING SEASONS.
HERALD WRITER BRAD DOKKEN IS ORIGINALLY FROM PINECREEK.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED HIRING FINANCIAL ADVISORS EHLERS AND ASSOCIATES TO HELP WITH AN INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AUDIT OF THE COUNTY’S JAIL REPAYMENT BOND.
TREASURER DIANE GREGERSON SAYS THE AUDIT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED BY A RE-FINANCING OF THAT BOND SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
Last modified: 12/31/2019
