THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BUILDING IS CLOSED TODAY DUE TO THE WINTER STORM. THERE IS NO CHILDCARE AND NO MEALS AVAILABLE.
SCHEDULED DELIVERY OF I-PADS FOR KINDERGARTNERS AND FIRST GRADERS, AND DELIVERY OF CURRICULUM TO STUDENTS IS DELAYED TO MONDAY.
DISTANCE LEARNING DOES CONTINUE TODAY FOR ROSEAU STUDENTS.
A GRAND FORKS HERALD REPORT SAYS EIGHT YEAR OLD MADI PULK SAVED HER FIVE YEAR OLD BROTHER JOHN’S LIFE MONDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN HE FELL INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH AND NEARLY DROWNED NEAR THEIR FARM HOME EAST OF STRATHCONA.
MADI PULK PULLED HER BROTHER FROM THE WATER AND ADMINISTERED C-P-R BEFORE AN AMBULANCE ARRIVED.
JOHNNY PULK SPENT MONDAY NIGHT AT A FARGO HOSPITAL, BUT WAS BACK HOME TUESDAY.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUED NO TRAVEL ADVISORIES FOR SEVERAL NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS LAST NIGHT; MARSHALL COUNTY HAD A NO TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR IT’S ROADS; AND NO TRAVEL WAS ADVISED ON I-29 FROM FARGO TO THE CANADIAN BORDER DUE TO THE SNOWSTORM.
THE TWO RIVERS WATERSHED DISTRICT SAYS THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE TWO RIVERS WAS SLOWING IT’S RISE YESTERDAY.
WATERSHED ADMINISTRATOR DAN MONEY SAYS DIRE PREDICTIONS FOR THE SPRING MELT, AFTER LAST FALL’S RECORD RAINFALL, HAVEN’T MATERIALIZED.
THE ROSEAU RIVER, IN THE CITY, WAS DOWN ABOUT A HALF-FOOT TODAY
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY EVENING VIA WEBEX; THAT MEETING CAN BE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC ON THE GO ROSEAU FACEBOOK PAGE.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COUNCIL WILL TALK ABOUT A PROPOSED SALE OF NINE ACRES IN THE ROSEAU INDUSTRIAL PARK TO ROSEAU COUNTY.
AND THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE AGENDA.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, RENEWED IT’S FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR THE ROSEAU COUNTY TRAILBLAZERS,
WHICH NEEDS THE DESIGNATION TO APPLY FOR GRANTS TO MAINTAIN THE COUNTY TRAIL SYSTEM.
GRAND FORKS HERALD OUTDOORS WRITER BRAD DOKKEN, A PINECREEK NATIVE, SAYS HE’S HOPING NATURE WILL PROVIDE SOME COMFORT DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS, ONCE THE STAY AT HOME ORDER IS LIFTED.
BRAD DOKKEN IS A ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub HAS IDENTIFIED THE MOST ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE STATES IN THE WAKE OF THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC.
LOUISIANA, RHODE ISLAND AND NEVADA TOP THAT LIST.
GEORGIA, CALIFORNIA AND ALASKA ARE THE LEAST VULNERABLE, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE; WHICH USED METRICS LIKE THE SHARE OF A STATE’S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT COMING FROM AFFECTED INDUSTRIES; AND INCREASES IN UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS.
MINNESOTA WAS 17TH AND NORTH DAKOTA 27TH MOST VULNERABLE ON THAT LIST.
ON A COMMUNITY TELECONFERENCE EARLIER THIS WEEK, ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF STEVE GUST SAYS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY APPEARS DOWN DURING THE STAY AT HOME ORDER.
THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK SAYS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WILL FORECAST 96 MILLION ACRES OF CORN AND 86 MILLION SOYBEAN ACRES WILL BE PLANTED THIS YEAR.
TODD HUBBS, AN AG ECONOMIST AT THE UNIVERSITY of ILLINOIS, TELLS THE FARM NETWORK THERE COULD BE FEWER CORN ACRES DUE TO MARKET CONDITIONS.
AN ANNUAL ROSEAU DUCKS UNLIMITED BANQUET SCHEDULED THIS EVENING IS POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE.
THE ROSEAU ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE’S ANNUAL MEETING, SET FOR TOMORROW, IS POSTPONED.
Last modified: 04/03/2020
