THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, APPOINTED A “CARES” ACT COMMITTEE TO WORK ON PRIORITIES AND GUIDELINES FOR THAT FEDERAL FUNDING.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAS RECEIVED ABOUT ONE-POINT-NINE MILLION DOLLARS IN A COVID RELIEF PACKAGE, WITHOUT A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF HOW IT CAN BE SPENT.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE COMMISSIONERS DARYL WICKLUND AND JACK SWANSON, EMERGENCY MANAGER SUE GRAFSTROM, COORDINATOR JEFF PELOWSKI AND AUDITOR/RECORDER MARTIE MONSRUD.
LOU TASA IS RETIRING FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WHERE HE’S BEEN THE NORTHWEST DISTRICT STATE AID ENGINEER SINCE 1992.
DISTRICT TWO COVERS FOURTEEN COUNTIES, AND EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MILES OF STATE HIGHWAYS.
SINCE THE POLICE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS IN LATE MAY, THAT CITY AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVERHAULING THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
THE TERM “DE-FUNDING” IS OFTEN USED, BUT SAM SANCHEZ OF MINNEAPOLIS SAYS IT’S ABOUT BRINGING MORE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SANCHEZ IS SKEPTICAL OF A LARGE-SCALE OVERHAUL, SAYING IT COULD HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
ON A COMMUNITY MEETING TELECONFERENCE YESTERDAY, C.E.O. KEITH OKESON AND C.O.O. SHANNON CARLSON SAID LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER HAS NOW TESTED MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE FOR COVID-19.
285 OF THOSE WERE RAPID TESTS.
THEY ALSO SAID THE MAYO CLINIC LAB IS BACKED UP; TESTS THAT WERE BEING DONE IN 48 HOURS ARE NOW TAKING 72 HOURS (OR MORE).
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS ROSEAU COUNTY HAD 29 CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES AS OF YESTERDAY.
IN MINNESOTA, THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES GREW BY 578, AND THERE WERE EIGHT DEATHS.
THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK SAYS THE NATIONAL CATTLEMEN’S BEEF ASSOCIATION LIKES THE CURRENT CORONAVIRUS FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PAYMENTS,
BUT WANTS MORE HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST WEEK, TALKED ABOUT WHETHER AN ARCHERY DEER HUNT WITHIN CITY LIMITS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER JANE EVANS SAYS SHE’S GOTTEN COMPLAINTS FROM SOME RESIDENTS ABOUT DEER DAMAGE TO GARDENS.
A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE ROSEAU SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT IS TODAY (Noon).
THE ROSEAU RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA TYPICALLY OPENS IT’S TWENTY-SEVEN MILE WILDLIFE DRIVE TO THE PUBLIC IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR.
THE FAIR WON’T BE HELD THIS YEAR, DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC; AND THE WILDLIFE DRIVE WON’T BE OPEN FOR ANOTHER REASON.
RANDY PRACHAR MANAGES THE ROSEAU RIVER W.M.A. FOR THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.
A GROUP CALLED “TWO AT A TIME” PERFORMS TONIGHT AT ROSEAU’S RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO.
DONOVAN RUUD LEADS THAT GROUP, WHICH PLAYS COUNTRY AND OLDER ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC.
SUMMER CONCERTS ARE THURSDAYS AT THE GAZEBO IN ROSEAU.
Last modified: 07/16/2020
