THE TWO RIVERS WATERSHED DISTRICT SAYS THE SOUTH BRANCH TWO RIVERS WILL REACH A SECOND CREST THIS WEEKEND, AND THEN SLOWLY RECEDE OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
EARLY VOTING AND ABSENTEE VOTING FOR THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM CONTINUES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, VIA CURBSIDE SERVICE.
SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAYS A SCHEDULED MAY 12TH IN-PERSON VOTE AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER ALSO REMAINS IN PLACE;
AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE SAYS THAT ELECTION CAN’T BE DELAYED.
THE TWO QUESTIONS ON THE REFERENDUM ASK WHETHER SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTERS SUPPORT AN APPROXIMATE FORTY MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION OF THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BUILDING.
WARROAD COME TOGETHER, A SOCIAL SHARING SPACE, GOES LIVE ON FACEBOOK TODAY AT NOON.
THE ROSEAU ROYALS SENIOR AMATEUR BASEBALL TEAM WAS PLANNING A RETURN TO THE GILBERTSON DIAMOND THIS SUMMER, AFTER A TWO YEAR HIATUS.
NATHAN VOLL, WHO’S MANAGING THAT TEAM, IS STILL HOPEFUL.
THERE’S BEEN RENEWED INTEREST FROM PLAYERS IN BRINGING THE ROYALS BACK INTO EXISTENCE.
MINNESOTA LEADS THE NATION WITH A FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT SELF-RESPONSE RATE FOR THE 2020 CENSUS.
ROSEAU COUNTY’S RESPONSE RATE WAS AT FORTY-TWO PERCENT, AND LAKE OF THE WOODS WAS AT TWENTY-TWO PERCENT.
THREE MINNESOTA COUNTIES (CARVER, SCOTT AND ANOKA) ARE AMONG THE TOP NINE IN THE NATION IN THEIR EARLY RESPONSE RATE FOR THE CENSUS.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY EVENING, WITH COVID-19 THE MAIN TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION.
THIS WEEK, THE COUNCIL HEARD THAT A MINNESOTA D.N.R. FIREWATCH HELICOPTER SHOULD BE AT THE ROSEAU AIRPORT THIS WEEK.
LAKE OF THE WOODS AND KOOCHICHING COUNTIES CLOSED ACCESSES TO THE RAINY RIVER LAST MONTH,
IN AN EFFORT TO LESSEN THE POTENTIAL TRANSMISSION OF CORONAVIRUS TO THOSE COUNTIES FROM OUT-OF-THE-AREA ANGLERS.
JOE HENRY, WITH LAKE OF THE WOODS TOURISM, SAYS RESORT OWNERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PANDEMIC.
ON AN ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA COUNTIES WEBINAR THIS WEEK, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT SEVEN-POINT-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO QUIN COUNTY (ROSEAU COUNTY IS PART OF THAT COLLABORATIVE) AND OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARDS.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR ROY LAZNICKA OF WARROAD.
ROY LAZNICKA WAS 79.
TODAY’S COMMUNITY GOOD FRIDAY CHURCH SERVICE, SPONSORED BY THE ROSEAU MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION, WILL AIR ON WILD 102 AT FOUR AND SEVEN P.M.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WAS AT LIFECARE ROSEAU MANOR THIS WEEK.
M.D.H. HAS BEEN VISITING LONGTERM CARE SETTINGS AND NURSING HOMES TO REVIEW INFECTION CONTROL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
SHANNON CARLSON IS THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER;
HE SAYS GREENBUSH MANOR NURSING HOME IS FOLLOWING THE SAME PROTOCOLS AS ROSEAU MANOR.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ADDED A DOZEN NEW FACILITIES TO THE LIST OF LONGTERM CARE CENTERS REPORTING COVID-19 EXPOSURES. MOST OF THOSE FACILITIES ARE IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA; BUT ALSO ON THE LIST IS THE GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS, AND TWO FACILITIES IN MOORHEAD.
THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAS AWARDED MINNESOTA MORE THAN FORTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO HELP LOW-INCOME FAMILIES MEET HOUSING NEEDS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
Last modified: 04/10/2020
