MEDICAL MARTIAL LAW STATUS HAS BEEN LIFTED FOR THE RED LAKE NATION AFTER BEING IN PLACE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. THE LIFTING OF THE ORDER REMOVED GATHERING RESTRICTIONS FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. IT ALSO REMOVES FACE MASK REQUIREMENTS. A RED LAKE NATION CHAIRMAN SAID THAT THE RESERVATION HAS REACHED IT’S VACCINATION TARGET, AND THAT POSITIVE TEST NUMBERS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN BELOW THE ESTABLISHED THRESHOLD.
MINNESOTA’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TRICKLED DOWN TO 4.1% IN APRIL,FROM 4.2% IN MARCH. THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROSE TO 6.1% IN APRIL. FOR THE STATE, THIS IS A FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF JOB GROWTH.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION’S RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND IS NEARING, WITH THE APPLICATION PORTAL CLOSING ON MONDAY. THE FUND PROVIDES RESTAURANTS, BARS, FOOD TRUCKS AND STANDS AND OTHER RELATED BUSINESSES WITH GRANTS OF UP TO $5 MILLION FOR ESTABLISHMENTS WITH ONE LOCATION, OR $10 MILLION FOR THOSE WITH MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. THE RRF PROGRAM HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 303,000 APPLICATIONS REPRESENTING OVER $69 BILLION IN REQUESTED FUNDS, AND NEARLY 38,000 APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR MORE THAN $6 BILLION. THE PROGRAM HAS $28 BILLION AVAILABLE.
WARROAD BASEBALL WILL HOST A MINNESOTA TWINS “PLAY BALL MINNESOTA” BASEBALL CLINIC ON JUNE 27TH AT TONY STUKEL FIELD. THERE ARE TWO SESSIONS THAT DAY, OPEN TO BOYS AND GIRLS. FOR DETAILS AND TO REGISTER, VISIT PLAY-BALL-MN-DOT-COM.
NOMINATION FORMS FOR THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR CITIZEN AWARD ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR’S WEBSITE. WINNERS OF THE ROSEUA COUNTY AWARD ARE RECOGNIZED AT THE COUNTY FAIR, AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A STATEWIDE AWARD.
A FARMERS TO FAMILY FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW MORNING IN CROOKSTON, BEGINNING AT 9:30 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK HAS A DISTRIBUTION NEXT WEDNESDAY IN WARREN AND GREENBUSH.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR NELLIE WALLESTAD SEALY, FORMERLY OF ROSEAU, WILL BE HELD THIS TOMORROW (10 AM) AT THE ROSEAU FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH. NELLIE WAS 74.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FREDRICK “MIKE” YAGER WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (10:30 AM) AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BADGER. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FROM 5:00-7:00 THIS EVENING WITH A SERVICE AT 7:00 AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BADGER. INTERMENT TO TAKE PLACE AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN BADGER. MIKE YAGER WAS 73.
DIANE LYNN LARSON PASSED AWAY MAY 16TH AT THE AGE OF 67. PER HER REQUEST, THERE WILL NOT BE A FUNERAL SERVICE.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR ADAM LYKKEN OF WARROAD AND FORMERLY OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, MAY 26TH (11 AM) AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR PRIOR. ADAM LYKKEN WAS 31.
GORDY’S HI-HAT, THE BELOVED CLOQUET RESTAURANT, WILL MAKE A SECOND NATIONAL TELEVISION APPEARANCE NEXT FRIDAY ON THE FOOD NETWORK’S “DINERS, DRIVE-INS, AND DIVES”. THIS EPISODE REVISITS SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE STOPS. THE FIRST VISIT WAS NEARLY A DECADE AGO.
THE GRAND FORKS PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL CELEBRATE ITS 121ST BIRTHDAY AND GRAND REOPENING THIS AFTERNOON. THE LIBRARY WAS FORCED TO CLOSE LAST MARCH DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. LIBRARY LEADERSHIP TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXECUTE THE $560,000 PROJECT TO REMODEL AND UPDATE THE FACILITY.
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