53 YEAR OLD STEVEN MILLION OF BAUDETTE WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (AT ABOUT 4:30 PM) ON HIGHWAY ELEVEN, AT THE INTERSECTION WITH KOOCHICHING COUNTY ROAD FOUR (EAST OF BAUDETTE).
MILLION WAS WESTBOUND WHEN THE CYCLE WENT INTO THE DITCH.
56 YEAR OLD DREW KOLBERG OF ROSEAU SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 50 YEAR OLD PERRY ROBERTS OF ROSEAU YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (AT ABOUT 3:30 PM).
KOLBERG WAS A PEDESTRIAN, AND WAS STRUCK IN A CROSSWALK AT HIGHWAY ELEVEN AND MAIN AVENUE IN ROSEAU.
ALTRU CLINIC IN ROSEAU WILL BE RETURNING TO ALL-DAY WELL PATIENT APPOINTMENTS NEXT TUESDAY, AND THEY’LL BE SEEING SICK PATIENTS IN THE AFTERNOON.
THERE HAD BEEN A SEPARATION OF THE TWO FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
ELECTIVE SURGERIES HAVE STARTED AGAIN AT LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU.
GABE MOONEY, WHO MANAGES ALTRU CLINICS IN ROSEAU AND GREENBUSH, SAYS THAT WILL HELP THE FISCAL BOTTOM LINE.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, APPROVED LIGHTED STOP SIGNS AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS FOUR AND SEVEN (NEAR THE GREENBUSH RACE PARK), AND ON COUNTY ROAD FIVE (SOUTH OF WARROAD); WHERE COMMISSIONERS SAY THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, THIS WEEK, HEARD A REQUEST THAT THE CITY RESTRICT FOOD TRUCKS IN ROSEAU THIS SUMMER TO LIMIT THE COMPETITION FOR STRUGGLING LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
THE STATE CURRENTLY LICENSES FOOD TRUCKS, AND AN ORDINANCE CHANGE IN THE CITY WOULD TAKE AT LEAST SIXTY DAYS.
CITY OFFICIALS SAID ANY DECISION WOULD BE CONTENTIOUS, DEPENDING ON PERSPECTIVE.
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
BROOKE HOMSTAD, A LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, SAYS FARMERS HAVE ADDED COVID CONCERNS TO THEIR ALREADY LONG LIST OF STRESSORS.
POLARIS OFFICIALS, AT AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS MEETING THIS WEEK, SAID THEY’RE DOING TEMPERATURE SCREENING OF EMPLOYEES 24/7, AND MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR EMPLOYEES.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, THIS WEEK, RATIFIED A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT WITH IT’S TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
THE BOARD ALSO RENEWED MEMBERSHIP IN THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.
MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, THIS WEEK, SAID THE LEGISLATURE HAS NO AUTHORITY TO CHANGE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TWO-AND-A-HALF PERCENT PAY RAISES FOR EMPLOYEES. THOSE RAISES ARE SCHEDULED TO GO INTO EFFECT IN JULY.
SENATE REPUBLICANS HAD VOTED TO STOP THOSE RAISES DUE TO COVID RELATED BUDGET CONCERNS.
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE PAT GAROFALO (FARMINGTON) SAID DIFFICULT DECISIONS SOMETIMES HAVE TO BE MADE.
Last modified: 05/22/2020
