KRIS COMPTON HAS COMPLETED HER TERM AS ACTING CHAIR OF THE BOARD FOR ALTRU AND WILL RETIRE ON MAY 31. KAREN THINGELSTAD HAS BEEN ELECTED TO SERVE AS ITS NEW CHAIR, EFFECTIVE AS OF APRIL 26. COMPTON HAS SERVED ON THAT BOARD SINCE 2009. KAREN THINGELSTAD IS THE RECENTLY RETIRED VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO FOR MINNKOTA POWER COOPERATIVE. KEITH OKESON OF LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IS A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
FARMERS IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE DRY CONDITIONS TO GET THEIR PLANTING DONE EARLIER THAN NORMAL, AND SIGNIFICANTLY EARLIER THAN A YEAR AGO. ONE FARMER SAID LAST YEAR THEY DIDN’T EVEN START UNTIL MAY 17TH, AND THIS YEAR HE ALREADY HAS HIS ENTIRE WHEAT CROP AND FORTY PERCENT OF HIS CORN PLANTED.
GOVERNOR WALZ YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED A TIMELINE THAT WILL DIAL BACK COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ON TWO DATES, AND ELIMINATE THEM AND THE MASK MANDATE ON JULY 1.
EFFECTIVE TODAY IS AN ELIMINATION ON OUTDOOR CAPACITY LIMITS AND MASK REQUIREMENT EXCEPT AT LARGE VENUES, AND ALSO ELIMINATES THE EARLIER CLOSING TIME FOR BARS AND RESTAURANTS.
ON MAY 28TH, ALL CAPACITY LIMITS WILL GO AWAY, WITH A MASKS STILL NEEDED AT LARGE VENUES.
THE THIRD AND FINAL STEP IS EITHER A 70 PERCENT VACCINATION RATE IN THE STATE, OR JULY 1, WHICHEVER ARRIVES FIRST. AT THAT POINT THE MASK MANDATE ENDS, AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS CAN SET THEIR OWN POLICIES.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BURKEL ISSUED A STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR’S REMARKS, STILL EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT IN WALZ “CLINGING TO HIS EMERGENCY POWERS.”
AS COUNTIES, STATES, AND THE COUNTRY NOW BEGINS TO BATTLE VACCINE RELUCTANCE, NORTH DAKOTA IS REPORTING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT RETURNING FOR THEIR SECOND DOSE. ABOUT 9,300 NORTH DAKOTANS, OR 3.9% OF THOSE WHO GOT A FIRST DOSE OF THE PFIZER OR MODERNA VACCINE, DID NOT RETURN WITHIN SIX WEEKS FOR THE RECOMMENDED SECOND SHOT. MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE VACCINATED IN THE UNITED STATES, MAKING UP 8% OF THOSE WHO GOT THE FIRST JAB, HAVE SKIPPED THEIR SECOND DOSES
TOMORROW IS THE CITY WIDE RUMMAGE SALE IN ROSEAU. YOU CAN PRINT A MAP AND LIST OF ADDRESSES FROM THE GO ROSEAU FACEBOOK PAGE, OR COPIES ARE AVAILABLE AT SUPER ONE, NORTHERN RESOURCES, HOLIDAY, AND THE CITY CENTER.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR MARY MATTSON AND JON JOHNSON, BOTH OF ROSEAU, WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (2 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR KENNETH SYLSKAR SR. WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (10:30 AM) AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE AN HOUR PRIOR WITH INTERMENT AT FLORIAN CEMETERY. KENNETH SYLSKAR WAS 71.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR BARBARA M. MCFARLANE OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD MONDAY ( 1 PM) AT MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE HELD SUNDAY (5:00-7:00) AT MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH, AND ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL BE AT BARNETT NATIONAL CEMETERY IN BADGER.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FLOYD MOREY OF WANNASKA WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY (10 AM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION WILL BE SUNDAY EVENING (5:00-7:00) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. FLOYD MOREY WAS 87.
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