MINNESOTA LEGISLATORS HEARD THIS WEEK THAT A PROJECTED BUDGET SURPLUS HAS TURNED INTO A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT, MOSTLY DUE TO THE COVID CRISIS.
PAT GAROFALO (R/ FARMINGTON) IS THE REPUBLICAN LEAD ON THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE SAYS WHATEVER BUDGET DECISIONS ARE MADE WON’T BE POPULAR.
DFL’ER LIZ OLSON OF DULUTH IS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE; SHE SAYS CUTS MADE BY PAST ADMINISTRATIONS ARE NOW SURFACING.
ABSENTEE VOTING CONTINUES AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL TODAY AND MONDAY FOR A BOND REFERENDUM, WHICH COULD RAISE ABOUT FORTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR A RENOVATION PROJECT.
A YES VOTE ON THE TWO BALLOT QUESTIONS WILL IMPACT LOCAL PROPERTY TAXPAYERS.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA IS THE SECOND BEST STATE IN THE NATION FOR WORKING MOMS, BASED ON THINGS LIKE MEDIAN WOMEN’S SALARIES AND DAY-CARE QUALITY.
MASSACHUSETTS IS NUMBER ONE AND NORTH DAKOTA 14TH.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, ARE LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES IT’S WEEKLY MEETINGS ON THE COVID-19 RESPONSE MONDAY EVENING.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, HEARD FROM HIGHWAY ENGINEER BRIAN KETRING – WHO SAID OVERLAY PROJECTS ON COUNTY ROADS EIGHT AND TWELVE SHOULD START LATER THIS MONTH.
ROSEAU POLICE CHIEF WARD ANDERSON RELEASED HIS 2019 ANNUAL REPORT THIS WEEK,
SAYING LAST YEAR WAS “PRETTY MUCH STATUS QUO” FOR THE ROSEAU P.D.
ANDERSON SAID SNOW REMOVAL TICKETS AND DOMESTIC INCIDENTS WERE BOTH DOWN IN 2019 IN THE CITY.
PATRICK MADER OF NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA HAS RELEASED A FOLLOWUP TO HIS “MINNESOTA GOLD” BOOK CALLED “MORE MINNESOTA GOLD”.
BOTH BOOKS FEATURE CONVERSATIONS WITH MINNESOTANS WHO HAVE COMPETED IN THE OLYMPICS AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS;
AND THE NEW BOOK FEATURES ROSEAU’S DON AND GARY ROSS, HOCKEY OLYMPIANS IN THE 1960’S AND 1970’S.
A BOOK LAUNCH SCHEDULED LAST MONTH IN EDINA WAS POSTPONED BY CORONAVIRUS.
NO SERVICES ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME FOR DONALD KAML OF GREENBUSH.
DONALD KAML DIED TUESDAY AT AGE 77.
STEVENS AND LAKE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA HAVE HAD CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS BRINGING THE NUMBER OF COUNTIES WITHOUT A CONFIRMED CASE DOWN TO THREE; ONE OF THOSE THREE IS LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.
LOW TEMPERATURES EACH MORNING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WILL BE BELOW THIRTY DEGREES, AND HIGH TEMPS WILL ONLY BE IN THE UPPER FORTIES AND LOW FIFTIES.
AFTER SOME WARMER WEATHER IN LATE APRIL, THE MONTH OF MAY HAS BEEN UNUSUALLY COOL.
TIM LYNCH, AT THE GRAND FORKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
LYNCH SAYS TEMPERATURES SHOULD GET INTO THE UPPER FIFTIES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, BUT TOMORROW’S FISHING OPENER COULD BE LESS THAN PLEASANT.
THERE WILL BE LANE CLOSURES AND TRAFFIC DELAYS IN THIEF RIVER FALLS STARTING TODAY AS PENNINGTON COUNTY CREWS START CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHWAY 32 ROUNDABOUT.
POLARIS INDUSTRIES IN ROSEAU IS LOOKING FOR STUDENTS FOR SUMMER WORK.
THOSE STUDENTS MUST BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD.
Last modified: 05/08/2020
