THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION THIS EVENING; ONE OF THEIR WEEKLY WEBEX MEETINGS DEALING WITH COVID-19 RESPONSE.
ROSEAU MAYOR JEFF PELOWSKI’S MESSAGE TO RESIDENTS LAST WEEK WAS “STAY CALM, TAKE IT DAY BY DAY, AND FOLLOW THE STAY AT HOME ORDERS”.
7TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN COLLIN PETERSON SAYS U.S. AGRICULTURE SECRETARY SONNY PERDUE IS HAVING STAFF LOOK AT WHICH COMMODITIES HAVE BEEN MOST DAMAGED BY THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
PETERSON IS CHAIR OF THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS NINE-AND-A-HALF BILLION DOLLARS TO HELP FARMERS WEATHER THE CORONAVIRUS.
THERE HAVE BEEN PRODUCT SHORTAGES AT MINNESOTA GROCERY STORES DURING THE PANDEMIC, NOTABLY EGGS AND TOILET PAPER.
GARY GRONDAHL SAYS BUSINESS HAS BEEN BRISK AT SUPER ONE.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub HAS UPDATED IT’S LIST OF STATES WITH THE BIGGEST UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES, AS A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC,
WITH LOUISIANA, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VIRGINIA ATOP THE LIST.
NORTH DAKOTA IS 9TH, AND MINNESOTA 34TH, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE.
MINNESOTA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE EDUCATING KIDS VIA DISTANCE LEARNING AFTER GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ORDERED PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ONE EDUCATION ADVOCACY GROUP, ED-ALLIES, SAYS SOME STUDENTS MAY BE FALLING BEHIND.
JOSH CROSSON, FROM ED-ALLIES, SAYS SOME FAMILIES DON’T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS, OR A PARENT’S JOB SITUATION DOESN’T ALLOW THEM TO ENSURE THEIR CHILD’S SCHOOL WORK IS GETTING DONE.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS BEEN MAKING VISITS TO LONGTERM CARE FACILITIES AND NURSING HOMES SINCE CORONAVIRUS HIT THE STATE,
REVIEWING INFECTION CONTROL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
M.D.H. WAS AT LIFECARE ROSEAU MANOR LAST WEEK; CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER SHANNON CARLSON SAYS THE NURSING HOME RECEIVED PRAISE FOR IT’S PROTOCOLS,
WHICH MAY BE IN PLACE FOR MONTHS.
HALL OF FAME SNOWMOBILE RACER STAN HAYES DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH AT AGE 69.
HAYES WAS PART OF THE POLARIS RACING TEAM; HE WON THE EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AS A TEENAGER IN 1964;
AND ALSO WON SNOWMOBILE RACING’S UNOFFICIAL TRIPLE CROWN.
HAYES WAS INDUCTED IN THE SNOWMOBILE HALL OF FAME IN 1988.
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