THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS SUSPENDED THE LIQUOR LICENSE OF THE BOARDWALK BAR IN EAST GRAND FORKS FOR SIXTY DAYS;
AFTER THAT BUSINESS REMAINED OPEN IN DEFIANCE OF MINNESOTA CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS VIRTUAL ONLINE OPEN HOUSES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE 11TH OF JANUARY;
FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON A HIGHWAY ELEVEN PROJECT BETWEEN ROSEAU AND WARROAD, SCHEDULED FOR 2023.
MINN-DOT HIGHWAY ENGINEER JEFF ERICKSON SAYS THE PLAN INCLUDES RESURFACING, ADDITIONAL TURN LANES ON THE RIDGE WEST OF WARROAD, AND A REALIGNMENT OF THE HIGHWAY NEAR THE ROSEAU AIRPORT.
THE INITIAL PLAN WAS TO SIMPLY STRAIGHTEN THE HIGHWAY EAST OF ROSEAU, BUT MINN-DOT AERONAUTICS OBJECTED, SAYING THE ROAD WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST WEEK, HEARD THAT END-OF-YEAR FINANCIALS SHOULD BE BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
THE CITY OF ROSEAU HAS ABOUT SEVEN-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH RESERVES.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED A MILDER AND DRIER WINTER THAN NORMAL SO FAR;
BUT THE OLD FARMERS ALMANAC SAYS THAT WON’T LAST.
SARAH PERREAULT IS A SENIOR EDITOR FOR THE OLD FARMERS ALMANAC, WHICH ANNUALLY MAKES WEATHER PREDICTIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES; AND CLAIMS AN EIGHTY PERCENT ACCURACY RATE.
U.S.D.A. RURAL DEVELOPMENT IS LOOKING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANTS,
WHICH WOULD FUND BROADBAND BUILDOUT IN UNSERVED RURAL AREAS.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 23RD.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARIANNE KRISTOFFERSON OF SALOL, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID GUIDELINES, IS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN SALOL. VISITATION IS THURSDAY EVENING (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
MARIANNE KRISTOFFERSON WAS 89.
A PRIVATE BURIAL FOR MARY MATTSON OF ROSEAU WILL BE AT FALUN CEMETERY. A PUBLIC MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD NEXT SPRING.
MARY MATTSON WAS 95.
A GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR JEANNINE NELSON OF ROSEAU IS SATURDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT SPRUCE CEMETERY.
JEANNINE NELSON WAS 89.
LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH HAS A FLU SHOT CLINIC TOMORROW EVENING (4:30 – 7 PM) AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER.
APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUESTED, BUT A WALK-IN LINE IS AVAILABLE.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED 1518 CONFIRMED COVID CASES IN ROSEAU COUNTY SINCE APRIL, AND NINE DEATHS.
THAT TOTAL CASE NUMBER IS 130 MORE THAN A WEEK AGO.
MEANWHILE, THE FIRST CORONAVIRUS VACCINATIONS WILL HAPPEN TODAY IN PARTS OF THE U.S.; AND ROSEAU COUNTY COULD GET SOME COVID VACCINES NEXT WEEK;
BUT ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER SUE GRAFSTROM SAYS GETTING A SHOT IS NOT A BE-ALL, END-ALL.
THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION HAS HOUSING STABILIZATION GRANTS FOR COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE ENBRIDGE LINE THREE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THAT’S FOR PEOPLE WHOSE ATTEMPTS TO FIND HOUSING ARE IN COMPETITION WITH THE HIGH-WAGE TEMPORARY WORKERS CONNECTED TO THE ENBRIDGE WORK. THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY.
Last modified: 12/14/2020
