ROSEAU COUNTY AUDITOR MARTIE MONSRUD WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST OF ELECTION EQUIPMENT FEBRUARY 26TH ( 1 PM ) AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY COURTHOUSE BOARDROOM.
THAT EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED IN THE MARCH 3RD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
TWENTY YEAR OLD DARIANN LEIGH OF KARLSTAD WAS NOMINATED FOR TWO MIDWEST C.M.A. AWARDS;
FOR NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR, AND FOR MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR FOR HER SONG “GIVE ME A MINUTE”.
DARIANN LEIGH HAS PERFORMED AT ROSEAU’S RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO CONCERTS IN RECENT YEARS.
A ROLLOVER SATURDAY EAST OF ROSEAU SENT THE DRIVER TO A GRAND FORKS HOSPITAL WITH LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. 63 YEAR OLD GREGORY PETERSON OF LANCASTER WAS PULLING A SNOWMOBILE TRAILER WHEN THE VEHICLE SLID ON A CURVE AND ROLLED IN THE DITCH. THREE PASSENGERS (RICHARD NICHOLSON AND CRYSTAL PETERSON OF LANCASTER, AND LUCINDA HANSON OF EULESS, TEXAS) WERE NOT HURT.
A NEW BOOK CALLED “INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURS OF NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA” FEATURES PEOPLE LIKE EDGAR HETTEEN AND DAVID JOHNSON, WHO FOUNDED POLARIS.
REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN FABIAN OF ROSEAU HAS INTRODUCED BILLS WHICH WOULD MEMORIALIZE PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 11 AND 310 IN HONOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
THEY’RE ROBERT LOBDELL, WHO WAS KILLED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1928 NEAR ROSEAU WHILE TRYING TO ARREST A SUSPECT,
AND DEPUTY RICHARD MAGNUSSON, WHO WAS KILLED IN AUGUST 1978 AFTER STOPPING A CAR THAT HAD GONE THROUGH THE CLOSED PORT OF ENTRY NORTH OF ROSEAU.
THE EFFORT WAS STARTED BY BORDER PATROL AGENT BOB TUTTLE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING FOR JAMES LOCKEN OF GREENBUSH. HE WAS 80.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES STENNES OF BAUDETTE IS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BAUDETTE.
JAMES STENNES WAS 77.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR BETTY DALLY OF BAUDETTE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION IS THIS EVENING (5-7 PM) WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK DEVOTIONAL SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN BAUDETTE.
BETTY DALLY WAS 91.
LAKE OF THE WOODS TOURISM HAS JOINED A PROMOTIONAL EFFORT WITH KEY WEST, FLORIDA FOR A FISHING TRIP GIVEAWAY.
CALLED THE NORTHERNMOST TO SOUTHERNMOST FISHING TRIP, THE WINNER GETS ANGLING VACATIONS TO LAKE OF THE WOODS AND THE FLORIDA KEYS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY MUSEUM HOSTS A TRAVELING SMITHSONIAN EXHIBITION THIS FALL CALLED “THE WAY WE WORKED”.
THE 2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS UNDERWAY IN ST PAUL.
THE ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA COUNTIES IS AMONG THE ORGANIZATIONS ADVOCATING AT THE CAPITOL; WHERE LEGISLATORS ARE DIVIDED MOSTLY ALONG PARTY LINES.
A.M.C. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JULIE RING SAYS THE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT URBAN/RURAL DIVIDE IS MOSTLY A MYTH AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED THE HIRES OF JARED MAGNUSSON AND LEAH MELGARD AS BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL WORKERS.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, RECOGNIZED JOSEPHINE AND ABRAM HINSON; THE SIBLINGS FINISHED IN THE TOP TEN IN A REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS SOME FLOODING IS LIKELY IN ROSEAU COUNTY THIS SPRING.
GREG GUST, AT THE GRAND FORKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
ROSEAU COUNTY EXPERIENCED RECORD-SETTING RAINFALL LAST FALL.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS FORECASTING NET FARM INCOME TO GO UP BY THREE-POINT-THREE PERCENT THIS YEAR.
AT THE SAME TIME, U.S.D.A. EXPECTS NET CASH FARM INCOME TO DROP BY NINE PERCENT; AND DIRECT GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS TO FARMERS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BY NEARLY NINE BILLION DOLLARS.
‘WIC’ CLINICS ARE TODAY IN WARREN; TOMORROW IN KARLSTAD; AND WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AT LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU.
AN ANNUAL WANNASKA LIONS FISHING DERBY WAS SATURDAY AT HAYES LAKE STATE PARK.
THAT STATE PARK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1967; THE MOST RECENT PARK MANAGER WAS JACK PELLINEN, WHO’S NOW MANAGING STATE PARKS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.
Last modified: 02/17/2020
