THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS APPROVED ROSEAU’S GRANT REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR A WALKING BRIDGE OVER THE DAM NORTH OF HIGHWAY ELEVEN. THERE HAD BEEN A WALKING BRIDGE AT THAT SITE UNTIL THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. ALTERED THE MAKEUP OF THE DAM.
A WARROAD GRANT REQUEST FOR THE ROSEAU TO WARROAD RAIL TRAIL WAS REJECTED, AS THE COMMITTEE SAID MOTORIZED TRAILS WERE NOT ELIGIBLE.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS ROSEAU COUNTY ADDED 53 NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS CASES LAST WEEK, FOR A TOTAL OF 1775 CASES SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
THAT MAKES 106 NEW CASES SINCE THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY, OR NEARLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES IN JANUARY (WHEN ROSEAU COUNTY ADDED 57).
VOTING IS UNDERWAY FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S NAME A SNOWPLOW CONTEST, AT THE MINN-DOT WEBSITE. THERE ARE FIFTY FINALISTS FROM AMONG NEARLY 24 THOUSAND SUBMISSIONS.
THREE INTERNATIONAL FALLS TEENAGERS WERE INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR GIANT’S RIDGE AT BIWABIK. THE DRIVER, 18 YEAR OLD JUSTIN BESCH, WAS NOT HURT; BUT TWO PASSENGERS – 17 YEAR OLD LUCIE KENNEDY AND 18 YEAR OLD MADILYN LORENSON WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. NEITHER PASSENGER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR JESSIE KNUTSON OF ROSEAU, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID GUIDELINES, IS WEDNESDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT ROSE FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH, WEST OF ROSEAU.
JESSIE KNUTSON WAS 93.
THE MINNESOTA SENATE IS CONSIDERING A BILL FROM REPUBLICAN BILL WEBER WHICH WOULD TAKE MUTUAL AID PAYMENTS FROM THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS’ LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID PAYMENT, TO COVER COSTS OF KEEPING THE PEACE DURING THE DEREK CHAUVIN MURDER TRIAL.
HE’S THE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH KILLING GEORGE FLOYD LAST MAY.
GOVERNOR TIM WALZ HAD PROPOSED 35 MILLION STATE DOLLARS TO HELP WITH THE POLICING COSTS DURING THE TRIAL.
WHILE ROSEAU SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN DIFFICULT DECISIONS RELATED TO COVID-19 WITHIN THE DISTRICT, HE’S ALSO BEEN PART OF SIMILARLY DIFFICULT DECISIONS BY THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE REGARDING PREP SPORTS.
THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT’S WEBINAR SERIES ON FINDING BALANCE CONTINUES WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A PRESENTATION ON MENTAL WELL-BEING IN THE MIDST OF COVID ISOLATION.
FOOD SHELVES IN MINNESOTA ARE SEEING INCREASING DEMAND FROM OLDER RESIDENTS.
HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA SAYS THERE WERE NEARLY FOUR MILLION VISITS TO FOODSHELVES IN THE STATE LAST YEAR; THAT’S A SIX PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
COLLEEN MORIARTY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA, SAYS THERE WAS A THIRTY-ONE PERCENT INCREASE IN FOOD SHELF VISITS BY SENIORS LAST YEAR.
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