THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, MEETING A WEEK AGO, APPROVED SLIGHT INCREASES IN WATER AND GARBAGE RATES FOR 2021.
THE COUNCIL WOULD APPARENTLY MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE ELECTRIC RATE LATER THIS YEAR, IF WHOLESALE POWER PRICES GO UP.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, MET WITH GARY WEIERS FROM DAVID DROWN ASSOCIATES; WEIERS IS WORKING ON RECRUITING A HIGHWAY ENGINEER FOR THE COUNTY.
STATE STATUTE REQUIRES COUNTIES TO EMPLOY A HIGHWAY ENGINEER, AND ROSEAU COUNTY HAS BEEN WITHOUT AN ENGINEER SINCE BRIAN KETRING LEFT FOR A JOB WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LAST SPRING.
THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE POSITION SHOWS A SALARY RANGE BETWEEN 115 AND 140 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED THIRTEEN NEW CONFIRMED COVID CASES IN ROSEAU COUNTY OVER THE PAST WEEK, FOR A TOTAL OF 1654 SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN IN THE COUNTY LAST APRIL.
THOSE THIRTEEN CASES ARE THE LOWEST WEEKLY TOTAL IN THE COUNTY IN MONTHS.
THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS SINCE THE BRIEF TAKEOVER OF THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING EARLIER THIS MONTH TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS, AND WHERE THEY CAN GET CREDIBLE AND RELIABLE NEWS INFORMATION.
JOHN SILVA, WITH THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT, SAYS POLITICAL GROUPS PREY ON PEOPLE’S FEARS TO THE POINT THAT RATIONAL THOUGHT IS ABANDONED.
SILVA’S ORGANIZATION PROVIDES EDUCATORS WITH TOOLS TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT HOW TO FIND TRUSTWORTHY NEWS SOURCES.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED HIRING IVY BRAATEN FOR A HEALTH AIDE POSITION, TO WORK WITH SCHOOL NURSE BETH ULVIN.
BRAATEN WOULD WORK FOUR DAYS A WEEK FOR THE SCHOOL, PRIMARILY ON CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS PARTNERING WITH CRIME STOPPERS OF MINNESOTA.
CRIME STOPPERS HAS EXISTED SINCE 1979; IT’S BOARD CHAIR, BOB DENNISTOUN, SAYS THEY HAVE AN IMPACT.
CRIME STOPPERS TAKES ANONYMOUS TIPS, AND PAYS A REWARD TO TIPSTERS AS SOME CASES ARE SOLVED.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR FRED ERICKSON OF BAUDETTE. FRED ERICKSON WAS 84.
PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE FOR KAREN GLADSON OF BAUDETTE. KAREN GLADSON WAS 70.
TIMOTHY TVEIT DIED LAST MONDAY AT HIS HOME IN ST PAUL.
A FORMER ROOSEVELT RESIDENT, TIM TVEIT WAS 54.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS A TEMPORARY COVID-19 TESTING SITE AT THE BOB WALLS MEMORIAL UNION HALL IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS THIS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
Last modified: 01/18/2021
