THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NOW SAYS ROSEAU COUNTY HAS SIXTEEN CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS.
THAT’S TEN MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO.
ROSEAU COUNTY’S FIRST CONFIRMED COVID CASE WAS IN EARLY APRIL.
LAKE OF THE WOODS REMAINS THE ONLY MINNESOTA COUNTY WITHOUT A CONFIRMED CASE.
60 YEAR OLD MARTIN PLAISTED OF HIBBING WAS KILLED IN AN A-T-V CRASH SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN NASHWAUK TOWNSHIP IN ITASCA COUNTY.
PLAISTED WAS DRIVING IN A DITCH ALONG HIGHWAY 65, ROLLED OVER AND WAS TRAPPED BENEATH THE SUBMERGED A-T-V.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA GUIDELINES, FOR MARISA RASMUSSON OF GREENBUSH IS THIS EVENING FROM FIVE TO SEVEN P.M. (WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
MARISA RASMUSSON WAS 48.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS THIS EVENING.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY’LL TALK ABOUT A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE LARSEN PROPERTY AT THE NORTH END OF THE CITY.
DEATHS FROM COVID-19 IN MINNESOTA LONGTERM CARE FACILITIES REMAIN THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS IN THE STATE.
MARK BERTILRUD, AT THE WARROAD SENIOR LIVING CENTER, SAYS THOSE LONGTERM DEATH NUMBERS ARE MISLEADING.
THE CITY OF ROSEAU IS GETTING A 625 THOUSAND DOLLAR SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT GRANT FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
TO BE USED FOR HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL REHABILITATION.
JOHN WYNNE, WHO WROTE THE GRANT, SAYS IT’S THE SECOND ROSEAU HAS RECEIVED IN THE PAST TEN YEARS.
ABSENTEE BALLOTING FOR THE AUGUST PRIMARY ELECTION STARTED JUST OVER A WEEK AGO IN MINNESOTA.
AT THIS POINT, ABSENTEE VOTERS WON’T NEED A WITNESS AS SECRETARY OF STATE STEVE SIMON IS WAIVING THAT REQUIREMENT.
THE MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYS THE RULE IS A SAFEGUARD AGAINST VOTER FRAUD.
THE AUGUST PRIMARY BALLOT INCLUDES THREE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR THE MINNESOTA HOUSE DISTRICT 1A SEAT, BEING VACATED BY THE RETIREMENT OF DAN FABIAN.
THOSE THREE CANDIDATES ARE JOHN BURKEL OF BADGER, DAVID LION OF THIEF RIVER FALLS AND BRIAN MEEHAN OF ROSEAU.
Last modified: 07/06/2020
