THE CITY OF ROSEAU NEWSLETTER, THE HOMETOWN UPDATE, WAS MAILED RECENTLY. ONE UPDATE WAS IN REGARDS TO CITY GARBAGE COLLECTION THAT WILL SEE CHANGES PHASED IN OVER THE COURSE OF 2025. THE CITY NOW HAS A GARBAGE TRUCK WITH THE HYDRAULIC HARM TO LIFT AND DUMP GARBAGE, WHICH MEANS EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO USE A UNIFORM TRASH CAN. THOSE ROLLER CANS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CITY, BUT NOW ONLY GARBAGE FITTING WITHIN THE CANS WILL BE ABLE TO BE COLLECTED. THE CITY IS WORKING ON A PLAN AS TO HOW TO COLLECT LARGER ITEMS.
REPRESENTATIVE MICHELLE FISHBACH OVER THE WEEKEND ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL SEE RE-ELECTION FOR HER SEAT IN THE 2026 ELECTION CYCLE. IT WOULD BE A FOURTH TERM FOR FISHBACH WHO FIRST WON ELECTION IN 2020. ERIK OSBERG, A DEMOCRAT FROM WADENA, HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO RUN FOR THAT SEAT.
TIP UP FISHING ON LAKE OF THE WOODS WAS FEATURED IN A BRAD DOKKEN COLUMN IN THE GRAND FORKS HERALD. HE TOOK IN THE EXPERIENCE WITH ALAN PETERSON OF WARROAD, WHO MAKES IT A POINT EVERY SPRING TO GO AFTER LARGE PIKE IN SHALLOW WATERS. HE SAYS THE LAKE HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD FOR THAT SORT OF THING. PETERSON, NOW 30, IS A 2013 WARROAD HIGH SCHOOL GRAD. HE ALSO HAS A YOUTUBE CHANNEL CALLED “NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2”.
ON THURSDAY LAST WEEK, 23 YEAR OLD JORDAN HANSON WAS ARRESTED FOR A SUSPECTED MURDER IN HALLOCK. SHE IS BEING HELD IN THE KITTSON COUNTY JAIL. THEY RECEIVED A CALL FOR A DECEASED MALE, SUSPECTED FOUL PLAY, AND TOOK HER INTO CUSTODY. THE VICTIM WAS EVENTUALLY IDENTIFIED AS JUSTIN ESPARZA.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MET FOR A WORK SESSION THIS PAST MONDAY, WHERE AN INITIAL PRESENTATION FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR BUDGET WAS MADE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS A REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING TODAY.
MORE MAJOR ROAD WORK WILL BE DONE IN WARROAD THIS SUMMER, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT AT HIGHWAY 11 AND 313 AND A REPLACEMENT OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE WARROAD RIVER. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DOES HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE NEXT TUESDAY FROM 3-5 PM AT THE WARROAD CITY HALL FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE.
A Funeral Service for Douglas K. Steinbring of Warroad, MN will be held on Monday, March 17, 2025 at 1:00PM at Zion Lutheran Church in Warroad, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at a later date.
Douglas passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at the age of 79.
Last modified: 03/17/2025
