MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS, IN AN ONLINE VOTE, HAVE ENDORSED FORMER STATE SENATOR MICHELLE FISCHBACH OF PAYNESVILLE TO RUN AGAINST 7TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN COLLIN PETERSON (DFL/ DETROIT LAKES) IN NOVEMBER.
REPUBLICANS CHOSE FISHCHBACH OVER DAVE HUGHES OF KARLSTAD, WHO LOST IN CLOSE VOTES TO PETERSON IN THE PAST TWO ELECTIONS.
PETERSON IS SEEKING A 16TH TERM IN CONGRESS; HE SAID RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION BECAUSE AMERICA IS “SO POLARIZED RIGHT NOW”.
EIGHTY-ONE OF MINNESOTA’S EIGHTY-SEVEN COUNTIES NOW HAVE AT LEAST ONE CONFIRMED CASE OF CORONAVIRUS.
LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY REMAINS ONE OF THE SIX WITHOUT A CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID-19.
CASES ARE RELATIVELY FEW IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA; ROSEAU, KITTSON, KOOCHICHING, PENNINGTON AND RED LAKE ALL HAVE ONE CONFIRMED CASE (AND NO COVID-RELATED DEATHS).
MARSHALL COUNTY HAS FIVE CONFIRMED CASES; BELTRAMI HAS SIX; AND POLK COUNTY HAS FORTY-ONE.
ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE COVID-19 CRISIS HAS BEEN LOWERED JUVENILE DETENTION NUMBERS,
PARTLY DUE TO A NEED FOR REDUCED CONGREGATE POPULATIONS.
A SURVEY BY THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION SHOWED A 24% DROP IN THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE HELD IN LOCAL DETENTION CENTERS IN MARCH.
NATE BALIS, WITH THE FOUNDATION’S JUVENILE JUSTICE STRATEGY GROUP, SAID HE HOPES IT WILL LEAD TO A POLICY SHIFT AWAY FROM LOCKING TEENAGERS UP.
BALIS SAYS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RE-DIRECT FUNDING TO COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, AND AWAY FROM INCARCERATION.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, IN SPECIAL SESSION FRIDAY, SAID A MAY 31ST GRADUATION DATE REMAINS THE PLAN FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS;
WITH THE CEREMONY PLANNED FOR THE RAMS FOOTBALL FIELD ( TO ALLOW SOCIAL DISTANCING).
SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAID “GRADUATION WILL HAPPEN”.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MEETS AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS, AND MAY HAVE TO RE-ASSESS GRADUATION PLANS AT THAT TIME.
AT A COMMUNITY MEETING LAST WEEK, LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER OFFICIALS SAID THEY’RE HOPING TO RE-START ELECTIVE SURGERIES SOON. LIKE OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES IN MINNESOTA, LIFECARE’S REVENUE STREAM HAS BEEN DISRUPTED BY COVID-19.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS IN REGULAR SESSION THIS EVENING. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY’LL TALK ABOUT A RE-ZONING REQUEST FROM CARY AND JENNIFER OLSON FOR THE FORMER EAST SIDE GROCERY ON CENTER STREET.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS FIFTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF AMERICANS ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THE SURVEY SAID PEOPLE ARE SPENDING THE MOST NON-ESSENTIAL MONEY ON ENTERTAINMENT AND ALCOHOL.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW AT THE CITY CENTER;
AND CURBSIDE ABSENTEE VOTING CONTINUES AT THE SCHOOL.
J L G ARCHITECTS ARE WORKING ON PLANS FOR THE PROJECT; DAN MILLER (WITH J L G) SAYS REHABILITATION PROJECTS ARE COMMON FOR SCHOOLS.
MILLER SAYS CONSTRUCTION ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SCHOOL PROJECT COULD START LATER THIS MONTH OR EARLY NEXT IF THE VOTE PASSES NEXT WEEK.
CLEANUP WEEK IN THE CITY OF ROSEAU STARTS TODAY. THE CITY COMPOST SITE IS OPEN FROM MORNING UNTIL DARK; CITY CREWS WILL GOING AROUND TOWN WITH THE BRUSH CHIPPER TRUCK; AND OLD APPLIANCES, AND TV AND COMPUTER MONITORS CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE CITY SHOP ON WEST CENTER STREET (THERE IS A FIVE DOLLAR CHARGE TO DISPOSE OF THOSE ITEMS).
Last modified: 05/04/2020
