ROSEAU ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE HAS A PLANNED POWER OUTAGE FOR TOMORROW, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 AM AND 2 PM THAT WILL AFFECT THE TOWNSHIPS OF DEWEY, HEREIM, LIND, DEER, HUSS, EAST PARK, HUNTLEY, AND COMO. THE GREENBUSH CARE CENTER AND CENTRAL BOILER WILL NOT BE AFFECTED. THERE ARE REPAIRS TO SUBSTATION EQUIPMENT THAT NEED TO BE PERFORMED.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED THAT TWO SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19. THEY ARE THE FIRST STAFF MEMBERS TO DIE FROM COVID IN THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. LAST YEAR, EIGHT STAFF AND ONE STUDENT PASSED AWAY ACCORDING TO STATE DATA. SINCE AUGUST OF 2020, THEY ASSOCIATE NEARLY 30,000 CASES OF COVID-19 WITH SCHOOLS.
THREE PEOPLED DIED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN AMTRAK’S EMPIRE BUILDER LEFT THE TRACKS NEAR JOPLIN, MONTANTA. THE EMPIRE BUILDER’S ROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO SEATTLE INCLUDES STOPS IN STAPLES, DETROIT LAKES, GRAND FORKS AND FARGO. IT WAS NOT KNOWN IF ANY PASSENGERS WERE FROM MINNESOTA OR NORTH DAKOTA, AND THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A LATEST POLL SHOWS THAT THE APPROVAL RATING FOR MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ HAS DROPPED BELOW 50%. ONLY 49% APPROVE, 44% DISAPPROVE, WHILE 7% WERE “ON THE FENCE”. IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT RESPONDENTS FROM MORE POPULOUS AREAS APPROVE, WHILE RURAL VOTERS TEND TO DISAPPROVE.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR DIANE KASTNER OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD THIS MORNING (11 AM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU, WITH VISITATION ONE HOUR PRIOR. DIANE KASTNER WAS 79.
A MALUNG SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL IS BEING HELD THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
THE ANNUAL BANQUET FOR THE ROSEAU RIVER CHAPTER OF THE MINNESOTA DEER HUNTERS ASSOCIATION IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 11TH.
Last modified: 09/27/2021
