THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS RELEASED IT’S 2020 NORTHWEST MINNESOTA PROFILE; WHICH SHOWED ROSEAU COUNTY’S MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME AT $ 59,644. THE STATEWIDE MEDIAN IS $ 68,411.
THE MEDIAN HOURLY WAGE ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IS $ 19.11; THAT’S FIFTH HIGHEST AMONG ELEVEN REGIONS IN MINNESOTA. THE HIGHEST PER HOUR WAGE (AND ONLY ONE OVER TWENTY DOLLARS AN HOUR) WAS $ 23.30 IN THE SEVEN COUNTY METRO AREA.
AN AUDIO/ VIDEO UPGRADE AT THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS (AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER) IS PLANNED FOR MID-JANUARY.
THAT UPGRADE WILL BE PAID FOR WITH “CARES” ACT DOLLARS.
MATTHEW AND MIRANDA GREEN OF GREENBUSH ARE REPRESENTING ROSEAU COUNTY THIS YEAR AND THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT IN THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM.
MATT GREEN IS A DAIRY FARMER AND FORMER ROSEAU COUNTY 4H’ER.
MATT AND JACKIE PRZEKWAS OF LANCASTER REPRESENT KITTSON COUNTY.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARIANNE KRISTOFFERSON OF SALOL, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID GUIDELINES, IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN SALOL. VISITATION IS THIS EVENING (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
MARIANNE KRISTOFFERSON WAS 89.
A NEW REPORT FROM THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION SAYS VULNERABLE FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC; THAT FIFTEEN PERCENT OF MINNESOTA HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN ARE FEELING DEPRESSED OR HOPELESS.
JENNIFER BERTRAM, WITH CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND/ MINNESOTA, SAYS DESPITE EFFORTS BY GOVERNMENT, THE NEED CONTINUES.
AFTER A SPIKE OF CONFIRMED COVID CASES IN ROSEAU COUNTY IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, WHEN THE COUNTY ADDED MORE THAN A THOUSAND NEW CASES, NUMBERS HAVE COME DOWN THIS WEEK.
THE NUMBER OF COVID TESTS ADMINISTERED AT LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO FELL BY MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED LAST WEEK, WHEN COMPARED WITH MID-NOVEMBER.
STILL, LIFECARE PHARMACIST AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST DOCTOR DAVE SIMMONS SAYS HOSPITALS ARE FACED WITH A CORONAVIRUS CRUNCH.
PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FOR BOB EASTMAN OF ROSEAU. THE FAMILY IS ENCOURAGING MESSAGES ON THE TRIBUTE WALL. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS ARE PREFERRED TO THE ROSEAU FOOD SHELF OR THE PEMBINA COUNTY FOOD SHELF.
BOB EASTMAN WAS A CHAMPION SNOWMOBILE RACER; HE WAS INDUCTED IN THE SNOWMOBILE HALL OF FAME IN 1988.
BOB EASTMAN WAS 79.
A PRIVATE BURIAL FOR JAMES HATCHER, JR OF WARROAD IS PLANNED FOR A LATER DATE.
JAMES HATCHER WAS 80.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN ELEVEN COVID-19 DEATHS IN ROSEAU COUNTY;
BUT JUST FIFTEEN NEW CASES HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE COUNTY THIS WEEK.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ HAS EASED SOME CORONAVIRUS-RELATED RESTRICTIONS, WITH YOUTH AND ADULT SPORTS ALLOWED TO PRACTICE STARTING JANUARY 4TH;
AND HIGH SCHOOL GAMES CAN RESUME STARTING JANUARY 14TH; WHICH WILL MEAN RE-SCHEDULING GAMES ORIGINALLY SET FOR DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY.
Last modified: 12/17/2020
