A WARMER THAN NORMAL START TO THE WINTER SEASON DELAYED THE ICE FISHING SEASON ON LAKE OF THE WOODS, BUT TIM HILL – AT ROCK HARBOR LODGE AT ROCKY POINT – SAYS THE HARD WATER SEASON IS UNDERWAY, BUT ANGLERS MUST PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
THE WARROAD COME TOGETHER FACEBOOK PAGE WILL BE SHOWCASING LOCAL STORIES FROM EACH MONTH OF 2020 STARTING TODAY. THE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN IS INTENDED TO HIGHLIGHT THE MANY STORIES OF GOOD WITHIN THE WARROAD COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST YEAR,
INCLUDING NEW BUSINESSES THAT STARTED DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND THE WARROAD BOYS HOCKEY TEAM’S APPEARANCE AT HOCKEY DAY/ MINNESOTA IN MINNEAPOLIS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS HIRED DAVID DROWN AND ASSOCIATES TO HELP THE COUNTY FIND A HIGHWAY ENGINEER.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAS BEEN WITHOUT AN ENGINEER SINCE LAST SPRING, WHEN BRIAN KETRING LEFT FOR A JOB WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA REQUIRES COUNTIES TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED DISTRICT EMPLOYMENT OF VONDA DANIELSON AS A PART-TIME SCHOOL NURSE.
THAT APPROVAL IS REQUIRED WHEN THE DISTRICT EMPLOYS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. IS TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS THROUGH JANUARY 13TH ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET FOR THE PROPOSED ROSEAU LAKE REHABILITATION AND SPRAGUE CREEK WETLAND RESTORATION PROJECTS.
WARROAD’S GENO HENDRICKSON HAS SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT TO PLAY COLLEGE HOCKEY NEXT WINTER AT FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
COACH DAVE STOCKDALE SAYS HIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL IN RECRUITING MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS.
THE RAVENS’ ROSTER INCLUDES THREE PLAYERS FROM MINNESOTA AND FIVE FROM WISCONSIN.
A RECENT MINNPOST STORY SAYS 88% OF SMALL TOWN GROCERS WORRY ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THEIR BUSINESS.
THE STORY FEATURES COREY AND KET CHRISTIANSON FROM KC’S COUNTRY MARKETS IN BADGER AND GREENBUSH;
AND CHUCK LINDNER, WHO CO-OWNS GROCERY STORES IN WARROAD, BAUDETTE AND PINE RIVER.
KATHY DRAEGER, THE STATEWIDE DIRECTOR FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA’S REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS, SAYS SMALL TOWN GROCERY STORES WERE STRUGGLING UNTIL MARCH OF 2020.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LAUNCH MINNESOTA WILL BE PART OF A NORTHWEST MINNESOTA REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE MONDAY.
AMONG THE INVITED ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE WARROAD DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT HUB AND THE LAKE OF THE WOODS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR IRVIN SCHMITKE OF THIEF RIVER FALLS IS THIS MORNING AT 10:30 AT THE FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU. BURIAL IS THIS AFTERNOON (1:30 PM) AT RINDAL CEMETERY IN RURAL VIKING, MINNESOTA.
IRVIN SCHMITKE WAS 84.
51 YEAR OLD TINA STEENERSON OF BEMIDJI SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES EARLY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY TWO, JUST WEST OF BEMIDJI.
STEENERSON’S PICKUP WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER PICKUP TOWING A TRAILER.
FOUR OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH WERE NOT HURT.
THE HIGHWAY WAS SNOW AND ICE COVERED.
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