THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WEBSITE NOW SAYS ROSEAU COUNTY HAS NINE CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES. THE THREE NEWEST CASES WERE CONFIRMED BY MAYO CLINIC AFTER INITIAL POSITIVE TESTS DONE AT LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU.
LAKE OF THE WOODS REMAINS THE ONLY COUNTY IN MINNESOTA WITHOUT A CONFIRMED CASE.
LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS ABOUT WHAT TO DO IF YOU’VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A PERSON CONFIRMED TO HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS; CLOSE CONTACT EXPOSURE IS DEFINED AS BEING WITHIN SIX FEET OF A COVID-POSITIVE PERSON FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES. THE PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATION IS FOURTEEN DAYS OF QUARANTINE.
THE CITY OF GREENBUSH WILL GET ONE-POINT-ONE MILLION DOLLARS, AND THE CITY OF ROSEAU 625 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM;
WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
JOHN WYNNE, OF WYNNE CONSULTING, WROTE THE GRANT APPLICATION AND SAYS IT IS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
BOTH CITIES GET MONEY FOR HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL REHAB, AND GREENBUSH ALSO GETS A GRANT FOR STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND IS NEARLY HERE.
CARMA HANSON, WITH SAFE KIDS/ GRAND FORKS, SAYS CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS SHOULD BE A FACTOR IN PLANNING HOLIDAY GET-TOGETHERS; AND FIREWORKS ARE ALWAYS A CONSIDERATION.
CARMA HANSON SAYS FIREWORKS ARE BEST LEFT TO PROFESSIONALS.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED MOVING FORWARD ON CLEARING A PROPERTY ON 4TH AVENUE NORTHEAST.
THE BOARD RESCINDED AN EARLIER MOTION TO SEEK BIDS FOR THE HOUSE ON THAT PROPERTY.
A FAMILY CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR JAMES SORENSEN OF BAUDETTE IS JULY 24TH.
JAMES SORENSEN WAS 88.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR RON JOHNSON OF ROOSEVELT IS SATURDAY, JULY 11TH (11 A.M.) AT THE UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN WARROAD.
RON JOHNSON WAS 65.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR ALVINA LUNDSTEN OF WILLIAMS ARE SATURDAY, JULY 11TH (3 PM) AT THE WILLIAMS CITY PARK.
ALVINA LUNDSTEN DIED IN APRIL AT AGE 81.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA IS THE FOURTH MOST INDEPENDENT STATE.
THAT SELF-SUFFICIENCY RATING IS BASED ON MEASURES LIKE HOW DEPENDENT RESIDENTS ARE ON THE GOVERNMENT FOR FINANCES, AND FOR PERSONAL VICES.
UTAH, VIRGINIA AND COLORADO ARE THE TOP THREE MOST INDEPENDENT; THE MOST DEPENDENT STATES, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE ARE KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, ALASKA AND MISSISSIPPI.
NORTH DAKOTA IS 26TH.
THE ROSEAU ROYALS ARE UNBEATEN THROUGH FOUR GAMES.
THE RESURRECTED ROYALS HADN’T HAD A TEAM THE PAST TWO SUMMERS, BEFORE NATHAN VOLL BROUGHT THEM BACK THIS SUMMER.
THE ROYALS HAVE ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE PLAYERS ON THEIR ROSTER, INCLUDING SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR BABE RUTH TEAM, AND SEVERAL PLAYERS FROM PUERTO RICO.
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