HUNTERS SHOT FEWER TURKEYS THIS SPRING THAN IN 2020 IN BOTH MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN, AT LEAST IN PART BECAUSE FEWER HUNTERS WENT AFIELD. AMID THE PANDEMIC, LAST YEAR A RECORD NUMBER OF HUNTERS PROCEEDED TO KILL A RECORD NUMBER OF TURKEYS, 13,944. THIS YEAR HUNTER NUMBERS DROPPED BY 5000, BUT STILL MANGANGED TO A BAG 11,992 TURKEYS. THAT’S ROUGHLY AN 8% DROP IN HUNTERS AND A 14% DROP IN TURKEY HARVEST.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS HIRED DANIEL DAVIDSON AS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CO-DIRECTOR. DAVIDSON IS A RECENTLY RETIRED BLUE EARTH COUNTY CHIEF DEPUTY SHERIFF, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN AN ASSISTANT EMERGENCY MANAGER AND JAIL DISPATCH ADMINISTRATOR DURING HIS CAREER. SUE GRAFSTROM IS ROSEAU COUNTY’S EMERGENCY MANAGER.
ROSEAU COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES HAS HIRED KIERAH KIMBROUGH JENSON AS A FAMILY-BASED SERVICES WORKER. SHE IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION.
PROVISIONS SET FORTH BY SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR TO IMPROVE PASSENGER SAFETY AND COMBAT DISTRACTED DRIVING HAVE PASSED THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE AND WILL HEAD TO THE SENATE FLOOR. THESE WOULD EXPAND ON LAWS BANNING NON-NAVIGATIONAL MOBILE DEVICE USE AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON THE DNAGERS OF DISTRACTED DRIVING.
ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY FROM THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION, 94 PERCENT OF NURSING HOMES AND 81 PERCENT OF ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES ARE FACING A STAFFING SHORTAGE. MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THOSE SAID KEY STAFF MEMBERS QUIT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR IRENE MICHAL OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AFTERNOON (4 PM) AT THE LLOYD MICHAL FARM IN ROSEAU. IRENE MICHAL WAS 83.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR GERTRUDE MUGGLI OF BAUDETTE, MN WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH AT 11 AM AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BAUDETTE.
GERTRUDE MUGGLI PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 9, 2020 AT THE AGE OF 80.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR FRANCIS GRAHN OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH AT 3 PM AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
FRANCIS GRAHN PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 14TH OF 2020 AT THE AGE OF 97.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR JANET ROW OF MINNEAPOLIS AND FORMERLY OF ROSEAU, WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH AT 11 AM AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
JANET ROW PASSED AWAY MAY 20TH 2020 AT THE AGE OF 87.
TUESDAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR CITIZEN VOLUNTEER AWARD. THOSE NOMINATION FORMS CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR WEBSITE. NOMINEES MUST BE 70 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER. BOTH A MALE AND FEMALE WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN IN EACH COUNTY.
TONIGHT’S CONERT AT ROSEAU’S RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO FEATURES THE NORTHERN SUNS. MUSIC BEGINS AT 6:30. ROSEAU COUNTY 4-H WILL BE PROVIDING THE FUNDRAISING MEAL, SERVING SUB SANDWICHES.
A PETITION TO RECALL POPULAR NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM HAS BEEN APPROVED, ALTHOUGH IT FACES A NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ROAD TO SUCCESS. THE RECALL CHARGE IS LEAD BY MICHAEL COACHMAN, AN ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE FORMER GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE WHO LOST TO BURGUM IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY LAST YEAR BY AN 80-POINT MARGIN. THE GROUP WILL NEED TO GATHER 89,464 SIGNATURES — EQUAL TO A QUARTER OF THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER’S GUBERNATORIAL RACE. COACHMAN HAS BEEN CRITIAL OF BURGUM’S HANDLING OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
DEREK CHAUVIN WILL RETURN TO HENNEPIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT TOMORROW, WHERE HE COULD BE SENTENCED TO A PRISON FOR UP TO 30 YEARS FOR THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. STATE SENTENCING GUIDELINES RECOMMEND PRISON SENTENCES OF 12 1/2 YEARS FOR FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS WHO, LIKE CHAUVIN, ARE CONVICTED OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. BUT IN SEEKING A LONGER SENTENCE, PROSECUTORS ASKED CAHILL TO CONSIDER FIVE “AGGRAVATED SENTENCING FACTORS.”
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