THE ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT SOLD NEARLY FORTY MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BONDS YESTERDAY FOR THEIR SCHOOL RENOVATION AND BUILDING PROJECT. THERE WERE EIGHT BIDS; THE LOW BID WAS FOR 2.14 PERCENT INTEREST. THE SCHOOL’S FINANCIAL ADVISORS, EHLERS AND ASSOCIATES, CALLED THE RESULTS “OUTSTANDING”; AND SAID “INTEREST RATES ARE AT NEAR HISTORIC LOWS”.
THE SCHOOL HAD ANTICIPATED INTEREST RATES NEAR FOUR PERCENT EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE LOWER RATE MEANS A THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLAR SAVINGS OVER THE 25 YEAR BOND REPAYMENT PERIOD.
THE ROSEAU ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE HAS A SCHEDULED OUTAGE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING (FROM SIX TO SEVEN A.M.) FOR EMERGENCY SUBSTATION MAINTENANCE. THAT WILL AFFECT CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY OF ROSEAU, AS WELL AS THE TOWNSHIPS OF SPRUCE, DIETER, ROSS AND JADIS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE TUESDAY DEATH OF 48 YEAR OLD MARISSA ANN RASMUSSEN.
SHE WAS FOUND IN A SUBMERGED VEHICLE ON COUNTY ROAD 23 NORTH AND WEST OF GREENBUSH, AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE JUST AFTER ONE O’CLOCK TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
RASMUSSEN WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VEHICLE.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARK HEGLE OF WALKER, MINNESOTA (AND FORMERLY OF ROSEAU) IS SATURDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ROSEAU.
MARK HEGLE WAS 66.
PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE FOR CAROL AUSTIN OF ROSEAU.
CAROL AUSTIN WAS 62.
THE ROSEAU MARKETPLACE HAS IT’S FIRST DAY OF 2020 TODAY FROM THREE TO SEVEN P.M. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER. THAT EVENT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ROSEAU FARMERS MARKET.
A GRAND HERALD REPORT SAYS A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THREE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA DURING STORMS LAST WEDNESDAY EVENING;
INCLUDING ONE NEAR PINECREEK THAT CAUSED THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.
GREG GUST, AT THE GRAND FORKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE, SAID WIND SPEEDS REACHED 90 MILES PER HOUR DURING THOSE STORMS.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR GENE DIDRIKSON OF BADGER, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDELINES, ARE THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO AT FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH OF BADGER. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT NANNESTAD CEMETERY AT BADGER.
GENE DIDRIKSON WAS 61.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR GORDON HOLLRAH OF WARROAD, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA GUIDELINES, IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT THE WARROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
GORDON HOLLRAH WAS 89.
ROSEAU COUNTY HIGHWAY ENGINEER BRIAN KETRING RESIGNED TUESDAY, SAYING HE’S ACCEPTED A JOB AS ASSISTANT DISTRICT TWO ENGINEER.
HE WOULD REPLACE THE RETIRING LU TASA IN THAT POSITION.
KETRING HAS BEEN WITH ROSEAU COUNTY FOR TWENTY-TWO YEARS, EIGHTEEN AS HIGHWAY ENGINEER.
THE COUNTY BOARD IS ADVERTISING FOR A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TO SUCCEED KETRING.
THE SECOND CONCERT IN THE SUMMER SERIES AT ROSEAU’S RIVERVIEW PARK GAZEBO IS TONIGHT, FEATURING A ROSEAU COUNTY-BASED BAND CALLED “THE NORTHERN SUNS”.
THE JENSEN SISTERS, FROM THE GRYGLA/GOODRIDGE AREA, WERE ONSTAGE LAST THURSDAY.
AS CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS HAVE EASED, LAKE OF THE WOODS FISHING GUIDES ARE BACK AT WORK.
AARON PHILIPPE, WITH TRUE NORTH GUIDE SERVICE OF WARROAD, SAYS COVID-19 HASN’T CHANGED HIS OPERATION SIGNIFICANTLY.
FISHING GUIDES ARE LIMITED TO HAVING ONLY AS MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR BOAT AS CAN MEET THE SIX FOOT SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
Last modified: 06/26/2020
