THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS APPROVED AN ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WIDSETH, SMITH AND NOLTING FOR A QUIET ZONE PROJECT IN WARROAD AND LAKE TOWNSHIP FOR CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD. A QUIET ZONE MEAN TRAINS DO NOT NEED TO SOUND THEIR HORN WHILE APPROACHING HIGHWAY GRADE RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD ALSO APPROVED A COUNTY EQUIPMENT AUCTIONS POLICY WHICH WOULD ALLOW DEPARTMENT HEADS TO PLACE ITEMS FOR ONLINE AUCTION IF THEIR VALUE DOESN’T EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE TOP ONE HUNDRED CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES.
LIFECARE IS ONE EIGHT IN MINNESOTA EARNING THAT RECOGNITION.
THERE ARE 1375 CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS IN THE U.S.
LIFECARE HAS MADE THE TOP ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
A PUBLIC VISITATION, FOLLOWING MN STATE COVID GUIDELINES, FOR JORDAN MCKINNON OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD FRIDAY AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD. A PRAYER SERVICE WILL START AT 7 PM. JORDAN MCKINNON WAS 29.
A PUBLIC VISITATION, FOLLOWING MN STATE COVID GUIDELINES, FOR WAYNE KNUTSON OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD FRIDAY (4-7 PM) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD. A PRIVATE SERVICE WILL FOLLOW. WAYNE KNUTSON WAS 72.
LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH HAS MOVED TO THE NEXT COVID 19 VACCINATION PHASE, THAT WILL NOW INCLUDE THOSE IN MANUFACTURING, POSTAL, DELIVERY SERVICE, AND TRUCKING, ALONG WITH GROCERY AND FOOD SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, CLERGY, AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. ELIGIBILITY CONTINUES TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS AGE 65 PLUS, AND THOSE WITH RARE CONDITIONS OR DISABILITIES, IN ADDITION TO PEOPLE AGE 45-64 WITH ONE OR MORE MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND AGE 16 TO 44 WITH TWO OR MORE UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS. 463-4751 CONTINUES TO BE THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL TO ARRANGE APPOINTMENTS.
AFTER THIS MOST RECENT WARM WEEKEND, MULTIPLE REPORTS COME IN OF ATV’S AND EVEN PEOPLE ON FOOT FALLING THROUGH ICE ON LAKE OF THE WOODS, AND THE ICE IS NO LONGER SAFE FOR TRAVEL AS MUCH OF THE SHORELINE AND ACCESSES ARE OPEN WATER. THAT’S FROM MARC JOHNSON WITH THE MINNESOTA DNR.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE EMERGING LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION ARE ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM THAT PROGRAM. MATTHEW AND MIRANDA GREEN OF GREENBUSH WERE ROSEAU COUNTY’S REPRESENTATIVES IN 2021, WHILE CODY AND JENNA HASBARGEN REPRESENTED LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY. BOTH COUPLES WILL HAVE VIRTUAL RECOGNITION EVENTS ON APRIL 6.
Last modified: 03/25/2021
