MINNESOTA CHILD CARE PROVIDERS HAVE BEGUN APPLYING FOR MONTHLY DIRECT PAYMENTS TO STABILIZE THEIR BUSINESSES AS PART OF A $300 MILLION STATE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WILL LAST THROUGH JUNE OF 2023. THE FUNDING COMES FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. ANOTHER CHANGE STARTING IN NOVEMBER WILL BE A HIGHER REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR THE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT CURRENTLY ASSISTS 15,000 LOW INCOME FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO CHILD CARE.
THE RED LAKE NATION IS REQUIRING THAT ALL PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE RESERVATION FOR WORK OR OTHER BUSINESS PURPOSES BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 OR SHOW WEEKLY TEST RESULTS. IT WILL NOT APPLY TO PREGNANT WOMEN, CHILDREN UNDER 12 OR THOSE WITH CERTAIN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OR PRACTICES. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE BASED UPON PHILOSOPHICAL, POLITICAL, OR SCIENTIFIC VIEWS.
IT’S BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR ALTOZ OF GREENBUSH, WITH THEIR TXS STAND-ON TRACKED MOWER HAVE NOW PICKED UP THREE AWARDS. MOST RECENTLY IT HAS WON THE PRO TOOL INNOVATION AWARD. THE JUDGES SAID “THIS MOWER CUTS WHERE OTHERS CAN’T”, AND THE TRACK SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR BETTER TRACTION AND DECREASED EFFECT ON THE GROUND.
WARROAD IS HOSTING A KIDS CARNIVAL AND A NINJA ANYWHERE COURSE ON FRIDAY ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROUNDS FROM 4-7 P.M. THE NINJA COURSE AND INFLATABLES ARE $5 PER STUDENT, WITH A FAMILY MAX OF $25. KIDS CARNIVAL GAMES ARE $1 PER TICKET.
WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK THAT GREG LUND WILL BE THE NEW HEAD COACH OF THE ROSEAU BOYS HOCKEY PROGRAM, IT MAY HAVE YOU LOOKING AHEAD TO HOCKEY SEASON. IN THOSE REGARDS, THE CITY OF ROSEAU AND PARK AND REC AND IN NEED OF PART TIME WORKERS THIS WINTER FOR MEMORIAL ARENA. FOR MORE ON THE JOB, OR TO APPLY, YOU CAN VISIT THE CITY OF ROSEAU’S WEBSITE.
LAST WEEK WE HAD THE STORY OF SOME 200 NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IS ASKING US INTERIOR SECRETERY DEB HAALAND TO IMMEDIATELY RE-LIST WOLVES AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. THEY SAY OVERLY AGGRESSIVE HUNTING SEASONS IN SEVERAL STATES SHOWS THEY CAN’T BE TRUSTED TO KEEP WOLVES FROM FALLING BACK TO CRITICALLY LOW NUMBERS. NO MINNESOTA TRIBES ARE LISTED ON THAT LETTER. NOW, ONE WISCONSIN TRIBE IS SUING THE STATE IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THIS YEAR’S HUNT.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR HELEN HLUCNY OF GREENBUSH WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (10:30 AM) AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BADGER. VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY (5 PM) AT THE CHURCH WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE, AND ALSO ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL BE AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CEMETERY FOLLOWING THE SERVICES. HELEN HLUCNY WAS 78.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR ROBERT “BOB” FRITSINGER OF BAUDETTE WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (10:30 AM) AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHRUCH IN BAUDETTE. BURIAL AT ELM PARK CEMETERY VETERAN’S SECTION. BOB FRITSINGER WAS 80.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ROSS E. DALLY OF BAUDETTE WILL BE FRIDAY, THE 24TH, (11 AM) AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT ELM PARK CEMETERY. ROSS DALLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 93.
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA’S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WILL RENEW A LEASE AGREEMENT AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER, STARTING IN JANUARY, AS D.P.S. BEGINS RE-OPENING DRIVER EXAM STATIONS; ALTHOUGH THERE’S STILL NO GUARANTEE TESTING WILL RESUME IN ROSEAU.
THE MIDDLE RIVER GOOSE FESTIVAL WILL GET STARTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH OPENING CEREMONIES AT 4 PM. THAT EVENT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN NAMED MINNESOTA TOURISM EVENT OF THE YEAR.
Last modified: 09/23/2021
