THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR/TRIBUNE SAYS POLARIS IS RE-INVENTING THE SLINGSHOT AFTER FALLING SALES IN THIRTEEN OF THE LAST FOURTEEN QUARTERS.
POLARIS IS ADDING AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO THE VEHICLE THE COMPANY INTRODUCED IN 2014.
THE SLINGSHOT IS NOW LICENSED AS AN AUTOMOBILE IN EVERY STATE EXCEPT NEW YORK AND MASSACHUSETTS.
A MINN POST REPORT SAYS 7TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN COLLIN PETERSON HAS A BILL IN THE U.S. HOUSE WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE WAY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION REGULATES C-B-D PRODUCTS, ALLOWING IT TO BE MARKETED AS A DIETARY SUPPLEMENT;
AND WOULD REQUIRE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO STUDY MARKET BARRIERS FOR HEMP.
THERE WERE EIGHT THOUSAND ACRES OF HEMP GROWN IN MINNESOTA LAST YEAR; 78% OF IT WAS USED TO PRODUCE C-B-D.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES LOCKEN OF GREENBUSH IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT COLLINS FUNERAL CHAPEL IN GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
JAMES LOCKEN WAS 80.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR BETTE DALLY OF BAUDETTE IS THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT A LATER DATE AT ELM PARK CEMETERY IN BAUDETTE.
BETTE DALLY WAS 91.
THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR WORKERS FOR THE 2020 CENSUS.
THE HOURLY WAGE FOR A PART-TIME JOB FROM MAY THROUGH AUGUST IN ROSEAU COUNTY IS NOW AT BETTER THAN EIGHTEEN DOLLARS PER HOUR.
MINNESOTA STATE DEMOGRAPHER SUSAN BROWER SAYS THERE ARE A VARIETY OF PURPOSES FOR THE EVERY TEN YEAR CENSUS.
IT’S ESTIMATED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOSE APPROXIMATELY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR PER UNCOUNTED PERSON IN THE CENSUS.
TOM MURPHY IS CHAIRING A RECENTLY RE-FORMED CITY OF ROSEAU ARENA BOARD.
PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR SARA HAMANN, COUNCIL MEMBER BRADY JOHNSON AND CITY SUPERINTENDENT DAVID DROWN REPRESENT THE CITY ON THE COMMITTEE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES BILL LUND, LEW ERICKSON, TREVOR HAMMER AND BRYAN LUNDBOHM.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED SEEKING BIDS FOR BITUMINOUS PROJECTS AND BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS.
THAT ASPHALT WORK INCLUDES COUNTY ROAD TWELVE, AND SMALLER PROJECTS IN SALOL AND WANNASKA.
ENROLLMENT IN THE ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS AT 1171 STUDENTS LAST WEEK; THAT’S DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AN AREA-WIDE WOMEN’S CONFERENCE IS MARCH 21ST AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL THEATRE.
THE U.S.A. CLAY TARGET LEAGUE IS AIMING FOR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS BY THE YEAR 2025.
THE LEAGUE STARTED WITH 30 STUDENTS ON THREE MINNESOTA TEAMS A DECADE AGO; THERE ARE NOW 450 SCHOOLS (INCLUDING ROSEAU) AND MORE THAN TWELVE THOUSAND STUDENTS COMPETING IN MINNESOTA, WHICH ARE THE LARGEST NUMBERS IN THE NATION.
A ‘WIC’ CLINIC IS TODAY AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN KARLSTAD AND TOMORROW AND THURSDAY AT LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU.
THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. IS CREATING A TIMBERWOLF ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HELP UPDATE THE AGENCY’S WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN.
DAN STARK IS THE DNR’S WOLF MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST.
MINNESOTA IS ENFORCING WHAT SOME SAY IS AMONG THE TOUGHEST WAGE THEFT LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES,
MAKING IT A FELONY FOR EMPLOYERS WHO CHEAT THEIR WORKERS OUT OF EARNED PAY.
ALAN BENSON, A UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA LABOR PROFESSOR, SAYS EFFORTS TO HELP LOW-WAGE WORKERS COME IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
BENSON SAYS THE STATE ACTED, IN PART, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VIOLATIONS OF OVERTIME PAY.
Last modified: 02/18/2020
