ON AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COVID CALL YESTERDAY, LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR JULIE PAHLEN SAID 353 ROSEAU COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED TWO DOSES OF COVID VACCINE, AND ANOTHER 978 HAVE GOTTEN THEIR FIRST SHOT. THERE ARE SECOND DOSE CLINICS THIS WEEK IN ROSEAU COUNTY.
A ROSEAU COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE COUNTY’S SMALL BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT GRANT PROGRAM,
WHICH WOULD DISTRIBUTE STATE MONEY TO ENTITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE LOST REVENUE AS A RESULT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.
REQUESTS FOR THAT FINANCIAL HELP HAVE FAR EXCEEDED THE 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS PROVIDED BY THE STATE.
FORECASTERS SAY FEBRUARY WILL LIKELY BE COLDER THAN NORMAL, AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP STARTING THIS WEEKEND,
WITH A LOW IN THE TWENTIES BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT.
MINNESOTA GOT 106 MILLION DOLLARS LATE LAST YEAR FOR A HEATING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
BILL GRANT, WITH THE MINNESOTA COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP, SAYS PEOPLE WHO NEED IT SHOULD SEEK HELP.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST NIGHT, HEARD THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE APPLICANTS FOR A PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR JOB IN THE FIRST WEEK OF ADVERTISING FOR THE POSITION.
THAT PERSON HAS REPORTED TO THE CITY SUPERINTENDENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR AND THE PARK BOARD IN THE PAST.
CITY SUPERINTENDENT DAVID DROWN SAID THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR NEEDS TO HAVE A SINGLE SUPERVISOR.
ROSEAU HAS HAD SIX DIFFERENT PEOPLE FILL THAT PARKS AND REC ROLE OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS, ONE OF THE BOROWICZ SISTERS ISN’T ON THE FLOOR FOR THE ROSEAU GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM.
KYLIE FINISHED HER RAMS’ CAREER AS THE SCHOOL’S ALL-TIME SCORING LEADER AND LED ROSEAU TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2017.
KACIE BOROWICZ IS PLAYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA.
KATIE BOROWICZ FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL EARLY, AND JOINED THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMENS BASKETBALL TEAM IN DECEMBER.
ROSEAU HOSTS PERHAM THIS EVENING.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED A PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT;
WITH SOME NEW CATEGORIES, INCLUDING WORK BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COUNTY’S RIGHT-OF-WAY.
WARROAD-BASED “HELPP, INC” IS A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS RESIDENTS AND WORKERS IN THE WARROAD SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO ARE FACING FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES AND HARDSHIPS.
RICK CORNELIUSON, THE PRESIDENT OF “HELPP, INC” SAYS THEIR GOAL THIS YEAR IS ASSISTING IN STARTING SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS IN ROSEAU AND LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES.
CORNELIUSON SAYS ONCE A SIMILAR ORGANIZATION IS FOUNDED, “HELPP, INC” WOULD PROVIDE SOME STARTUP FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE FOR MELVIN MARTIN OF WARROAD.
MELVIN MARTIN WAS 86.
A PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN MONTGOMERY, MINNESOTA FOR EILEEN CHAPMAN OF MONTGOMERY. SHE WAS 78. EILEEN CHAPMAN WAS BORN TO OLAF AND FLORINDA FOSS OF SKIME IN 1942.
53 YEAR OLD VIRGINIA STEWART OF LONGVILLE WAS KILLED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 200 IN CASS COUNTY, BETWEEN WALKER AND HACKENSACK. STEWART’S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP DRIVEN BY 39 YEAR OLD COREY WUORI OF WALKER.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAS AWARDED TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
MINNESOTA GETS JUST OVER THIRTY-SIX MILLION DOLLARS FROM HUD.
IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, GRANT RECIPIENTS INCLUDE THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION; THE VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROJECT; THE INTER-COUNTY COMMUNITY COUNCIL; AND THE TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL.
Last modified: 02/02/2021
