7TH DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISCHBACH HAS SENT A LETTER TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ASKING THAT A BILATERAL PLAN TO RE-OPEN THE BORDER BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CANADA BE PRIORITIZED. THE BORDER HAS BEEN CLOSED TO NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL FOR MORE THAN ELEVEN MONTHS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
THE LETTER WAS ALSO SIGNED BY MINNESOTA CONGRESSMEN TOM EMMER AND PETE STAUBER, AND REFERENCES THE IMPACT THE CLOSURE HAS HAD ON THE NORTHWEST ANGLE.
ONE SUGGESTION OFFERED IN THE LETTER IS THE CREATION OF A TRADE CORRIDOR THAT WOULD ALLOW TRAVEL TO THE ANGLE.
LAUNCH MINNESOTA IS AWARDING 454 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SEVENTEEN BUSINESS STARTUPS IN THE STATE. ONE OF THOSE INNOVATION GRANTS GOES TO DOMINATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF BEMIDJI, WHICH IS CREATING A VIRTUAL RACING COMMUNITY.
ON AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COVID STAKEHOLDERS CALL YESTERDAY, LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR JULIE PAHLEN SAID VIRTUALLY ALL THE NEW POSITIVE COVID CASES OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN ADULTS;
AND THAT CASE INVESTIGATORS ARE FINDING MORE RELUCTANCE TO SHARE INFORMATION FROM THOSE POSITIVES, ESPECIALLY WHERE THEY MAY HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAS HAD SEVENTEEN DEATHS FROM COVID-19 SINCE LAST APRIL, BUT NONE SINCE JANUARY 20TH.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS AWARDED NEARLY 350 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL GRANTS, TO NINETEEN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.
AMONG THE RECIPIENTS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA ARE THE CITY OF WARREN; THE CITY OF LITTLEFORK; AND THE CITY OF CHISHOLM.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS VOTING IS NOW OPEN FOR THEIR NAME A SNOWPLOW CONTEST,
WHERE EIGHT NAMES WILL BE CHOSEN; ONE FOR EACH OF THE EIGHT MINNDOT DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
AMONG THE FIFTY FINALISTS ARE PLOW BUNYAN, ROAD CAREW AND DARTH BLADER.
THE ST PAUL AND MINNESOTA FOUNDATION HAS LAUNCHED A FRONTLINE FAMILIES FUND, WHICH PROVIDES GRANTS TO THE FAMILIES OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19.
ABOUT THREE THOUSAND U.S. HEALTHCARE WORKERS HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT DOCTOR MICHAEL OSTERHOLM AT THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA HELPED LAUNCH THAT GRANT PROGRAM.
OSTERHOLM PREDICTS THE PACE OF COVID VACCINATIONS WON’T KEEP UP WITH THE SPREAD OF NEW VIRUS VARIANTS.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR WAYNE KJELLBERG OF WANNASKA.
HE WAS 68.
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS HAD AN EFFECT ON MOST ASPECTS OF PEOPLES’ LIVES AND WORK, INCLUDING THE WORK OF THE ROSEAU VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ROSEAU FIRE CHIEF CRAIG McMILLIN, WHO ALSO SAYS HIS VOLUNTEERS HAVE LARGELY AVOIDED CONTRACTING THE VIRUS.
THE ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE BOWL TEAMS COMPETE AT SUBREGIONALS TODAY.
A NUMBER OF ROSEAU AND WARROAD RESIDENTS TOOK PART IN A VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY ON THE PLANNED HIGHWAY ELEVEN ROAD PROJECT BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES IN 2023.
JEFF ERICKSON, AT THE BEMIDJI MINN-DOT OFFICE, IS THE PROJECT MANAGER;
HE SAYS THE RESPONSES WILL BE HELPFUL.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ALSO PLANS TO RE-BUILD HIGHWAY ELEVEN IN THE CITY OF WARROAD IN 2023.
THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION STRATEGIC FARMING ZOOM MEETINGS CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH BOB NIELSEN FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY ON THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF ON-FARM RESEARCH.
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