THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED FILING A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ESTABLISH A QUIET ZONE IN WARROAD.
THAT WOULD BE FILED WITH CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY, THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
THE COST OF UPGRADES TO ABOUT A HALF-DOZEN RAIL CROSSINGS IN WARROAD AND LAKE TOWNSHIP WOULD BE BORNE BY THE COUNTY, THE CITY OF WARROAD AND THE TOWNSHIP.
A QUIET ZONE MEANS A RAILROAD TRAIN DOESN’T HAVE TO BLOW IT’S WHISTLE AT CROSSINGS.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST NIGHT, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS FEBRUARY FIRST.
ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN IN A HYBRID MODE, WITH STUDENTS IN SCHOOL TWO DAYS A WEEK, SINCE THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
THE BOARD ALSO ALTERED THE SCHOOL CALENDAR TO ALLOW FOR STAFF PREPARATION JANUARY 28TH AND 29TH.
ROSEAU SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SUGGESTED THE FEBRUARY FIRST DATE, BUT ALSO SAID THE POSSIBILITY OF VIRUS SPREAD IS MUCH GREATER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THAN AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST NIGHT, RECOGNIZED FORMER MAYOR JEFF PELOWSKI FOR HIS TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF SERVICE.
JEFF PELOWSKI WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 1998 AS A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE, AND SERVED ELEVEN TERMS.
FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN FABIAN WAS SWORN IN LAST NIGHT AS ROSEAU’S NEW MAYOR.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RAINY/ LAKE OF THE WOODS WATERSHED FORUM,
WHICH WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY IN EARLY MARCH.
AN ANNUAL ROSEAU CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT WAS CONDUCTED ON THE 27TH OF DECEMBER, AS PART OF THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY’S BIRD COUNT OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
BETH SIVERHUS AND KRIS GUGGISBERG ORGANIZE THE ROSEAU EVENT; SIVERHUS SAYS THEIR VOLUNTEERS COUNTED 29 SPECIES.
THE MINNESOTA-BASED CENTER FOR RURAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT HAS RELEASED IT’S 2020 STATE OF RURAL MINNESOTA.
JULIE TESCH, AT THE CENTER, SAYS WORKFORCE SHORTAGES ARE A MAJOR CONCERN IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE.
ZOOM SESSIONS FOR AG PRODUCERS, FROM UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION, CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH A HALF-HOUR PRESENTATION ON SOYBEAN VARIETY SELECTION.
ROSEAU COUNTY’S FOURTEEN DAY CASE RATE FOR CORONAVIRUS WAS AT JUST OVER TWENTY-EIGHT PER TEN THOUSAND POPULATION YESTERDAY, AFTER 43 NEW CASES OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD.
THAT COMPARES WITH A CASE RATE OF MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED PER TEN THOUSAND IN EARLY DECEMBER.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED NO NEW COVID CASES IN ROSEAU COUNTY YESTERDAY.
Last modified: 01/12/2021
