THE BLANDIN FOUNDATION HAS RELEASED A STUDY ON THE STATUS OF BROADBAND ACROSS MINNESOTA,
WHICH SHOW ROSEAU COUNTY HAS FALLEN FURTHER FROM THE 2022 STATE BROADBAND GOAL OF 25 DOWN AND 3 UP MEGABITS PER SECOND OF INTERNET SPEED.
ROSEAU IS NUMBER 66 AMONG 87 COUNTIES. LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IS 86TH AND MARSHALL COUNTY 87TH ON THAT LIST.
THE TWO BEST ARE RED LAKE COUNTY AND ROCK COUNTY.
THE MINNESOTA HOUSE HAS PASSED LEGISLATION THAT APPROPRIATES FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS IN BOND FUNDS FOR THE RURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY. THAT’S A STATE ENTITY THAT OFFERS LOW-INTEREST LOAN PROGRAMS TO FARMERS.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE JEAN POPPE, A DFL’ER FROM AUSTIN, SAID 2019 “WAS ONE OF THE WORST YEARS IN DECADES FOR FARMING”.
A PANCAKE BENEFIT FOR ORIN SWART, TO HELP DEFRAY MEDICAL EXPENSES, IS MARCH 29TH AT THE BADGER COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR/TRIBUNE HAS A STORY ON ROSEAU THIS WEEK;
AND THE DOZENS OF PUERTO RICAN WORKERS WHO HAVE COME TO POLARIS SINCE LAST JULY, TO HELP RESOLVE A WORKER SHORTAGE.
THE STORY SAYS PEOPLE IN ROSEAU HAVE RALLIED AROUND THAT IMMIGRANT POPULATION.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR TOM DURAY OF GREENBUSH IS SATURDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT OILAND LUTHERAN CHURCH IN RURAL GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
TOM DURAY WAS 62.
REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN FABIAN OF ROSEAU WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
FABIAN WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE MINNESOTA HOUSE IN 2010, AND IS A FORMER CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE COMMITTEE.
IN A PRESS RELEASE, FABIAN SAYS THE DECISION TO RETIRE WAS A “DIFFICULT ONE” AND CALLED HIS SERVICE “ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING AND ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCES OF HIS LIFE”.
THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. HAS SCHEDULED A SERIES OF SPRING OPEN HOUSES AROUND THE STATE ON DEER AND DEER MANAGEMENT.
AMONG THOSE MEETINGS ARE MARCH 26TH EVENING STOPS AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY COURTHOUSE;
THE LAKE BRONSON STATE PARK VISITOR CENTER; AT THE THIEF LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS;
AND AT THE LAKE OF THE WOODS HIGH SCHOOL IN BAUDETTE.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR AVIS WISKOW OF GREENBUSH ARE FRIDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT UNITED FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS THURSDAY AFTER SIX, WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE, AT THE CHURCH.
AVIS WISKOW WAS 79.
A “YOUR TOWN RISING” SEMINAR SCHEDULED TOMORROW IN ROSEAU HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THAT EVENT HAD BEEN SPONSORED BY THE ROSEAU CIVIC AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION.
CRAIG McMILLIN HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED CHIEF OF ROSEAU’S FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND LEON HUOT MOVES UP IN THE OFFICER RANKS OF THAT VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT.
McMILLIN TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK THAT THERE WERE FOUR NEW FIREFIGHTER RECRUITS LAST YEAR.
ROSEAU HAS SEVERAL DOZEN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CONDUCTED SNOW SURVEYS OVER THE PAST TWO ACROSS MOST OF MINNESOTA.
MELANIE PETERSON IS A PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST WITH THE ARMY CORPS, BASED IN ST PAUL.
A RAINY/ LAKE OF THE WOODS WATERSHED FORUM IS TOMORROW AND THURSDAY AT RAINY RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS.
TODD SELLERS, FROM THE LAKE OF THE WOODS WATER SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATION.
THIS IS THE 17TH YEAR OF THAT WATERSHED FORUM.
Last modified: 03/10/2020
