ROSEAU COUNTY MAILED CHECKS LAST MONTH TO 87 BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS WHO HAD BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATED TO COVID-19,
USING THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS APPROVED BY THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE IN DECEMBER.
ROSEAU COUNTY COORDINATOR JEFF PELOWSKI SAID THERE WERE 133 APPLICATIONS, TOTALLING MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF REQUESTS FOR FUNDING.
THE MAXIMUM GRANT AWARD WAS FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR MARCH 23RD ON THE CITY OF ROSEAU’S REQUEST FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND A TAX ABATEMENT ON THE PLANNED Eleven01 APARTMENT PROJECT.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TODD PETERSON TOLD THE COUNTY BOARD A PUBLIC SUBSIDY IS NECESSARY FOR THAT PROJECT TO CASH FLOW.
THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S 2020 ANNUAL REPORT SAYS PLANS PREPARED YEARS AGO FOR PANDEMIC RESPONSE, WORKING FROM HOME AND CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS WERE PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR, DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS; AND THAT N.W.R.D.C. STAFF WERE ABLE TO BE RESILIENT.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAM FANFULIK SAYS HE REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
THE PACE OF COVID VACCINATIONS HAS INCREASED IN MINNESOTA, WITH SEVENTY THOUSAND DOSES ADMINISTERED SUNDAY.
MINNESOTA HAS AVERAGED MORE THAN THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOSES PER DAY OVER THE PAST WEEK; AT THAT RATE, NEARLY EIGHTY PERCENT OF STATE RESIDENTS COULD GET A SHOT BY AUGUST.
WILL PHILLIPS, THE STATE’S A.A.R.P. DIRECTOR, SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT TO CALL ON FEDERAL OFFICIALS FOR INCREASED VACCINE PRODUCTION.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE FOR STEVE KNUTSON OF WARROAD.
A PUBLIC VISITATION FOR WAYNE KJALLBERG OF WANNASKA, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID-19 GUIDELINES, IS THIS EVENING (5-7 PM) WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. BURIAL IS AT MICKINOCK CEMETERY.
WAYNE KJALLBERG WAS 68.
LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH HAS A COVID VACCINATION CLINIC TODAY, TARGETING PEOPLE AGED SIXTY-FIVE AND OLDER.
THEY’RE ALSO SEEKING CANCER PATIENTS, ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS AND SCHOOL STAFF.
THE LIFECARE COVID INFORMATION HOTLINE NUMBER IS 463-4779.
LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH HAS VACCINATED 1567 PEOPLE SINCE LATE DECEMBER, WITH ANOTHER FOUR HUNDRED-PLUS SHOTS TO BE GIVEN TODAY.
NORTHLAND GRAIN AND AG SERVICES IS OFFERING A CURBSIDE PICKUP MEAL MONDAY, MARCH 15TH WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO THE NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK.
THAT’S PART OF THE C.H.S. HARVEST FOR HUNGER PROMOTION.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST NIGHT, APPROVED THE LOW BID FOR STREET PROJECTS ON 5TH AVENUE NORTHEAST AND AT OAK CREST ESTATES.
THE ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE FOR THE WORK WAS 678 THOUSAND DOLLARS; THE LOW BID WAS ABOUT 630 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Last modified: 03/02/2021
