LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH HAS MOVED TO THE NEXT COVID 19 VACCINATION PHASE, THAT WILL NOW INCLUDE THOSE IN MANUFACTURING, POSTAL, DELIVERY SERVICE, AND TRUCKING, ALONG WITH GROCERY AND FOOD SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, CLERGY, AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. ELIGIBILITY CONTINUES TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS AGE 65 PLUS, AND THOSE WITH RARE CONDITIONS OR DISABILITIES, IN ADDITION TO PEOPLE AGE 45-64 WITH ONE OR MORE MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND AGE 16 TO 44 WITH TWO OR MORE UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS. 463-4751 CONTINUES TO BE THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL TO ARRANGE APPOINTMENTS.
AFTER THIS MOST RECENT WARM WEEKEND, MULTIPLE REPORTS COME IN OF ATV’S AND EVEN PEOPLE ON FOOT FALLING THROUGH ICE ON LAKE OF THE WOODS, AND THE ICE IS NO LONGER SAFE FOR TRAVEL AS MUCH OF THE SHORELINE AND ACCESSES ARE OPEN WATER. THAT’S FROM MARC JOHNSON WITH THE MINNESOTA DNR.
THE ROSEAU AREA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION IS PLANNING A COMMUNITY GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE AT MOE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU AT NOON.
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IS LOOKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVERS IN WHAT HIS CALLED THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN, HAIL AND SNOW NETWORK. TO PARTICIPATE, YOU’D NEED TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL A STANDARD 4-INCH DIAMETER RAIN GAUGE, AND BE ABLE TO REPORT EITHER ONLINE OR THROUGH AN APP. TO SIGN UP, YOU CAN VISIT THAT ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON MONDAY IMPLEMENTED RESTRICTIONS ON OPEN BURNING IN NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY, ALONG WITH KITTSON, KOOCHICHING, LAKE OF THE WOODS, MARSHALL, PENNINGTON AND ROSEAU COUNTIES. RECENT WARM, DRY AND WINDY WEATHER HAS CREATED HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION.
YESTERDAY MARKED THE FIRST DAY SINCE APRIL, THAT WAS NOT A HOLIDAY, THAT MINNESOTA REPORTED ZERO NEW COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS. NEW CASES WERE UP AT 1,152.
Last modified: 03/23/2021
