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THE ROSEAU RIVER, IN THE CITY, HAS RISEN NEARLY EIGHT FEET SINCE SATURDAY. MELTING TEMPERATURES HAD THE RIVER AT ABOUT THIRTEEN AND A QUARTER FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXPECTS THE RIVER WILL CREST EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AT ABOUT FOURTEEN-POINT-FIVE FEET, ALTHOUGH THERE IS RAIN AND SNOW IN THE FORECAST THE REST OF THIS WEEK.
THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION IS ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THEIR EMERGENCY DISASTER RECOVERY FUND.
THE FOUNDATION IS PRIORITIZING ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE FOOD … SUPPORTS FOR THE LOW INCOME AND ELDERLY … TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS … AND THOSE HELPING WITH HEATING AND UTILITY PAYMENTS.
THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION SERVES TWELVE COUNTIES, INCLUDING ROSEAU.
PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE FOR GARY BAILEY OF BAUDETTE.
GARY BAILEY WAS 71.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, MEETING IN SPECIAL SESSION YESTERDAY, TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CURBSIDE SERVICE FROM THE ROSEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY.
LIBRARIES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ARE OFFERING DRIVE-UP SERVICE TO BORROW MATERIALS.
THE COUNCIL DETERMINED THEY’LL WANT WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM.
MEANWHILE, BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE LITTLE LIBRARY ON HIGHWAY ELEVEN, ACROSS THE STREET FROM CAROL’S CEDAR CELLAR.
A WARROAD NONPROFIT CALLED HELPP HAS DONATED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH TO FOOD SHELVES IN WARROAD, BAUDETTE, ROSEAU AND GREENBUSH.
HELPP IS AN ACRONYM FOR HELPING EASE LOCAL PEOPLE’S PAIN.
MOST (IF NOT ALL) AREA CHURCHES HAVE CANCELLED SERVICES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK,
WITH SOME OFFERING SUNDAY WORSHIP VIA ONLINE PLATFORMS (LIKE YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE).
PASTOR STEVE HOFFER SAYS THE ROSEAU MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION IS WORKING ON A PASTORAL RESPONSE TO THEIR CONGREGATIONS.
THE CITY OF WARROAD HAS INITIATED A FORGIVEABLE LOAN PROGRAM FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES,
USING MONEY FROM THE WARROAD COMMUNITY FUND.
EARLY VOTING AND ABSENTEE VOTING FOR THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM STARTED FRIDAY, WITH CURBSIDE VOTING AVAILABLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SCHOOL (NEAR THE SCHOOL POOL DOORS).
IN-PERSON VOTING IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 12TH.
THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS ON THE BALLOT; THE FIRST WOULD PAY FOR A NEARLY THIRTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION OF THE OLDEST PORTIONS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING …. THE SECOND IS A NEARLY FOUR MILLION BOND THAT WOULD (AMONG OTHER THINGS) IMPROVE THE DROPOFF AND PICKUP ACCESS AT THE ELEMENTARY END OF THE BUILDING.
NONPROFIT GROUPS THAT WORK WITH THE HOMELESS IN MINNESOTA SAY THEY ARE FACING GROWING CHALLENGES EVERY DAY. IN OLMSTED COUNTY, PART OF ROCHESTER’S MAYO CIVIC CENTER IS BEING USED TO HOUSE PEOPLE.
RHONDA OTTESON, WITH THE MINNESOTA COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, SAYS MORE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING WOULD PREVENT MORE PEOPLE FROM NEEDING SHELTERS.
TOMORROW IS CENSUS DAY IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE CITY OF ROSEAU IS ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO RESPOND ONLINE, BY PHONE OR BY MAIL;
AS THE RESULTS OF THE CENSUS AFFECT THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED BILLION FEDERAL DOLLARS EACH YEAR.
EVERY UN-COUNTED PERSON IN ROSEAU WOULD COST THE CITY AND THE COUNTY NEARLY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
POLARIS PRODUCTION EMPLOYEES COME BACK TO WORK THIS WEEK.
POLARIS HAD ANNOUNCED A SUSPENSION OF OPERATIONS AT A NUMBER OF IT’S FACILITIES LAST TUESDAY.
Last modified: 03/31/2020
