A SECOND ANNUAL OCTOBER FESTIVAL IS OCTOBER 4TH AND 5TH AT ALLISON PARK IN WARROAD.
SOME MINNESOTANS SAY A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RULE INTENDED TO TIGHTEN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WOULD INCREASE POVERTY AND HUNGER FOR FAMILIES IN THE STATE.
COLLEEN MORIARTY, WITH HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA, SAYS PEOPLE WITHOUT “SNAP” BENEFITS WILL FURTHER RELY ON FOOD SHELVES; WHICH ALREADY REPORT MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF MILLION VISITS EACH YEAR.
COREY CHRISTIANSON, WHO OWNS KC’S MARKETS IN BADGER AND GREENBUSH, SAYS GROCERS AND AG PRODUCERS WILL LOSE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY GENERATED BY FOOD STAMP DOLLARS.
MEDIAN NET FARM INCOME IN MINNESOTA HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THIS DECADE.
FARM INCOME IN THE STATE IN 2012 AVERAGED TWO HUNDRED SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS; LAST YEAR, THAT AMOUNT WAS TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS PER FARM.
WARROAD SUMMER THEATRE’S FALL DINNER SHOW IS “ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT”, WRITTEN BY JEFF DANIELS.
IT’LL BE PERFORMED NEXT WEEK (October 2-5) AT SEVEN CLANS CASINO IN WARROAD; AND LATER NEXT MONTH (October 23-26) AT ROCK HARBOR LODGE, NORTH OF ROOSEVELT.
THE ROSEAU RIVER, IN THE CITY, REACHED EIGHTEEN FEET YESTERDAY; THAT’S CONSIDERED MODERATE FLOOD STAGE IN ROSEAU.
A NUMBER OF COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING; AND SOME ARE SEEING REMINDERS OF THE DEVASTATING 2002 FLOOD.
THE EAST DIVERSION BEGAN TAKING WATER FROM THE ROSEAU RIVER ON SUNDAY.
ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED ADMINISTRATOR TRACY HALSTENSGARD SAID THE SEVEN PLUS INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OVERWHELMED THE DITCH SYSTEM.
THE 45TH ANNUAL MIDDLE RIVER GOOSE FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND (Friday through Sunday) WITH A PARADE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AND THOUSANDS EXPECTED.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, HEARD THAT ENROLLMENT IN MID-SEPTEMBER WAS 1195 STUDENTS.
THE LARGEST CLASS WAS 7TH GRADE, WITH 107 STUDENTS; THE SMALLEST WAS 5TH GRADE, WITH 78.
OVERALL ENROLLMENT IS DOWN ONLY SLIGHTLY FROM LAST SPRING.
LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFE KIDS GRAND FORKS HAVE A FREE CARSEAT CHECKUP EVENT THIS EVENING (4-7 PM) AT THE ROSEAU ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.
THE CARSEAT EVENT IS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH ROSEAU E.C.F.E. BIG TRUCK NIGHT.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, EARLIER THIS MONTH, HEARD A REQUEST FROM THE EAST GRAND FORKS-BASED NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK FOR TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THE NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK SUPPLIES THE ROSEAU AND WARROAD FOODSHELVES.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS MONTH, RECOGNIZED A THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR DONATION FROM THE ROSEAU/ LAKE OF THE WOODS SPORTSMANS CLUB TO THE ROSEAU COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ROGER FLATH OF ROSEAU IS THURSDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT THE SPRUCE FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH. VISITATION IS THURSDAY EVENING (5-7 PM) WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE ALSO FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN PERHAM.
ROGER FLATH WAS 65.
CROOKSTON MAYOR GUY MARTIN IS RESIGNING; HE SAYS DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL OVER A PROPOSED SOYBEAN CRUSHING PLANT LED TO THE RESIGNATION.
MARTIN HAD STARTED HIS FIRST TERM AS MAYOR THIS YEAR; HE HAD SERVED ON THE CROOKSTON CITY COUNCIL SINCE 2003.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA IS THE SEVENTH BEST STATE FOR TEACHERS, CITING METRICS LIKE PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO AND THE QUALITY OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
NORTH DAKOTA AND NEW JERSEY ARE FIRST AND SECOND; THE BOTTOM TWO STATES ARE ARIZONA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
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