THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD THIS WEEK APPROVED A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR APPROPRIATION FOR THE ROSEAU COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND; WHICH PROVIDES DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED HOMEBUYERS.
THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED A RETAINER AGREEMENT FOR A VALUATION APPRAISAL OF CENTRAL BOILER OF GREENBUSH, AHEAD OF A POTENTIAL TAX COURT CASE.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS SET A MAY 26TH PUBLIC HEARING ON A BODY CAMERA POLICY FOR THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.
THE TASTE OF WARROAD EVENT RETURNS THIS YEAR, SCHEDULED FOR MAY FRIDAY, MAY 21ST. DUE TO COVID, THIS YEARS EVENT WILL HAVE AN OUTDOOR MARKET THEME, USING SPACE ALONG THE WARROAD RIVER, ADJACENT TO LAKE OF THE WOODS BREWING COMPANY.
LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH HAS ADMINISTERED 6513 COVID VACCINES SINCE LATE DECEMBER; 2849 OF THOSE ARE SECOND DOSES. LIFECARE PLANS VACCINATION CLINICS TOMORROW AT THE GREENBUSH AND ROSEAU SCHOOLS.
THE USDA HAS ANNOUNCED AN EXTENSION OF THEIR FREE LUNCH PROGRAM FOR ALL STUDENTS THROUGH THE END OF THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR LEROY T. STRAND OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (11 AM) AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT RIVERSIDE CEMETERY IN WARROAD. LEROY STRAND WAS 80.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DIANE MELLSTROM OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS, FORMERLY OF ROSEAU, WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY (2 PM) AT THE EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS. VISITATION WILL BE AN HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL BE AT THE FOREST HILL CEMETERY IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS FOLLOWING THE SERVICE.
OVER THE PAST MONTH, 38 STUDENTS AND STAFF IN THE EAST GRAND FORKS SCHOOL DISTRICT TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. MOST OF THOSE CASES ARE CONCENTRATED AT EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THERE ARE 20 REPORTED POSITIVES AS OF MONDAY.
THERE ARE ALSO SEVEN POSITIVE CASES AT EACH OF THE DISTRICT’S TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND FOUR POSITIVE CASES AT CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL. IN ALL, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 143 STUDENTS IN QUARANTINE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THAT’S A MARKED INCREASE FROM THE MONTH BEFORE, WHEN THE DISTRICT CHARTED A TOTAL OF THREE POSITIVE CASES DISTRICT WIDE.
OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO URGE CAUTION FOR A STRONG AND SAFE FINISH TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
REGISTRATION FOR THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS’S RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY, APRIL 30, AND THE APPLICATION PORTAL WILL OPEN ON MAY 3. THE RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND PROVIDES A TOTAL OF $28.6 BILLION IN DIRECT RELIEF FUNDS TO RESTAURANTS AND OTHER HARD-HIT FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED ECONOMIC DISTRESS AND SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL LOSSES DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
A WEEK AFTER AGREEING TO HELP VACCINATE UP TO 4000 MANITOBA TRUCKERS WHO ROUTINELY CROSS THE BORDER, NORTH DAKOTA HAS AGREED TO HELP VACCINATE TRUCKERS AND OIL FIELD WORKERS FROM SASKATCHEWAN. THAT CLINIC WILL HAPPEN NEAR THE NORTH PORTAL BORDER CROSSING. THE CLINIC HELPING MANITOBA IS UTILIZING A REST STOP ON I-29 NEAR DRAYTON.
A MALE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT WAS STABBED OUTSIDE OF WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN GRAND FORKS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE WAS TREATED AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL. THE SUSPECT, ALSO A JUVENILE WHO REPORTEDLY WAS KNOWN BY THE VICTIM, WAS LOCATED AT A NEARBY RESIDENCE.
Last modified: 04/28/2021
