ROSEAU COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER MARTY HOWES SAYS THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM MINNESOTA VETS WHO HAVE BEEN FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.
THE MINNESOTA V.A. WILL AWARD ONE-TIME GRANTS OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THERE ARE MORE THAN A THOUSAND VETERANS IN ROSEAU COUNTY.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL HAS RE-SCHEDULED PROM TO MAY 23RD.
THE GRAND FORKS HERALD REPORTS NORTH DAKOTANS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SELF-QUARANTINE FOR FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER RETURNING FROM MINNESOTA, UNLESS THEY WORK IN AN ESSENTIAL AREA.
MINNESOTA WAS ADDED THIS WEEK BY THE C.D.C. TO THE LIST OF STATES WITH WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19.
MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR ALVINA LUNDSTEN OF WILLIAMS.
ALVINA LUNDSTEN WAS 81.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, THIS WEEK, APPROVED BUYING 27 ACRES OF LAND FROM BERGLAND ENTERPRISES FOR 111 THOUSAND DOLLARS. SOME OF THAT LAND IS WITHIN THE OAK CREST GOLF COURSE’S FRONT NINE, AND WOULD BE IMPROVED FOR FUTURE NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION.
THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED NEGOTIATING FOR ANOTHER 22 ACRES OF LAND NORTH OF THE SOFTBALL AND YOUTH BALL FIELDS ON THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE CITY.
THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK SAYS THE CORONAVIRUS IS HAVING AN EMOTIONAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT ON FARMS.
BRET OELKE WITH INNOVUS AGRA SAYS FARMERS ARE NOT ALONE DURING A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY.
THE LICENSE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR MINNESOTA BEAR HUNTERS IS MAY FIRST.
THAT’S A LOTTERY PROCESS, WITH 3,575 LICENSES AVAILABLE.
THE SEASON GOES FROM SEPTEMBER FIRST THROUGH OCTOBER 18TH.
AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF BEAR LICENSES ARE AVAILABLE IN A NO-QUOTA AREA IN FAR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
THE ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA COUNTIES HELD A WEBINAR MONDAY MORNING ON COVID-19 AND IT’S IMPACT ON COUNTIES.
SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE STATE’S EIGHTY-SEVEN COUNTIES RESPONDED TO AN OPERATIONS SURVEY DONE BY A.M.C., WHICH SHOWED THAT 88% ARE USING REMOTE BOARD MEETING TECHNOLOGY;
AND 74% ARE NOT CURRENTLY CONSIDERING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY ASSESSOR’S OFFICE IS MAILING PROPERTY VALUATION LETTERS TO TAXPAYERS THIS WEEK.
THOSE VALUATIONS WOULD BE RELATED TO TAXES PAYABLE NEXT YEAR.
ASSESSOR LIZ LUND SAYS PROPERTY OWNERS WON’T SEE MAJOR CHANGES.
FOR THE CURRENT TAX YEAR, THE LARGEST VALUATION INCREASE WAS IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT LARRY GUGGISBERG WILL SERVE ANOTHER YEAR AS PART-TIME INTERIM IN THAT DISTRICT.
HE TOOK THAT JOB LAST SUMMER, AFTER TOM JEROME RESIGNED TO ACCEPT GUGGISBERG’S JOB AS SUPERINTENDENT IN THE ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN MINNESOTA.
THE 2020 NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ‘IDEA’ COMPETITION, A PROGRAM OF THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION, HAS HAD 27 WINNERS SINCE IT’S INCEPTION (SEVERAL OF THOSE FROM ROSEAU COUNTY).
SEAN RANUM, AT THE NORTHWEST FOUNDATION, SAID THE GOAL IS GROWING THE ECONOMY OF THIS REGION;
PERHAPS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER POLARIS INDUSTRIES OR MARVIN WINDOWS AND DOORS.
Last modified: 04/08/2020
