THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST WEEK, TALKED ABOUT THEIR VACANT PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR POSITION;
WHETHER TO ADVERTISE FOR AN EMPLOYEE OR DEPARTMENT HEAD.
THAT JOB HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE THE RESIGNATION OF SARA VATNSDAL EARLY LAST MONTH.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS RELEASED IT’S 2020 PROFILE FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA;
WHICH SHOWS THAT ROSEAU COUNTY’S POPULATION HAS GONE UP AND DOWN OVER THE YEAR.
THERE WERE 14,505 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY IN 1950; BY 1970, THAT NUMBER HAD FALLEN TO 11,569.
IN THE YEAR 2000, ROSEAU COUNTY’S POPULATION JUMPED TO MORE THAN SIXTEEN THOUSAND (16,338); AND TWENTY YEARS LATER, THE COUNTY IS DOWN TO JUST OVER FIFTEEN THOUSAND (15,165 IN 2019).
PROJECTIONS HAVE ROSEAU COUNTY’S POPULATION BACK OVER SIXTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE BY THE YEAR 2030.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS TRANSITIONING FROM BUSY FALL HUNTING SEASONS TO HARD WATER;
COLD TEMPERATURES THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE HELPED MAKE ICE ON THE BIG LAKE.
THERE WERE JUST TWO STAFF MEMBERS OUT THIS WEEK AT THE BADGER AND GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER SCHOOLS DUE TO COVID-19.
THE WARROAD SCHOOL REMAINS IN A DISTANCE LEARNING MODE UNTIL JANUARY 18TH.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS ASKING FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON IT’S FIRST STATEWIDE PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM PLAN;
WHICH IS INTENDED TO IMPROVE SAFETY ALONG MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS.
MYLES HOGENSON, REPRESENTING THE ROSEAU/ LAKE OF THE WOODS SPORTSMANS CLUB, TOLD THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD RECENTLY THAT TRAILS (ESPECIALLY IN THE BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST) HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF USE.
THE COUNTY BOARD SUPPORTED THE CLUB’S 124 THOUSAND DOLLAR STATE GRANT REQUEST.
PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR FRANCIS GRAHN OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD AT THE SPRUCE CEMETERY. A PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD NEXT SUMMER.
FRANCIS GRAHN WAS 97.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR BRANDON SANDY OF THE NORTHWEST ANGLE, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID GUIDELINES, IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT FOUR AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM TWO TO FOUR P.M.
BRANDON SANDY WAS 25.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS ROSEAU COUNTY ADDED FOUR NEW CONFIRMED COVID CASES YESTERDAY, FOR A TOTAL OF 1527 SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
THE CASE COUNT IN ROSEAU COUNTY HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY IN RECENT DAYS.
Last modified: 12/16/2020
