LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER WILL BUY THE FORMER DOLLAR SAVERS BUILDING IN WARROAD AND CONVERT IT TO A WELLNESS CENTER. LIFECARE WILL WORK WITH WARROAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO DESIGN THE THIRTEEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, WITH A GOAL OF OPENING IN THE FALL.
A PUBLIC VISITATION FOR WAYNE OLAFSON OF ROSEAU, FOLLOWING STATE COVID GUIDELINES, IS FRIDAY FROM FIVE TO SEVEN (WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. A PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD.
WAYNE OLAFSON WAS 60.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE FOR BARBARA JOHNSON OF BADGER.
SHE WAS 74.
A MAN’S BODY WAS RECOVERED MONDAY EVENING FROM LAKE IRVING, NEAR BEMIDJI.
HIS VEHICLE HAD GONE THROUGH THE ICE SUNDAY.
CITY OF ROSEAU OFFICIALS HAVE A FRIDAY MEETING ON SNOWMOBILE TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TODD PETERSON SAYS CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT SNOWMOBILES ON WALKING TRAILS, AND AT OAK CREST GOLF COURSE.
PETERSON SAYS THERE ARE DESIGNATED ROUTES FOR SNOWMOBILES TO ACCESS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESUME TOMORROW NIGHT WITH THE RAMS’ BOYS HOCKEY TEAM HOSTING BEMIDJI, AND THE RAMS’ BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYING THIEF RIVER FALLS.
THE START OF THE WINTER SEASONS WAS DELAYED BY THE GOVERNOR’S ACTIVITIES PAUSE IN NOVEMBER, IN REACTION TO A SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES.
ROSEAU ATHLETICS DIRECTOR IVAN HIRST SAYS MORE SPECTATORS WILL BE ALLOWED THIS WINTER THAN WERE ALLOWED LAST FALL, PER STATE GUIDELINES.
IVAN HIRST SAYS THEY’LL PRIORITIZE FAMILIES WHEN CREATING A TICKET LIST FOR GAMES.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS INCREASED THE BOUNTY FOR BEAVERS TO SIXTY DOLLARS; IT HAD BEEN FIFTY DOLLARS.
THE COUNTY’S POCKET GOPHER BOUNTY REMAINS AT TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS, WITH AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR FROM TOWNSHIPS.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LAUNCH MINNESOTA ARE WORKING WITH NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA PARTNERS TO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURIAL EFFORTS IN THIS PART OF THE STATE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED THE TIME FOR HOMEOWNERS WITH F-H-A BACKED LOANS TO QUALITY FOR A DEFERRAL OR PAYMENT REDUCTION FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS, WITH AN APPROVAL PERIOD NOW THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY.
MAX ZAPPIA, FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, SAYS ANYBODY APPLYING MUST BE AWARE OF THAT DEADLINE.
ZAPPIA SAYS THERE ARE ABOUT THIRTEEN THOUSAND MINNESOTA HOMEOWNERS WITH F-H-A BACKED MORTGAGES THAT ARE DELINQUENT IN PAYMENTS.
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON A MINNESOTA D.N.R. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET FOR THE PROPOSED ROSEAU LAKE REHABILITATION PROJECT, AND THE SPRAGUE CREEK WETLAND RESTORATION PROJECT.
Last modified: 01/13/2021
