SOME CITIES IN MINNESOTA ARE DEBATING MASKING MANDATES DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, WHILE OPPONENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL FREEDOMS.
LEGAL EXPERTS SAY ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE BROAD POWERS IN A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES IN ROSEAU COUNTY HAS QUINTUPLED OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS;
FROM SIX IN LATE JUNE TO TWENTY-EIGHT CONFIRMED CASES ON MONDAY, AND THIRTY CASES YESTERDAY.
THE LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY FARM FAMILY OF THE YEAR IS THE ROGER AND RITA KRAUSE FAMILY OF BAUDETTE.
THEY’VE OPERATED THEIR FARM SINCE 1969.
ROSEAU COUNTY’S FARM FAMILY OF THE YEAR IS THE DEAN AND CARLA CARLSON FAMILY.
THIS YEAR’S HONOREES WILL BE CELEBRATED IN AN ONLINE VIDEO TRIBUTE AUGUST 6TH. THE AWARDS ARE TYPICALLY PRESENTED AT FARMFEST IN REDWOOD FALLS.
A FOURTH ANNUAL GOODRIDGE FREEDOM FESTIVAL IS JULY 25TH AT THAT’S CITY’S VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.
THE EVENT INCLUDES CONCERTS AND A PARADE.
ROSEAU COUNTY 4H VIRTUAL COUNTY FAIR WEEK STARTS MONDAY, AND THE COUNTY 4H PROGRAM IS PROMOTING A “CLOVER CAMPAIGN”.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL HEARD LAST WEEK THAT A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH ROSEAU YOUTH HOCKEY HAS EXPIRED;
AND THAT A MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED TO LOOK AT THE CONTRACT NUMBERS.
THAT YOUTH HOCKEY AGREEMENT IS TIED TO THE ROSEAU CITY/ SCHOOL AGREEMENT.
A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR A FORTY MILLION DOLLAR ROSEAU SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT IS TOMORROW.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT RECENTLY SOLD GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, GETTING A 2.14 PERCENT RATE FROM THE LOW BIDDER; THAT’S JUST OVER HALF THE PERCENTAGE RATE INITIALLY EXPECTED BY THE DISTRICT’S FINANCIAL ADVISORS, EHLERS AND ASSOCIATES.
MEMORIAL SERVICES, FOLLOWING STATE OF MINNESOTA GUIDELINES, FOR DENNIS BRIESE OF BAUDETTE ARE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT THE PITT COMMUNITY CHURCH. MILITARY HONORS ARE BY THE BAUDETTE VETERANS CEREMONIAL SQUAD.
DENNIS BRIESE WAS 73.
THE ROSEAU RIVER, IN THE CITY, HAS RISEN MORE THAN THREE FEET SINCE MONDAY NIGHT; BUT HAD LEVELLED OFF THIS MORNING AT JUST OVER NINE FEET. THAT’S STILL SEVEN FEET BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, YESTERDAY, APPROVED SPENDING ABOUT SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR DUCT CLEANING AT THE COURTHOUSE; WHICH HASN’T BEEN DONE SINCE THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED 25 YEARS AGO.
IT’S EXPECTED THE COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO USE “CARES” ACT MONEY FOR THAT CLEANING.
A 21ST ANNUAL WALLEYE TOURNAMENT WAS HELD SATURDAY ON LAKE OF THE WOODS, WITH AARON TEMPLIN AND BRUCE BABCOCK CLAIMING THE FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR FIRST PRIZE.
JAN VISTAD AND DERIC ERICKSON WERE SECOND, AND WON THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. TODD HAGEN AND AUSTIN HAGEN FINISHED THIRD.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS THE MOST ENERGY EXPENSIVE STATES ARE CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND; WHILE THE LEAST ENERGY EXPENSIVE ARE WASHINGTON, COLORADO AND OREGON. THE STUDY USED MONTHLY ENERGY BILLS AS THE BASIS FOR IT’S DATA. MINNESOTA WAS 19TH, AND NORTH DAKOTA 22ND.
Last modified: 07/15/2020
