A FARMERS MARKET IN ROSEAU IS IN FULL SWING THURSDAY EVENINGS AND SATURDAYS. BILL BOUTANG IS PRESIDENT OF THE MINNESOTA FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION, AND RUNS A MARKET IN GRAND RAPIDS.
BOUTANG SAYS A STATE PROGRAM CALLED “MARKET BUCKS” ALLOWS “SNAP” RECIPIENTS TO BUY FROM FARMERS MARKETS.
A HALF MILLION MINNESOTANS (OR, ONE OF EVERY TWELVE) RECEIVE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE; “SNAP” WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED A MISCELLANEOUS FEE SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
THE ONLY CHANGE IS A TEN DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE COST FOR DRIVER TRAINING.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR GETS INTO FULL SWING TODAY.
MINI-STAGE ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDES THE KATHY ERICKSON BAND (1 PM); DARIANN LEIGH (3:15 PM) AND THE OVERTONES (4 PM).
WOJO’S RODEO IS AT THE GRANDSTAND.
ROSEAU COUNTY 4H’ERS ARE SHOWING THEIR PROJECTS; 4H PROGRAM COORDINATOR SANDI WEILAND SAYS THE COUNTY HAS BETWEEN 350 AND 400 FOUR-H KIDS.
THE ROSEAU SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS CHARGED WITH ENFORCING BUFFER LAWS APPROVED BY THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
SCOTT JOHNSON, THE DISTRICT MANAGER, SAYS THERE ARE MORE THAN THIRTEEN HUNDRED MILES OF DITCHES IN ROSEAU COUNTY; AND THAT MOST LANDOWNERS ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW.
ROSEAU’S CENTER ICE CLUB IS PAYING FOR ICE AT THE NORTH RINK THROUGH NEXT SPRING. ICE AT THAT FACILITY IS TYPICALLY TAKEN OUT IN AUGUST, AND GOES BACK IN IN THE FALL.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR JENNIFER SHEPARD OF WARROAD IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT BETHESDA LUTHERAN CHURCH. VISITATION IS FRIDAY EVENING (5-7 PM) WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
JENNIFER SHEPARD WAS 56.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR RUBY TORGERSON OF ROSEAU IS FRIDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
RUBY TORGERSON WAS 82.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR KYLE DeMOLEE OF WARROAD IS SATURDAY MORNING AT TEN AT THE WARROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR.
KYLE DeMOLEE WAS 27.
SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR CURTIS WISKOW OF RURAL STRATHCONA. HE DIED YESTERDAY AT LIFECARE GREENBUSH MANOR AT AGE 89.
42 YEAR OLD CYNTHIA McDOUGALL OF BAUDETTE DIED MONDAY IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 172 IN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY. McDOUGALL’S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK HEAD-ON BY A PICKUP DRIVEN BY 23 YEAR OLD KYLE NEUMILLER OF ISLE, MINNESOTA. NEUMILLER WAS TAKEN TO LAKEWOOD HEALTH CENTER IN BAUDETTE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE SIX P.M. MONDAY.
45 YEAR OLD DAVID GOERTZEN WAS TAKEN TO A THIEF RIVER FALLS HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AFTER THE MOTORCYCLE HE WAS DRIVING WAS BACKED INTO BY A PICKUP DRIVEN BY 41 YEAR OLD DEBBI BENKE OF GREENBUSH. THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT ABOUT 2:30 AT THE K & K GAS STATION IN KARLSTAD. BENKE WAS NOT HURT.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD HAS A WORK SESSION NEXT TUESDAY EVENING (July 30/ 6:30 pm) TO REVIEW PROGRESS AND DETERMINE DECISION POINTS AHEAD OF A POTENTIAL BOND REFERENDUM ON A PROPOSED SCHOOL FACILITIES PROJECT.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, YESTERDAY, HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF THE KVEEN FAMILY AND MITCH MAGNUSSON ON THE ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED’S PROPOSED LAKEBOTTOM PROJECT.
THOSE LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS ARE OPPOSED TO A SHARED DNR/ WATERSHED PROJECT WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT PRIVATELY OWNED LAND.
ARCHERY IN THE PARK IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON (1-3 PM) AT HAYES LAKE STATE PARK, FOR AGES EIGHT AND UP.
Last modified: 07/24/2019
