THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS APPROVED THE SALE OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW HIGHWAY SHOP IN ROSEAU. THERE WERE FOUR BIDDERS FOR THE BOND; THE LOW BID WAS AT ONE-POINT-SEVEN-NINE PERCENT INTEREST.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS APPROVED REVISIONS OF IT’S COUNTY FACILITY PREPAREDNESS PLAN AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE POLICY; BOTH RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THE COUNTY BOARD APPPROVED A TOBACCO AND LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION FOR THE SALOL ONE STOP STATION, WHICH IS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP.
ROSEAU COUNTY IS LOOSENING REQUIREMENTS FOR A COUNTY HIGHWAY ENGINEER POSITION, IN HOPES OF ATTRACTING A CERTIFIED ENGINEER. THE MOST RECENT ADVERTISEMENT FOR CANDIDATES BROUGHT NO APPLICATIONS. ROSEAU COUNTY HAS BEEN WITHOUT A HIGHWAY ENGINEER SINCE BRIAN KETRING’S DEPARTURE FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A YEAR AGO.
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES WILL BE HELD IN ROSEAU AND BADGER NEXT MONDAY. WILD 102 WILL AIR A MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE BEGINNING AT 8:30, WITH A LOST AT SEA PROGRAM TAKING PLACE AT THE CENTER STREET BRIDGE AT 9:00 AND THEN CONTINUING AT VETERAN’S MEMORIAL PARK.
BADGER’S ACTIVITIES WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 AT THE BADGER CREEK BRIDGE, AND THEN CONTINUING AT THE VETERAN’S MEMORIAL.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ROGER DIDRIKSON OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY (10 AM) AT FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH, SOUTH OF BADGER. VISITATION WILL BE TOMORROW EVENING (5:00-7:00) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. ROGER DIDRIKSON WAS 66.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR ADAM LYKKEN OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD THIS WEDNESDAY (11 AM) AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION WILL BE ONE OUR PRIOR WITH MILITARY HONORS BY THE WARRAOAD AMERICAN LEGION. ADAM LYKKEN WAS 31.
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THAT JUST OVER SIXTY-THOUSAND YOUTH AGED 12-15 HAVE RECEIVED THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE. JUST OVER ONE HUNDRED HAVE COMPLETED A SECOND DOSE.
THERE ARE REPORTS OF A MOUNTAIN LION SIGHTING NEAR ALVARADO BUT SO FAR NOTHING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED, ACCORDING TO MINNESOTA DNR CONSERVATION OFFICERS. OVER THE PAST DECADE, MOUNTAIN LIONS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED FROM DEVIL’S LAKE TO BEMIDJI.
DULUTH POLICE HAVE ISSUED WARRANTS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL MALES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY’S FIRST HOMICIDE. PATRICK BATTEES JR IS IN CUSTODY FOR THE MURDER, THE OTHER TWO MEN ARE BEING SOUGHT AS IT’S BELIEVED THEY PERSUED BATTEES ON FOOT AND HAD FIRED SHOTS IN HIS DIRECTION.
Last modified: 05/26/2021
