MINNESOTA LEADS THE NATION IN RESPONSE RATE FOR THE 2020 CENSUS, WITH SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE STATE’S RESIDENTS RESPONDING. WISCONSIN AND IOWA ARE SECOND AND THIRD.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAD A 58% RESPONSE RATE, COMPARED WITH 27% IN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.
THE CITY OF ROSEAU WAS AT SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT.
BADGER’S CENSUS RESPONSE RATE WAS 60%; WARROAD 57%; AND GREENBUSH 54%.
THE WESTERN MINNESOTA STEAM THRESHERS REUNION AT ROLLAG HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.
THAT LABOR DAY WEEKEND EVENT TYPICALLY ATTRACTS ABOUT EIGHTY THOUSAND VISITORS.
LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU HAS BEEN GIVEN STATE APPROVAL FOR A RENOVATION OF IT’S ROSEAU MANOR NURSING HOME.
WORK STARTS ON THAT PROJECT NEXT SPRING.
SHANNON CARLSON, THE C.O.O. AT LIFECARE, WAS ASKED WHETHER AN INCREASED OLDER ADULT POPULATION IS THE REASON.
A RECENT AUDIT OF THE CITY OF ROSEAU SHOWED ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN LONG-TERM DEBT, MAINLY FOR THE ROSEAU COURT TOWNHOMES.
THAT MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY LOAN BECOMES A GRANT IN 2023.
THE ROSEAU COURT TOWNHOMES WERE BUILT AFTER THE 2002 FLOOD.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS NORTH DAKOTA IS THE STATE WITH THE BEST HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CORONAVIRUS; AND MINNESOTA IS 22ND.
THAT’S BASED ON METRICS LIKE THE NUMBER OF HOSPITAL BEDS PER CAPITA, AND THE STATE’S PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUNDING PER CAPITA.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD YESTERDAY UPHELD A DANGEROUS DOG DESIGNATION BY A 3-2 VOTE,
MEANING THE DOG’S OWNER WILL HAVE FOURTEEN DAYS TO COMPLY WITH A COUNTY ORDINANCE.
THE DOG, A MASTIFF, BIT A TEENAGER IN THE FACE; THE BOY THEN UNDERWENT EYE SURGERY.
A PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR KAREN OLSON OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD AT MOE-ROSE CEMETERY WEST OF ROSEAU, AND A CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.
KAREN OLSON WAS 68.
A PRIVATE MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD THIS FALL FOR RUSSELL WICKLUND OF GREENBUSH.
HE SERVED 45 YEARS ON THE GREENBUSH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING 24 YEARS AS CHIEF.
RUSSELL WICKLUND WAS 78.
MOSQUITO SPRAYING STARTS THIS EVENING IN ROSEAU.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, MEETING IN SPECIAL SESSION YESTERDAY EVENING, OFFERED CONSENSUS APPROVAL FOR A ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PARADE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ROSEAU FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ROSEAU POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES WILL SERVE AS ESCORTS FOR THAT PARADE.
Last modified: 05/27/2020
