THE SUMMER GAZEBO CONCERT SERIES AT RIVERVIEW PARK IN ROSEAU STARTS JUNE 20TH, WITH THE “WOODPICKS”. THE NINE CONCERT SERIES GOES THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST; OTHER SHOWS INCLUDE TAMI LEE, DARIANN LEIGH AND GABBIE JUNE.
THE LESSARD/SAMS OUTDOOR HERITAGE COUNCIL IS ACCEPTING FUNDING REQUESTS THROUGH FRIDAY FOR 2021 PROJECTS.
ELIGIBLE PROJECTS ARE THOSE THAT RESTORE, PROTECT AND ENHANCE WETLANDS, PRAIRIE AND FOREST – AND HABITATS FOR FISH, GAME AND WILDLIFE.
OVER THE PAST DECADE, THE COUNCIL HAS AWARDED 940 MILLION DOLLARS FOR MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED PROJECTS ACROSS MINNESOTA.
KRISTIN EGGERLING OF HALLOCK, AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN FABIAN OF ROSEAU ARE MEMBERS OF THE LESSARD/SAMS COUNCIL.
SUMMER FUN AT SCHOOL IS THE WEEK OF JUNE 10TH AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL.
MINNESOTA’S TOWARD ZERO DEATHS INITIATIVE HAS SAVED THE STATE MORE THAN TEN BILLION DOLLARS SINCE 2003. ORGANIZERS SAY THERE WERE THREE HUNDRED FEWER TRAFFIC DEATHS ON MINNESOTA ROADS IN 2017 THAN THERE WERE IN 2003.
NEW RESEARCH FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SAYS HEARING LOSS IN OLDER ADULTS CAN LEAD TO DEPRESSION. DOCTOR JUSTIN GOLUB SAYS CHEAPER, OVER-THE-COUNTER HEARING AIDS ARE UNDERGOING FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVAL.
ABOUT EIGHTY PERCENT OF PEOPLE OVER AGE EIGHTY HAVE SOME HEARING LOSS, BUT ONLY ABOUT 25% OF THEM WEAR HEARING AIDS.
THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL HAS RELEASED THE NAME OF A MAN KILLED IN A MONDAY NIGHT HEAD-ON CRASH NEAR BEMIDJI AS 82 YEAR OLD RUSSELL PORTER OF BEMIDJI.
PORTER WAS A PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 73 YEAR OLD MARGARET PORTER OF BEMIDJI, WHICH WAS TRAVELING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON HIGHWAY TWO, AND HIT A CAR DRIVEN BY 21 YEAR OLD ATHENA STANEK OF FOSSTON.
STANEK WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM A BEMIDJI HOSPITAL; WHILE MARGARET PORTER SUFFERED LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FLORENCE HALVORSON OF ROSEAU ARE THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN AT ROSE FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH, WEST OF ROSEAU.
BURIAL IS AT MOE/ROSE CEMETERY.
FLORENCE HALVORSON WAS 99.
A BURIAL SERVICE FOR JOEL BUDD IS TOMORROW MORNING AT NINE AT MOE/ROSE CEMETERY.
JOEL BUDD WAS 77.
A SUMMER READING CONCERT, FEATURING RALPH COVERT OF RALPH’S WORLD, IS JUNE 18TH (4:30 PM) AT THE ROSEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY.
A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER, JOHN PICKLAP OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, WAS AT LAST WEEK’S ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. PICKLAP FOLLOWED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OF FARMER THOR DIDRIKSON FOR THE PAST MONTH, AS HE WORKS ON A MOVIE ON CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE.
PICKLAP ALSO FILMED JADE ESTLING OF WARROAD, WHO’S ALSO GROWING KERNZA.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MARILYN SUNSTEN OF FRISCO, TEXAS (AND FORMERLY OF ROSEAU) ARE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT CONCORDIA LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSS. VISITATION IS FRIDAY EVENING (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU.
MARILYN SUNSTEN WAS 75.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, RENEWED A CONTRACT FOR IT’S SENTENCED TO SERVE PROGRAM AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY JAIL. S-T-S CREWS, MANAGED BY RICK VON ENDE, WORKED NEARLY FIFTY-NINE HUNDRED HOURS OVER THE PAST YEAR.
A 3D ARCHERY SHOOT IS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT THE MALUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT’S SPONSORED BY POLARIS, AND FREE FOR ALL ARCHERS.
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