MINNESOTA CONTINUES TO SEE SOME THE HIGHEST COVID-19 RATES IN THE COUNTRY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MORE THAN 80% OF ADULTS NOW HAVE AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE, AND THE STATE RANKS 6TH IN 5-11 YEAR OLD VACCINATIONS AND 2ND IN BOOSTER DOSES ADMINISTERED.
ALTOZ IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR IT’S DONATION TO WELDING CLASSES AT RED LAKE FALLS SCHOOLS. THEY DONATED TWO WELDERS AND 1,000 POUNDS OF STEEL. JUST LAST WEEK, STUDENTS HAD TOURED THEIR FACILITY TO SEE HOW THEIR SKILLS CAN BE APPLIED IN THE REAL WORLD. ALTOZ HAS MANUFACTURING FACILITIES IN BOTH GREENBUSH AND RED LAKE FALLS.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD APPROVED A QUIET ZONE PROJECT REVISION, WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION FOR APPROVAL. THE COUNTY, THE CITY OF WARROAD AND LAKE TOWNSHIP ARE SEEKING A QUIET ZONE STATUS AT SEVEN RAIL CROSSINGS IN AND AROUND WARROAD.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD APPROVED THE ROSEAU COUNTY TRAILBLAZERS GRANT-IN-AID REQUEST TO THE STATE FOR 578 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR NEXT YEAR. MYLES HOGENSON, WITH THE TRAILBLAZERS SAID 446 THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THAT REQUEST WOULD BE USED TO IMPROVE THE TWENTY MILE RAILBED BETWEEN WARRAOD AND ROSEAU.
CELEBRATE THE ROSEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY’S 83RD ANNIVERSARY WITH A CHRISTMAS TREASURES PROGRAM, AT 2 PM ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5 AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER. THEY’LL HAVE CHRISTMAS READINGS, MUSIC BY ECLIPSE CHOIR, DRAWINGS FOR PRIZES, AND REFRESHMENTS.
ALL MINNESOTA STATE PARKS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A FREE PARKS DAY ON FRIDAY, WHEN EVERYONE CAN ENTER A STATE PARK WITHOUT PAYING A FEE.
THE COUNTY BOARD MET WITH SCOTT JOHNSON OF THE ROSEAU SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. JOHNSON IS ASKING FOR AN EIGHT-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR APPROPRIATION FOR 2022; UP FROM SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND DOLLAR IN THE CURRENT YEAR. JOHNSON ALSO SAID JUST OVER EIGHTY-NINE HUNDRED WATERCRAFT INSPECTIONS WERE DONE THIS YEAR AT VARIOUS SITES ON LAKE OF THE WOODS, FOR AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES. THAT IS DOWN FROM MORE THAN TWELVE THOUSAND IN 2020. JOHNSON SAID THE LOWER NUMBER ID DUE TO A LACK OF INSPECTORS.
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