AS THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS IN ROSEAU COUNTY TUESDAY, THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD LAST WEEK HEARD THAT QUARANTINED HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS MAY BE ABLE TO TEACH FROM HOME. SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAYS THAT IS LESS LIKELY FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS, WHERE A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER MAY BE NECESSARY.
FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE SUGARBEET HARVEST IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL FACE A CHALLENGE. LAST YEAR A WET FALL BROUGHT THINGS TO A SCREECHING HALT, THIS YEAR, COVID-19 COULD EITHER PREVENT WORKERS FROM COMING TO HELP WITH HARVEST OR RISK BRINGING A SPIKE TO THE REGION. THEY ESTIMATE FARMERS NEED OVER 4000 WORKERS ONCE THE HARVEST IS IN FULL SCALE IN OCTOBER.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAS APPROXIMATELY TWO-POINT-TWO MILLION FEDERAL “CARES” ACT DOLLARS TO DISTRIBUTE. THE COUNTY CREATED A CARES ACT COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE PRIORITIES. ROSEAU COUNTY COORDINATOR JEFF PELOWSKI. THE FIRST OF ABOUT A DOZEN CHECKS TO SMALL BUSINESSES WENT OUT LAST WEEK.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED THE HIRE OF JOE BRODERICK AS A K-12 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. BRODERICK HAS FIFTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE AS BOTH AN ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MOSTLY IN NEW LONDON/ SPICER; AND IS A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AT OSAKIS.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, LAST WEEK, HOSTED VIRTUAL EVENTS ON A 2023 HIGHWAY ELEVEN RE-CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE CITY OF WARROAD. JEFF ERICKSON IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR A JOB THAT WILL RE-BUILD HIGHWAY ELEVEN FROM COUNTY ROAD FIVE TO HIGHWAY 313 IN WARROAD. ERICKSON SAYS THE WORK WILL ALSO INVOLVE THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE WARROAD RIVER.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR SAM EVANS OF ROSEAU ARE THIS MORNING AT TEN AT MOE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID-19 GUIDELINES. SAM EVANS WAS 66.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARY KLAMAR (CLAM-ur) OF GATZKE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT ROSE FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH, WEST OF ROSEAU. VISITATION IS THIS EVENING (5-7 PM) WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. BURIAL IS AT LANDSTAD CEMETERY AT GATZKE.MARY KLAMAR WAS 79.
THE MESSIAH CHURCH YOUTH HAVE THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER TODAY (9-4) AT THE HOLIDAY STATION STORE IN ROSEAU. THEY’RE SELLING SWEET CORN RAISED BY DUANE ERICKSON.FREE WILL DONATIONS GO TO THE MESSIAH/ MOE YOUTH.
Last modified: 09/04/2020
