A MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE STORY SAYS SCOTT WINE OF POLARIS INDUSTRIES IS THE 26TH HIGHEST PAID C.E.O. IN MINNESOTA. WINE EARNS FOUR-POINT-ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL COMPENSATION. HE WAS 7TH ON LAST YEAR’S LIST, BUT HIS ANNUAL EARNINGS DROPPED BY EIGHTY PERCENT. THE HIGHEST PAID C.E.O., ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER STORY, IS DAVID WICHMANN OF THE UNITED HEALTH GROUP, WHOSE ANNUAL EARNINGS TOP FIFTY-TWO MILLION DOLLARS
A VISITATION WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR MARILYN CASS OF ROSEAU IS WEDNESDAY EVENING (5- 7 PM) WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. BURIAL IS AT PRINCE OF PEACE CEMETERY AT LaCRESCENT, MINNESOTA. MARILYN CASS WAS 83.
A SERVICE HONORING THE LIFE OF BRANDON JOHNSON OF ROSEAU IS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT ONE AT MOE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ROSEAU, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA GUIDELINES. BRANDON JOHNSON WAS 28.
PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR KATHERINE PHILLIPE OF EAST GRAND FORKS (AND FORMERLY OF WARROAD) WILL BE HELD AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN WARROAD. KATHERINE PHILLIPE WAS 80.
PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR ALETA BATTLES OF NORTHOME (AND FORMERLY OF ROOSEVELT) WILL BE HELD AT SILENT CITY CEMETERY IN ROOSEVELT. ALETA BATTLES WAS 85.
MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR CHUCK WILEMON OF BAUDETTE. HE WAS 58.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA GUIDELINES, FOR RONALD JOHNSON OF ROSEAU IS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT THE ROSEAU EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. RON JOHNSON WAS 66.
CAMP KNUTSON, WHICH IS OPERATED BY LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA, HAS IT’S 34TH ANNUAL QUILT AUCTION SATURDAY IN AN ONLINE FORMAT. CAMP KNUTSON IS FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, DOWN SYNDROME AND OTHER MEDICAL NEEDS.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS THIS EVENING. THE AGENDA INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF FOOD TRUCKS WITH THE ROSEAU CIVIC AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION.
A CULVERT REPLACEMENT AND RE-SURFACING PROJECT STARTS TODAY ON HIGHWAY 172 NEAR BAUDETTE, WHICH WILL MEAN DETOURS FOR DRIVERS. THE FOUR-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED BY MID-OCTOBER.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, MET WITH CHARITY BRAULT AND HEATHER HARBOTT FROM THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA MULTI-COUNTY HOUSING AND REHABILITATION AUTHORITY.
ONE OF THE HRA’S PROGRAMS, A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, HAS HELPED FUND THE PURCHASE OF 468 HOMES IN ROSEAU COUNTY SINCE IT’S INCEPTION. THE FORTY-THREE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF HOUSING IN ROSEAU COUNTY IS AS MUCH AS ALL THE OTHER NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES COMBINED.
CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL FOR PHASE ONE OF A TWO PHASE RENOVATION PROJECT. SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR PETE KVIEN SAYS ALTHOUGH SCHOOL WILL START IN-PERSON IN SEPTEMBER, THERE SHOULD BE MINIMAL IMPACT ON STUDENTS. THE ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT IS STILL TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR A K-12 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
THE ROSEAU ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MET LAST WEEK, AND WERE JOINED BY MARTY SEIFERT, WITH THE COALITION OF GREATER MINNESOTA CITIES. MARTY SEIFERT IS A FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE. WARROAD IS ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE COALITION OF GREATER MINNESOTA CITIES, BUT MOST OF THE MEMBERSHIP IS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE.
THE ROSEAU AREA FOOD SHELF AND WARROAD FOOD PANTRY PARTNERED WITH THE NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK LAST WEEK FOR A FROZEN FOOD DISTRIBUTION. IN ROSEAU, SIX THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD WAS GIVEN AWAY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.THERESE McDONNELL, WITH THE ROSEAU AREA FOOD SHELF, SAYS THEY WERE SURPRISINGLY QUIET EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC; BUT DEMAND HAS INCREASED ….
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