THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS THIS EVENING.
THE AGENDA INCLUDES THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING.
MAYOR JEFF PELOWSKI SAYS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECTED DEFICIT FOR 2021 IS DUE TO SOME DELAYED PROJECTS AND THE CITY’S POTENTIAL SHARE OF A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE BILL AND MARGARET MARVIN SCHOLARSHIP, FOR WARROAD STUDENTS, IS OPEN THROUGH MID-FEBRUARY.
THAT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HAS HELPED 273 WARROAD STUDENTS ATTEND TWO AND FOUR YEAR POST-SECONDARY SCHOOLS SINCE 2007;
AND NEARLY SIX-POINT-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN GRANTED.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL REMAINS IN THE SAME LEARNING MODE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER,
WITH ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN-PERSON AND JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN A HYBRID MODE (IN-PERSON TWO DAYS A WEEK).
RESEARCH BY THE ST PAUL-BASED WILDER FOUNDATION SHOWS THE SUPPOSED RURAL/ URBAN DIVIDE ISN’T AS PROFOUND AS SOME MIGHT SAY; THAT GREATER MINNESOTA AND THE METRO AREA ARE FACING MANY OF THE SAME CHALLENGES.
ELLEN WOLTER, WITH THE WILDER FOUNDATION, SAYS BROADBAND ACCESS REMAINS A PROBLEM IN MANY PARTS OF MINNESOTA.
WILDER RESEARCH SHOWS, OF HOUSEHOLDS IN GREATER MINNESOTA WITH AN INCOME OF LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, HALF HAVE NO INTERNET SUBSCRIPTION AT HOME.
A PRIVATE CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR BARB (JOHNSON) NELSON OF ROSEAU WILL BE HELD AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. BURIAL IS AT HOPE CEMETERY.
BARB NELSON WAS 81.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR RICHARD KUKOWSKI OF GREENBUSH, FOLLOWING STATE COVID-19 GUIDELINES, IS FRIDAY MORNING AT 10:30 AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS THURSDAY EVENING AFTER SIX, WITH A ROSARY AT 6:30 AND PRAYER SERVICE AT SEVEN, AT THE CHURCH.
RICHARD KUKOWSKI WAS 81.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR DELORES HAUGTVEDT OF RIVERSIDE, OHIO (AND FORMERLY OF GREENBUSH) WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE AT EAST BETHLEHEM CEMETERY AT GREENBUSH.
DELORES HAUGTVEDT WAS 90.
MINNESOTA THIRD QUARTER EXPORTS WERE DOWN FOURTEEN PERCENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF LAST YEAR. U.S. EXPORTS WERE DOWN BY A SIMILAR PERCENTAGE.
THAT INCLUDES AGRICULTURAL, MANUFACTURED AND MINING PRODUCTS;
AND REFLECTS REDUCED DEMAND FOR THOSE PRODUCTS AROUND THE WORLD.
PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR LAWRENCE BROSIUS OF SALOL WILL BE HELD AT THE DRAYTON, NORTH DAKOTA CEMETERY.
LAWRENCE BROSIUS WAS 83.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS ROSEAU COUNTY IS NOW AT 1388 CONFIRMED COVID CASES SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN IN APRIL, WITH SEVEN DEATHS (ALL IN THE PAST MONTH).
ROSEAU COUNTY HAS ADDED TWELVE HUNDRED NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES SINCE THE FIRST OF OCTOBER.
THE GRAND FORKS HERALD HAS A STORY TODAY ON A 350 THOUSAND DOLLAR CHANNEL RESTORATION PROJECT ON A DITCH AT BOSTIC BAY ON LAKE OF THE WOODS, WHICH WAS COMPLETED LAST SUMMER.
TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR A COVID-19 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN MINNESOTA.
THAT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO COVER PAST-DUE COSTS LIKE RENT, MORTGAGE AND UTILITIES SINCE MARCH.
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