THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS APPROVED JUST OVER A THOUSAND SMALL BUSINESS EMERGENCY LOANS ACROSS THE STATE, TOTALLING MORE THAN 27 MILLION DOLLARS. THE NORTHWEST REGION RECEIVED JUST OVER ONE-POINT-NINE MILLION DOLLARS. AMONG THE RECIPIENTS WERE SHAWN BROTEN, DESI KLIMESH AND THE BRICKHOUSE RESTAURANT IN ROSEAU …. LAKE OF THE WOODS BREWING COMPANY, REIKI BY DESIGN AND THE ALGOMA EATERY IN WARROAD … AND ALICE’S FAMILY RESTAURANT IN BAUDETTE. THOSE ZERO PERCENT LOANS ARE FIFTY PERCENT FORGIVEABLE UNDER CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ HAS AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR FIVE NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA COUNTIES AFFECTED BY FLOODING BETWEEN EARLY MARCH AND EARLY MAY. THOSE COUNTIES ARE KITTSON, MARSHALL, HUBBARD, NORMAN AND POLK.
THE ROSEAU CIVIC AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION WILL AGAIN SPONSOR CRAZY DAZE, ON AUGUST SIXTH; ALTHOUGH THIS YEAR’S EVENT WILL NOT INCLUDE A PING PONG DROP DUE TO COVID CONCERNS.
THE 48TH ANNUAL LAKE OF THE WOODS STEAM AND GAS SHOW IS THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WITH CORONAVIRUS-RELATED CHANGES AND CANCELLATIONS.
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PASSED FIFTY THOUSAND POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES OVER THE WEEKEND.IN ROSEAU COUNTY, LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH IS REPORTING 42 CASES, WITH 31 OF THOSE CASES RECOVERED AND NO LONGER IN ISOLATION. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS ROSEAU COUNTY HAS HAD 41 POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS CASES, AND THAT LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY RECORDED IT’S FIRST. LAKE OF THE WOODS WAS THE LAST COUNTY IN MINNESOTA WITHOUT A CONFIRMED CASE.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT IS STILL LOOKING FOR A HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER; THE JOB WAS OFFERED TO A CANDIDATE WHO TURNED IT DOWN;
AND THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING FOR A K-12 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAID HE “WOULD RATHER GO WITHOUT THAN FORCE A FIT”.
FILING FOR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL SEATS IN ROSEAU STARTS TOMORROW AND GOES THROUGH AUGUST 11TH.
COUNCIL SEATS CURRENTLY HELD BY JANE EVANS AND PAT NOVACEK WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, AS WILL THE MAYOR’S POSITION.
JEFF PELOWSKI SAYS HE WILL NOT SEEK A TWELFTH TERM AS ROSEAU’S MAYOR.
Last modified: 07/27/2020
