THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED A TOTAL OF 550 CONFIRMED COVID CASES IN ROSEAU COUNTY YESTERDAY, WITH 176 OF THOSE BEING ACTIVE CASES.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY NUMBER WAS AT 360 AT THE END OF OCTOBER, AND THE COUNTY IS AVERAGING ABOUT THIRTY NEW CASES PER DAY OVER THE PAST FIVE DAYS. ACROSS MINNESOTA, FOR THE SEVEN DAY PERIOD ENDING SATURDAY, THE STATE HAD MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS; THAT’S ABOUT TEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES SINCE MARCH.
PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE HELD FOR HELEN THOMPSON OF ROSEAU. SHE WAS 93.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR WARREN JOHNSON OF ROSEAU. HE WAS 70.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING FOR NORMAN MILLER OF GREENBUSH. HE WAS 77.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING FOR THEODORE SHIMPA OF ROSEAU. “TEDDY” SHIMPA WAS 75.
A GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR VIOLET DIX IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN AT THE GRACETON CEMETERY. VIOLET DIX WAS 82.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THOMAS FUGLEBERG OF ROSEAU, HAS BEEN POSTPONED. TOM FUGLEBERG WAS 67.
REGISTRATION FOR THE 13TH ANNUAL ‘IDEA’ COMPETITION OPENS TODAY. THAT’S AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CONTEST THAT SHOWCASES INNOVATORS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THERE HAVE BEEN WINNERS FROM ROSEAU AND WARROAD OVER THE PAST DOZEN YEARS.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR LeROY TAUS IS THIS MORNING AT 10:30 AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREENBUSH. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN STRATHCONA. LeROY TAUS WAS 94.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST WEEK, SET A PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 30TH FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ZACH MANKA, WHO’S PLANNING A SKATE SHARPENING HOME-BASED BUSINESS IN HIS GARAGE.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LATE LAST MONTH, HEARD FROM TRACY HALSTENSGARD – SHE’S THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT. SHE OFFERED UPDATES ON THE WATERSHED’S WHITNEY LAKE PROJECT, SAYING 82% OF THE WHITNEY SUB-WATERSHED IS AGRICULTURAL LAND; AND ON THE ROSEAU LAKE PROJECT, WHICH STILL NEEDS ABOUT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS TO COMPLETE. HALSTENSGARD SAID LARGE WATER PROJECTS TAKE A LONG TIME …. THE ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT MAY SEEK MONEY FROM THE LESSARD/SAMS OUTDOOR HERITAGE COUNCIL FOR THE ROSEAU LAKE PROJECT. STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN FABIAN CURRENTLY SERVES ON THAT COUNCIL.
WORK CONTINUES AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL ON PHASE ONE OF A BUILDING RENOVATION PROJECT. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAYS THE PROJECT IS PROGRESSING
THE POLITICAL DIVIDE AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT SEEMS SOMEWHAT TIED TO GEOGRAPHY, IN WHAT’S DESCRIBED AS AN URBAN/RURAL DIVIDE. BUT THE ST PAUL-BASED WILDER FOUNDATION SAYS MOST PARTS OF MINNESOTA ARE FACING THE SAME CHALLENGES. ELLEN WOLTER, FROM THE WILDER FOUNDATION, SAYS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE EXAMPLE … WOLTER ALSO SAYS AGING POPULATIONS ARE NOT SIMPLY A RURAL TREND; THAT SEVERAL TWIN CITIES SUBURBS ARE AMONG THE TEN OLDEST CITIES IN MINNESOTA.
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