MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR LAURINE VACURA OF BADGER ARE THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT BARNETT NATIONAL CEMETERY IN RURAL BADGER. SERVICES WILL FOLLOW MINNESOTA COVID GUIDELINES. LAURINE VACURA WAS 83.
A STAGE TWO DETOUR ON HIGHWAY 172 NEAR BAUDETTE STARTS TODAY, USING HIGHWAY ELEVEN AND LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY ROADS TWO AND EIGHT.
THAT FOUR-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLAR RE-SURFACING PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES BOX CULVERT REPLACEMENT, IS EXPECTED TO BE DONE BY MID-OCTOBER. THE U.S. CONGRESS, LAST WEEK, APPROVED SAVANNA’S ACT – A BILL THAT ADDRESSES CASES OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
LISA CASAREZ, WITH NORTH DAKOTA NATIVE VOTE, SAYS THAT’S GOOD NEWS FOR NATIVES …. SAVANNA’S ACT IS NAMED FOR SAVANNA GREYWIND, THE PREGNANT NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED THREE YEARS AGO IN FARGO.
AN APPLICATION PROCESS IS UNDERWAY FOR GOOD FOOD ACCESS PROGRAM GRANTS, THROUGH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. KC’S COUNTRY MARKETS IN BADGER AND GREENBUSH RECEIVED GOOD FOOD ACCESS GRANTS IN 2018 AND 2019.
UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION IS LOOKING FOR MASTER GARDENERS, ESPECIALLY IN ROSEAU COUNTY. JACKIE FROEMMING IS IN BRAINERD; SHE’S AN EXTENSION EDUCATOR, WHO SAYS ANYBODY CAN VOLUNTEER FOR THE MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM. ABOUT FIFTEEN MINNESOTA COUNTIES DON’T HAVE MASTER GARDENERS, INCLUDING ROSEAU.
U of M EXTENSION HAS STARTED A STATEWIDE VOLUNTEER-AT-LARGE PROGRAM FOR COUNTIES LIKE ROSEAU. THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNEAPOLIS IS THE 11TH BEST COFFEE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT’S BASED ON CRITERIA LIKE COFFEE SHOPS PER CAPITA.
THE TOP THREE, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, ARE SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND. THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, LAST WEEK, HEARD FROM SCOTT JOHNSON WITH THE ROSEAU SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. THE S.W.C.D. IS SEEKING A 97 THOUSAND DOLLAR APPROPRIATION FOR 2021, WHICH WOULD BE A THREE PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE CURRENT YEAR.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, HEARD THAT TOTAL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT WAS 1145, WITH 71 OF THOSE STUDENTS CHOOSING DISTANCE LEARNING. THE LARGEST GRADES ARE 8TH AND 12TH, EACH WITH 101 STUDENTS; THE SMALLEST IS 6TH GRADE, WITH 69 STUDENTS.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, EARLIER THIS MONTH, HEARD FROM MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE MANAGER LINDA ROSEBOROUGH – WHO SAID THEY’RE EXPERIENCING SOME COVID-RELATED PRODUCT SHORTAGES FROM THEIR WAREHOUSES.
NATE BROTEN IS OFFERING DISC GOLF INSTRUCTION FOR KIDS IN GRADES FIVE AND UP AT THE ROSEAU CITY PARK AGAIN THIS WEEK. HE SAYS THE EIGHTEEN HOLD DISC GOLF COURSE AT THE PARK IS AS GOOD AS THEY COME …. NATE BROTEN IS THE COURSE DESIGNER, WITH HELP FROM MARK JOHNSTON.
PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RICHARD HORNER OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD, WITH MILITARY HONORS BY THE WARROAD AMERICAN LEGION AND V.F.W. RICHARD HORNER WAS 87.
A PRIVATE FAMILY INTERMENT SERVICE FOR WAYNE JUHL OF GREENBUSH IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT BOWESMONT CEMETERY IN BOWESMONT, NORTH DAKOTA. WAYNE JUHL, A FORMER ROSEAU COUNTY COMMISSIONER, WAS 94.
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ROSEAU HOSTS AN ANNUAL FALL TOUR BY MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE THIS EVENING (7 PM).
ROSEAU COUNTY ADDED THREE MORE CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 OVER THE WEEKEND. THROUGH SUNDAY, THERE HAVE BEEN 128 CASES IN THE COUNTY SINCE EARLY APRIL; THIRTEEN OF THEM ARE ACTIVE CASES.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL IS HALTING IT’S DOOR-TO-DOOR STUDY OF COVID 19 IN GREATER MINNESOTA, AFTER MULTIPLE REPORTED INCIDENTS LAST WEEK. THE C-D-C WAS PLANNING STOPS IN 180 MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING WARROAD.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS PLANNING AERIAL MAPPING EARLY NEXT MONTH IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA, INCLUDING HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN GRYGLA AND WANNASKA. MINN-DOT DOES THAT MAPPING TO CREATE A RECORD OF THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE FOR PLANNING AND HIGHWAY DESIGN REASONS.
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