THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS ROSEAU COUNTY ADDED ANOTHER TWO DOZEN POSITIVE COVID CASES YESTERDAY, WITH 436 SINCE APRIL. A SIMILAR SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE STATE. MINNESOTA HEALTH COMMISSIONER JAN MALCOLM SAYS, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, MINNESOTA YESTERDAY SAW A NEW INFECTION IN EVERY COUNTY ON THE SAME DAY. WHILE ROSEAU COUNTY’S ARE LARGE (AND GETTING LARGER) POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS HAD MORE THAN ELEVEN HUNDRED CASES SINCE APRIL, AND BELTRAMI COUNTY MORE THAN A THOUSAND.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ YESTERDAY REQUESTED STAFFING SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND HOSPITALS AS COVID CASE NUMBERS RISE IN THE STATE.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF ANNA HASBARGEN OF BIRCHDALE IS THIS AFTERNOON AT ONE AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BAUDETTE; FOLLOWED BY A 2:30 P.M. GRAVESIDE SERVICE AT BORDER/RIVERDALE CEMETERY. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE LIVESTREAMED. ANNA HASBARGEN WAS 49.
A PUBLIC VISITATION FOR PAMULA TENNANT OF BAUDETTE, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID GUIDELINES, IS THIS AFTERNOON (2-4 P.M.) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN BAUDETTE. BURIAL IS AT A LATER DATE. PAMULA TENNANT WAS 67.
A PRIVATE FAMILY GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR NADINE THOMPSON OF GREENBUSH (AND FORMERLY OF STRATHCONA) IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 1:30 AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY IN STRATHCONA. VISITATION IS THIS EVENING (5-8 P.M.) AT COLLINS FUNERAL CHAPEL IN GREENBUSH, FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COVID GUIDELINES. NADINE THOMPSON WAS 95.
MINNESOTA HOUSE DISTRICT 1A WILL REMAIN IN REPUBLICAN CONTROL, AFTER JOHN BURKEL’S LANDSLIDE VICTORY TUESDAY OVER CONNIE LINDSTROM OF HALLOCK. BURKEL, FROM BADGER, RECEIVED NEARLY 73% OF THE VOTE IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR MARK JOHNSON EARNED NEARLY 70% OF THE VOTE IN BEATING DFL CHALLENGER REED PERKINS. JOHNSON WILL SERVE A SECOND TERM IN THE STATE SENATE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1991, DFL’ER COLLIN PETERSON WILL NOT SERVE THE 7TH DISTRICT IN CONGRESS, AFTER LOSING TO REPUBLICAN MICHELLE FISCHBACH TUESDAY. FISCHBACH GOT MORE THAN 192 THOUSAND VOTES (OR 53%) TO PETERSON’S 142 THOUSAND VOTES.
A FOURTH ANNUAL LIGHT UP THE HOLIDAYS SHOPPING CAMPAIGN ENDS NOVEMBER 28TH WITH A TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AT ALLISON PARK IN WARROAD. THAT’S ALSO SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.
THE MINNESOTA FIREARMS DEER SEASON STARTS SATURDAY, AND JOHN WILLIAMS (THE REGIONAL WILDLIFE SUPERVISOR FOR THE D.N.R.) SAYS PROSPECTS FOR HUNTERS ARE GOOD …
ROSEAU COUNTY HAS ISOLATION HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR COVID POSITIVES AND QUARANTINES THAT CAN’T SAFETY ISOLATE IN THEIR OWN HOME. THAT HOUSING WAS USED LAST WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, THIS WEEK, HEARD THAT THE CITY’S CASH IN BANK AMOUNT IS EXPECTED TO BE DOWN ABOUT A HALF-MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE END OF LAST YEAR, MAINLY DUE TO AIRPORT PROJECTS. THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT SEVEN POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN RESERVES.
SCOTT JOHNSON, WITH THE ROSEAU SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, TOLD THE COUNTY BOARD RECENTLY THAT MORE THAN ELEVEN THOUSAND WATERCRAFT WERE INSPECTED FOR AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES THIS PAST SUMMER; AND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, INSPECTORS HAVEN’T FOUND ANY INVASIVES IN LAKE OF THE WOODS. SCOTT JOHNSON SAYS COMPLIANCE BY BOATERS HAS BEEN EXCELLENT …
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