THE ROSEAU COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE HAS A MEET AND GREET FOR COUNTY VETERANS THIS EVENING (5:30 PM) AT THE ROSEAU V.F.W.
PARTICIPANTS IN A ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COVID STAKEHOLDERS CALL THIS WEEK HEARD THAT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS WORKING ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFE TRICK OR TREATING, PER C-D-C GUIDELINES.
MAIL BALLOTS GO OUT MONDAY FROM THE ROSEAU COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE TO REGISTERED VOTERS IN 32 TOWNSHIPS; ALL THE UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS; AND IN THE CITIES OF BADGER, STRATHCONA AND ROOSEVELT.
AUDITOR/ RECORDER MARTIE MONSRUD IS ASKING PEOPLE IN THOSE PRECINCTS THAT DON’T GET A BALLOT IN THE MAIL TO CONTACT HER OFFICE (463-1282) or www.elections@co.roseau.mn.us MONSRUD SAYS MAIL BALLOTING HAS PROVEN TO INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION IN ROSEAU COUNTY. MAIL BALLOTS ARE DUE BACK AT THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE BY ELECTION DAY NOVEMBER 3RD.
THE APPLICATION PERIOD TO BECOME A UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION MASTER GARDENER IS TODAY. ROSEAU COUNTY IS ONE OF ABOUT FIFTEEN COUNTIES IN THE STATE THAT DON’T HAVE A MASTER GARDENER.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS APPROVED BUDGETS AND LEVIES FOR THE UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS FOR 2021, WITH SLIGHT INCREASES IN SEVERAL OF THOSE UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS. THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, IN SEPTEMBER, HEARD THAT ICE INSTALLATION IS PLANNED FOR MID-OCTOBER AT THE RAMS SPORTS CENTER.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AN EXEMPT PERMIT FOR THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE MINNESOTA DEER HUNTERS ASSOCIATION TO HOLD AN OCTOBER 12TH RAFFLE. THERE WILL NOT BE A DEER HUNTERS BANQUET THIS YEAR AT THE CITY CENTER DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
MINNESOTA AUTHOR PATRICK MADER HAS WRITTEN A SECOND VERSION OF HIS
“MINNESOTA GOLD” BOOK CALLED “MORE MINNESOTA GOLD”, ABOUT STATE ATHLETES WHO’VE COMPETED ON A WORLD STAGE … THE FIRST BOOK FEATURED HOCKEY PLAYERS LIKE RUBE BJORKMAN AND HENRY BOUCHA; THE SECOND BOOK INCLUDES BROTHERS DON AND GARY ROSS OF ROSEAU.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS PEOPLE THAT STATE LAW PROHIBITS PLACING POLITICAL SIGNS ON HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY; AND POLITICAL SIGNS CAN’T BE PLACED ON PRIVATE LAND WITHOUT THE OWNERS’ CONSENT. AT LEAST ONE ROSEAU HOMEOWNER HAS HAD POLITICAL SIGNS STOLEN OR VANDALIZED, WHICH VIOLATES STATE LAW.
LOCAL NEWS ….. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2020
A NUMBER OF ADVOCACY GROUPS IN MINNESOTA SAY IT’S TIME FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY. PASTOR JaNAE BATES, WITH THE GROUP FAITH IN MINNESOTA, SAYS THEY WANT LEADERSHIP TO LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF ALL COMMUNITIES. BATES SAYS PITTING COMMUNITIES AGAINST EACH OTHER LEADS TO MORE ANGER AND NOT SOLUTIONS.
THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL IS INVESTIGATING A FATAL CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY TWO, SOUTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS; WHERE A CHEVY TRAILBLAZER CROSSED OVER THE CENTER LINE AND HIT A JEEP CHEROKEE HEAD-ON. DRIVERS WERE A 24 YEAR OLD DULUTH WOMAN AND A 57 YEAR OLD GRAND RAPIDS WOMAN. THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST BEFORE FOUR P.M.
A FORUM NEWS SERVICE REPORT SAYS STAFFED I-C-U BEDS IN NORTH DAKOTA ARE BEING DEPLETED DUE TO A NURSING SHORTAGE.
THE REPORT SAYS THERE ARE CURRENTLY 22 STAFFED I-C-U BEDS IN NORTH DAKOTA, AND NONE IN GRAND FORKS.
PART OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATION PLAN INCLUDES THE USE OF INTENSIVE CARE UNIT BEDS IN GRAND FORKS.
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