THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES IN ROSEAU COUNTY HAS RISEN SHARPLY OVER THE PAST MONTH, FROM SIX CASES IN LATE JUNE TO MORE THAN FORTY FOUR WEEKS LATER.JODI BEITO IS AN INFECTION PREVENTIONIST AT LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU, WHERE THE HOSPITAL HAS CONDUCTED MORE THAN A THOUSAND COVID TESTS SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN; AND THE PROTOCOLS FOR THAT TESTING?
U.S.D.A. RURAL DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS TO HELP START, EXPAND OR IMPROVE RURAL COOPERATIVES (AND OTHER MUTUALLY OWNED BUSINESSES IN RURAL AMERICA).THOSE GRANTS ARE DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE E-CONNECTIVITY … SUPPORT A RURAL WORKFORCE … AND DEVELOP THE RURAL ECONOMY.APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY MONDAY.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WILL ANNOUNCE HIS DECISION ON WHETHER SCHOOLS WILL OPEN AS NORMAL IN SEPTEMBER THIS WEEK ….
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, TALKED ABOUT HIRING AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER; THE ROSEAU DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS ONE.AN ADVERTISEMENT HAS BEEN POSTED SEEKING THAT SCHOOL EMPLOYEE.
MINNESOTA WILL DISTRIBUTE ONE HUNDRED MILLION “CARES” ACT DOLLARS FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE ACROSS THE STATE.ANNE MAVITY, WITH THE MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP, SAYS THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE STATE ISN’T A NEW PROBLEM. MORE MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS PART OF A BONDING BILL THE STATE LEGISLATURE DIDN’T PASS IN TWO SPECIAL SESSIONS.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, THIS MONTH, APPROVED A ROSEAU FIRE DEPARTMENT RAFFLE SEPTEMBER 19TH; AS PART OF THE VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL FUNDRAISER.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR LEE HOLTER OF WARROAD. LEE HOLTER DIED SUNDAY AT AGE 50.
TODAY’S GRAND FORKS HERALD HAS A FRONT PAGE STORY ON A TWO YEAR EFFORT TO RESTORE HOURS AT THE ROSEAU AND LANCASTER PORTS OF ENTRY. A CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION STUDY SHOWS THE AGENCY HAS SAVED ABOUT FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS SINCE THE HOURS AT THE TWO PORTS WERE REDUCED. THE NEWSPAPER STORY SAYS THE TWO TOWNS HAVE LOST AN ESTIMATED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN BUSINESS DURING THAT TIME. 7TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN COLLIN PETERSON HAS CALLED ON C.B.P. TO RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS HOURS.
ON A ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COVID RESPONSE TELECONFERENCE YESTERDAY, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE COUNTY IS NOW AT 43 CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES SINCE LATE MARCH, WITH MOST OF THOSE CASES RECOVERED AND OUT OF ISOLATION.
ROSEAU COUNTY IS AVERAGING TWENTY-TWO POSITIVE CASES PER TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE; THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 91 PER TEN THOUSAND.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WalletHub SAYS MINNESOTA HAS THE SEVENTH BEST SCHOOL SYSTEM IN AMERICA, BASED ON THINGS LIKE THE PUPIL/ TEACHER RATIO, DROPOUT RATES AND MEDIAN TEST SCORES.MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT AND NEW JERSEY ARE THE TOP THREE.NORTH DAKOTA WAS 14TH ON THE WEBSITE LIST, WITH NEW MEXICO, LOUISIANA AND ARIZONA AT THE BOTTOM.
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