A STORY IN TODAY’S GRAND FORKS HERALD TALKS ABOUT ROSEAU COUNTY’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SAID 64% OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY WORKFORCE APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BETWEEN MID-MARCH AND MID-AUGUST; THAT’S JUST UNDER FIFTY-ONE HUNDRED WORKERS. THAT NUMBER IS NOW DOWN TO 273. ROSEAU MAYOR JEFF PELOWSKI TOLD THE NEWSPAPER “WE DON’T HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM”; THAT COMPANIES LIKE POLARIS AND MARVIN CAN’T FIND THE WORKERS THEY NEED.
ON A ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COVID STAKEHOLDERS MEETING YESTERDAY, BADGER SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT KEVIN RICKE SAID ABOUT 25 TO 30 STUDENTS ARE OPTING FOR DISTANCE LEARNING THIS FALL. IN WARROAD, SUPERINTENDENT SHAWN YATES SAID ABOUT FIFTEEN PERCENT OF STUDENTS WILL DISTANCE LEARN DURING THE PANDEMIC.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MARY KLAMAR OF GATZKE ARE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT ROSE FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH. VISITATION IS FRIDAY EVENING (5-7 PM) WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. MARY KLAMAR WAS 79.
A GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR GUS HOLM OF WARROAD IS THIS AFTERNOON AT ONE AT FOREST HILL CEMETERY AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS. GUS HOLM WAS 62.
A PRIVATE FAMILY FUNERAL WITH MILITARY HONORS FOR DONALD HUEPER OF BAUDETTE IS THIS AFTERNOON AT ONE AT THE PITT COMMUNITY CHURCH. A GRAVESIDE SERVICE IS AT THREE AT SILVER CREEK CEMETERY. DONALD HUEPER WAS 86.
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ROBERT BUSICK OF WILLIAMS IS THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. BURIAL IS AT OSLO, MINNESOTA. ROBERT BUSICK WAS 70.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST WEEK, APPROVED A SAFE LEARNING RETURN TO SCHOOL PLAN. STAFF ARE BACK IN THE BUILDING THIS WEEK FOR IN-SERVICE WORKSHOPS, AND STUDENTS RETURN NEXT TUESDAY.ROSEAU SCHOOL NURSE BETH ULVIN SAYS THEY’RE ASKING FAMILIES TO SCREEN THEIR KIDS EACH MORNING. SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME HAS SAID THE “SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF” IS THE DISTRICT’S FIRST PRIORITY.
FIRST HALF TAXES ON ALL MOBILE HOMES ARE DUE BY FRIDAY AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAS APPROXIMATELY TWO-POINT-TWO MILLION FEDERAL “CARES” ACT DOLLARS TO DISTRIBUTE. THE COUNTY CREATED A CARES ACT COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE PRIORITIES. ROSEAU COUNTY COORDINATOR JEFF PELOWSKI. THE FIRST OF ABOUT A DOZEN CHECKS TO SMALL BUSINESSES WENT OUT LAST WEEK.
ANOTHER VIRTUAL COFFEE AND CONVERSATION WITH NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION STAFF IS TODAY AT NOON.
MINNESOTA’S ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM, WHICH STARTED IN 1990, HAS MORE THAN THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED VOLUNTEER GROUPS CLEANING ROADWAY DITCHES. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ESTIMATES THAT VALUE AT MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. MINN-DOT HAS 630 SEGMENTS OF HIGHWAY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION, WITH MOST OF THOSE IN GREATER MINNESOTA.
A GROUP OF DOCTORS SAYS YOUNG KIDS AREN’T PLAYING ENOUGH; THAT THEY AREN’T GETTING ENOUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO PROVIDE LONGTERM HEALTH BENEFITS. DOCTOR NICK EDWARDS, A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL, SAYS A VARIETY OF PEOPLE NEED TO BE INVOLVED. DUE TO COVID-19, ROSEAU PHY ED CLASSES ARE PLANNED TO BE OUTSIDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
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