A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR CHRIST LEY OF WARROAD IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT FOUR P.M. AT THE HOME OF CHRIST AND MARLENE LEY. CHRIST LEY WAS 69.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR LAURINE VACURA OF BADGER ARE MONDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. LAURINE VACURA WAS 83.
SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR WENDY OLSON OF BADGER. SHE WAS 60.
MINNESOTA D.N.R. FORESTRY SAYS THE RIVER FOREST ROAD WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE DAY THIS WEEK FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY CLEARINGS. THERE IS A DETOUR USING THE PALSBURG AND SNOWS ROAD.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST NIGHT, HEARD THAT THE SCHOOL WILL REMAIN IN HYBRID MODE FOR GRADES SEVEN THROUGH TWELVE AT LEAST THROUGH OCTOBER 2ND. THAT’S DUE TO INCREASING NUMBERS OF CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 OVER THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS. THE SCHOOL’S SAFE LEARNING PLAN IS REVIEWED EVERY THURSDAY, AND IS BASED ON MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDELINES.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS PLANNING COMMUNITY COVID TESTING EVENTS IN BEMIDJI AND THIEF RIVER FALLS NEXT WEEK; AND M.D.H. WILL CONDUCT A COVID-19 SURVEY NEXT MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF RANDOMLY SELECTED WARROAD RESIDENTS. IN PART, THAT SURVEY WILL CREATE A DOCUMENT OF PEOPLE WITH COVID ANTIBODIES.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR ALYSE BERGGREN OF BAUDETTE IS TODAY AT NOON, WITH A MEMORIAL SERVICE AT 1:30 P.M. AT LONG POINT RESORT NEAR WILLIAMS. LIMITED SEATING WILL BE PROVIDED, SO PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO BRING A CHAIR FOR THE OUTDOOR SERVICE. BOTH SERVICES FOLLOW MINNESOTA STATE GUIDELINES FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING, FACE COVERINGS AND CAPACITY LIMITS. ALYSE BERGGREN WAS 32.
SINGING EVANGELIST JEFFREY HELSIUS, A FORMER KARLSTAD RESIDENT, WILL PERFORM ORIGINAL GOSPEL MUSIC IN A SERIES OF MEEETINGS STARTING SUNDAY MORNING AT GRACE EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN STRATHCONA.
APPLICATIONS TO BECOME A UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION MASTER GARDENER ARE BEING TAKEN THROUGH OCTOBER FIRST.
ROSEAU COUNTY DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A LOCAL LEADERSHIP GROUP TO COORDINATE VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES, SO U of M EXTENSION HAS INTRODUCED A STATEWIDE VOLUNTEERE GROUP OPTION WHICH WOULD ALLOW COUNTY RESIDENTS TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER-AT-LARGE. THE ROSEAU COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE HAS MORE INFORMATION.
ABSENTEE VOTING STARTED LAST WEEK ACROSS MINNESOTA. DUE IN PART TO COVID CONCERNS, ABSENTEE BALLOTING IS EXPECTED TO ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE TOTAL VOTES IN THE STATE THIS YEAR MARTIE MONSRUD IS ROSEAU COUNTY’S AUDITOR/ RECORDER. MOST OF ROSEAU COUNTY WILL VOTE BY MAIL IN 2020.
ST PAUL JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL ALUM MARK LODGE IS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION AND MEMORABILIA ON THE KAFFEE KUP HOCKEY SERIES BETWEEN THE GOVERNORS AND ROSEAU, ORIGINALLY CREATED BY COACHES RUBE GUSTAFSON OF JOHNSON AND OSCAR ALMQUIST OF ROSEAU. IN THE 1950’S AND 1960’S, THE RAMS AND GOVERNORS WERE TWO OF THE MOST PROMINENT HOCKEY TEAMS IN THE STATE … MARK LODGE CAN BE CONTACTED VIA E-MAIL AT mrl52@comcast.net
CHILDHOOD POVERTY STATISTICS DECLINED LAST YEAR IN MINNESOTA, ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. BUT BHARTI WAHI, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND/ MINNESOTA, SAYS THOSE NUMBERS WILL LIKELY WORSEN BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC …CHILDREN OF COLOR ACCOUNT FOR 31 PERCENT OF THE CHILD POPULATION IN THE STATE, BUT MAKE UP 64% OF THE KIDS LIVING IN POVERTY.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST WEEK, TALKED ABOUT THE PRICING OF LOTS IN THE PLANNED NEW OAK CREST ESTATES SUBDIVISION. IT’LL COST ABOUT ONE-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS TO DEVELOP THE AREA WITH STREETS AND SEWER AND WATER. MAKING THOSE BUILDING LOTS AFFORDABLE MEANS A CITY SUBSIDY OF AS MUCH AS NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE CITY WOULD RECOVER THAT INVESTMENT IN TWELVE TO TWENTY YEARS.
Last modified: 09/22/2020
