A GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR JOE RISSER, SENIOR OF ROSEAU IS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO AT RIVERSIDE CEMETERY AT WARROAD, WITH MILITARY HONORS BY THE WARROAD AMERICAN LEGION AND V.F.W. JOE RISSER WAS 58.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JEANNE GLASSMANN OF ROSEAU IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT ONE AT ROSE FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH, WEST OF ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. JEANNE GLASSMANN DIED IN MARCH.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAS SENT 610 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SMALL BUSINESSES THAT SUFFERED LOSSES DURING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION OF BADGER IS MANAGING THE “CARES” ACT FUNDING FOR THE COUNTY.132 BUSINESSES APPLIED, AND 89 WERE APPROVED FOR FUNDING. THERE IS AN OCTOBER 9TH DEADLINE FOR ROSEAU COUNTY NONPROFITS TO APPLY FOR “CARES” ACT DOLLARS.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS COVID TESTING SCHEDULED TODAY, TOMORROW AND THURSDAY AT THE HUCK OLSON ARENA IN THIEF RIVER FALLS.
THE WARROAD SCHOOL’S AMERICAN INDIAN PARENT COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW EVENING (5-6 PM) AT THE WARROAD HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CONFERENCE ROOM. TERESA HARROLD HAS MORE INFORMATION (386-6116).
THE 2020 U.S. CENSUS ENDS THIS WEEK. MINNESOTA LEADS THE NATION WITH A 75% RESPONSE RATE, JUST AHEAD OF WASHINGTON AND WISCONSIN.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY RESPONSE RATE IS 63%, WHICH IS 66TH OF THE 87 COUNTIES; THE TOP FIVE ARE ALL SUBURBAN METRO COUNTIES.
ANDREW VIRDEN IS THE CENSUS DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY’S RESPONSE RATE IS 34%; THAT’S SECOND TO LAST (BEHIND COOK COUNTY) IN MINNESOTA.
THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION WATERSHED BOARD ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING IS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, IN A VIRTUAL SETTING.
WARROAD HAS CREATED AN ADOPT A FLOWERPOT PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR, AFTER THE DONATION OF TWO DOZEN FLOWERPOTS FOR THEIR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. TO BE PART OF THE 2021 FLOWERPOT ADOPTION PROGRAM, STOP AT BLOOMIN CREATIONS BEFORE THURSDAY FOR AN APPLICATION FORM.
THE ROSEAU CIVIC AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION IS PLANNING AN INDOOR ROSEAU MARKETPLACE EVENT OCTOBER 24TH AT THE CITY CENTER.
THE WOMENS WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION SEASON IS DELAYED BY COVID-19. WCHA GAMES WOULD HAVE STARTED THIS MONTH. WOMENS WCHA COMMISSIONER JEN FLOWERS SAYS SHE’S HOPEFUL …. FORMER ROSEAU RAMS ANIKA STOSKOPF AND KAYLA SANTL ARE FRESHMEN HOCKEY PLAYERS AT BEMIDJI STATE OF THE WCHA.
ROSEAU COUNTY HAS EXTENDED IT’S CONTRACT WITH MIKE FLAAGAN OF PENNINGTON COUNTY FOR HIGHWAY ENGINEERING SERVIVES, AT A COST OF TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. ROSEAU HAS BEEN WITHOUT A HIGHWAY ENGINEER SINCE BRIAN KETRING’S DEPARTURE FOR A JOB WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HAD NEARLY SIXTY STUDENTS IN COVID QUARANTINE SINCE LATE AUGUST, MOSTLY DUE TO CONTACT WITH CONFIRMED CASES OF THE VIRUS; AND FOUR STAFF MEMBERS WERE QUARANTINED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, FOLLOWING A MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 DECISION TREE.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL WILL SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ANNEXATION FOR THE NEW OAK CREST ESTATES SUBDIVISION, AS PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY ARE OUTSIDE ROSEAU CITY LIMITS.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS A VIRTUAL MEETING FOR THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE THIS EVENING (6-8 PM) ON IT’S WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN. THE D.N.R. IS UPDATING IT’S TWENTY YEAR OLD PLAN. DAN STARK, WITH THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.
Last modified: 09/29/2020
