Election Recap
DAN FABIAN WILL BE ROSEAU’S NEXT MAYOR, WITH (UNOFFICIALLY) 75 WRITE-IN VOTES. CURRENT MAYOR JEFF PELOWSKI DID NOT SEEK A TWELFTH TERM, AND NOBODY ELSE FILED FOR THE SEAT.
FABIAN ANNOUNCED HIS WRITE-IN CANDIDACY IN MID-OCTOBER.
JANE EVANS AND PAT NOVACEK, BOTH RUNNING UNOPPOSED, WERE RE-ELECTED TO FOUR TERMS ON THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL.
THREE INCUMBENTS (THOR DIDRIKSON, MICKY HULST AND VONDA DANIELSON) WERE RE-ELECTED TO THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD; JOHN STARWAY WAS THE OTHER CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT.
Warroad
MICHELE VANDAL AND TONY THORTSEN WERE ELECTED TO THE WARROAD CITY COUNCIL, WHERE FORMER ROSEAU COUNTY COMMISSIONER GLENDA PHILLIPE FINISHED THIRD IN THE VOTING.
Badger
THERE WERE SIX CANDIDATES FOR THE BADGER SCHOOL BOARD, WITH CARI DOSTAL, JODIE DAVY AND BRENT OLSON TAKING THE THREE SEATS;
AND TWO REFERENDUMS ON THE BADGER SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOT PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY.
Greenbush
BRANDON IGNASZEWSKI, BRANDON KUZNIA AND JOSEPH MELBY WERE ELECTED TO THE GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER SCHOOL BOARD; BUT A BALLOT QUESTION TO REVOKE AN EXISTING REFERENDUM AND REPLACE IT WITH A NEW AUTHORIZATION FAILED 864-688.
County
RUSSELL WALKER WON ANOTHER TERM ON THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, BEATING CHALLENGER BRETT CREGER 1003-487.
RUNNING UNOPPOSED, JACK SWANSON ALSO EARNED ANOTHER TERM AS ROSEAU COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Other Notes
LONGTIME PENNINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER DON JENSEN LOST HIS RACE WITH CHALLENGER SETH NELSON, 745-650.
IN KITTSON COUNTY, FIRST TERM INCUMBENT COMMISSIONER COREY WIKSTROM WAS BEATEN BY NATHAN KRAULIK, 255-228.
LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY COMMISSIONER ED ARNESEN HELD OFF A CHALLENGE FROM CARRIE ALBRECHT 292-221.
WARROAD MAYOR BOB MARVIN, BADGER’S JIM RINDE, VERNA McVAY IN WILLIAMS, ERIC ETHERINGTON IN GREENBUSH AND GERALD LANDBY IN ROOSEVELT WERE ALL RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
DEVIN RUUD AND KARLA BYKLUM WON SEATS ON THE GRYGLA CITY COUNCIL, WHERE RICHARD MOSHER WON THE MAYOR’S RACE WITH KELLY KLEIN 56-45.
IN A CLOSE RACE, DAN CARPENTER AND DAEGAN BERGER WON TWO SEATS ON THE BADGER CITY COUNCIL.
State
BADGER’S JOHN BURKEL WILL REPRESENT DISTRICT 1A IN THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THE REPUBLICAN WILL SUCCEED DAN FABIAN IN THAT ROLE.
REPUBLICAN MARK JOHNSON EARNED A SECOND TERM IN THE STATE SENATE.
President/Senate
72% OF ROSEAU COUNTY VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP; AND 66% OF THE COUNTY VOTED FOR JASON LEWIS FOR U.S. SENATE (ALTHOUGH INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT TINA SMITH WON THAT STATEWIDE RACE).
Election Process
ABOUT SIXTY PERCENT OF ROSEAU COUNTY VOTERS CAST CAST ABSENTEE OR MAIL-IN BALLOTS THIS YEAR; BUT AUDITOR/RECORDER MARTIE MONSRUD SAID IN-PERSON VOTING WAS BUSY AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE ….
News
A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF ANNA HASBARGEN OF BIRCHDALE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT ONE AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BAUDETTE; FOLLOWED BY A GRAVESIDE SERVICE (2:30 PM) AT BORDER/RIVERDALE CEMETERY. VISITATION IS THIS EVENING (4-7 PM) WITH SHARING AT SEVEN AT THE CHURCH. ANNA HASBARGEN WAS 49.
A PUBLIC VISITATION FOR PAMULA TENNANT OF BAUDETTE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON (2-4 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN BAUDETTE. PAMULA TENNANT WAS 67.
THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL CENTER FOR ASSISTED LIVING HAVE RELEASED A REPORT THAT WEEKLY NURSING HOME COVID CASES ARE RISING ALONG WITH THE SPIKE IN COVID CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES IN THE U.S. ROSE BY 61% IN MID-OCTOBER; THERE WAS A CORRELATING INCREASE IN NURSING HOMES STARTING IN MID-SEPTEMBER.
A FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MINNESOTA VETERANS CAREER FAIR IS NOVEMBER 19TH, IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT.
ROSEAU COUNTY COVID CASES CLIMBED AGAIN YESTERDAY, TO 412; FROM 405 THE PREVIOUS DAY. ON A ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COVID STAKEHOLDERS MEETING MONDAY, LIFECARE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR JULIE PAHLEN SAID SHE “DIDN’T THINK WE’RE ANYWHERE NEAR THE PEAK” IN THE COUNTY.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, MEETING MONDAY EVENING, RECEIVED A REPORT OF ANOTHER STRONG MONTH OF SALES AT THE ROSEAU MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE; BUT LIQUOR STORE MANAGER LINDA ROSEBOROUGH THEY’RE ALSO FACING SOME PRODUCT SHORTAGES JUST AHEAD OF THE FIREARMS DEER SEASON …
WITH CORONAVIRUS CASES SPIKING IN ROSEAU COUNTY, THE ROSEAU SCHOOL REMAINS IN THE SAME LEARNING MODEL ADOPTED THE SECOND WEEK OF THE SCHOOL YEAR; WITH JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN A HYBRID MODE, AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN PERSON (MONDAY thru THURSDAY). ROSEAU SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAYS THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN DILIGENT IN CONTROLLING IT’S ENVIRONMENT …
THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK IT WAS LIFTING PROTECTIONS FOR TIMBERWOLVES, SAYING THE GRAY WOLF POPULATION HAS RECOVERED IN THE LOWER 48 STATES. ONE CONSERVATION GROUP, THE DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, SAYS THE DECISION WILL BE CHALLENGED IN COURT. JOHN MURTAUGH WITH THE DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE. THE WOLF POPULATION IN MINNESOTA IS ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND, AND THE STATE D.N.R. WOULD MANAGE A WOLF HARVEST.
Last modified: 11/04/2020
