A GRAVESITE SERVICE FOR VYRON HOFTIEZER OF BAUDETTE IS SATURDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN AT PINE GROVE CEMETERY AT CASS LAKE. A MILITARY MEMORIAL SERVICE IS SATURDAY EVENING (5:30 PM) AT TIMBER MILL PARK AT BAUDETTE. VYRON HOFTIEZER WAS 82.
SEVEN COVID TESTS OF ROSEAU COUNTY RESIDENTS COLLECTED BETWEEN AUGUST 30TH AND SEPTEMBER 4TH WERE FALSE POSITIVES, DUE TO A QUALITY ISSUE WITH A TESTING REAGENT AT THE MAYO CLINIC LABORATORIES. LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ERROR LAST FRIDAY BY MAYO, AND CONTACTED ALL SEVEN OF THOSE PRESUMED POSITIVE CASES. LIFECARE C.E.O. KEITH OKESON SAYS THE ROSEAU-BASED HOSPITAL WILL CONTINUE TO USE MAYO CLINIC AS THE PRIMARY LABORATORY FOR COVID-19 TESTING. THE MAYO LAB PROCESSES ABOUT TEN THOUSAND CORONAVIRUS TESTS PER DAY. THAT REDUCES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED COVID CASES IN ROSEAU COUNTY SINCE EARLY APRIL TO 104, WITH THIRTEEN OF THOSE ACTIVE.
A NEWS PAPER REPORT SAYS U.S./ CANADA BORDER RESTRICTIONS, INTENDED TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS, WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH NOVEMBER.
THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE WILL INCREASE FEES FOR MEMBER SCHOOLS FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, DUE TO COVID-19 AND THE RESULTING CANCELLATION OF STATE TOURNAMENTS. THOSE STATE TOURNAMENTS HAVE BEEN A PRIMARY SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE. IN ROSEAU, THE ANNUAL FEE WILL INCREASE FROM $ 2420 TO $ 10,857. THAT’S A 348% INCREASE. ROSEAU SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, MONDAY EVENING, APPROVED A PRELIMINARY LEVY AND BUDGET FOR 2021. THE COUNCIL MAINTAINED THEIR CURRENT LEVY OF JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS; THE CITY OF ROSEAU HASN’T RAISED IT’S LEVY FOR ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS. THE PRELIMINARY EXPENDITURE BUDGET PROJECTS A SHORTFALL OF AROUND ONE-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEXT YEAR .
THE BICYCLE ALLIANCE OF MINNESOTA WILL BE IN ROSEAU TODAY. A BIKE FRIENDLY DESIGNATION COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING FOR TRAILS IN THE CITY.
ANOTHER VIRTUAL COFFEE AND CONVERSATION MEETING ON THE 2023 HIGHWAY ELEVEN RE-CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN WARROAD IS THIS AFTERNOON (3-4 PM). THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL RE-BUILD THE HIGHWAY FROM COUNTY ROAD FIVE TO HIGHWAY 313; AND THE PROJECT COULD INCLUDE TWO ROUNDABOUTS. JEFF ERICKSON IS WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; HE SAYS HIGHWAY ELEVEN IN WARROAD IS OVERDUE FOR LONGTERM IMPROVEMENTS.
NORTHWEST REGIONAL LIBRARY DIRECTOR JIM TROJANOWSKI MET WITH THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD LAST WEEK, AND WITH THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK. THE LIBRARY SYSTEM IS SEEKING A TWO PERCENT FUNDING INCREASE FROM CITIES AND COUNTIES. TROJANOWSKI SAYS WALK-INS THROUGHOUT THE NORTHWEST SYSTEM WERE AT 40,326 THROUGH JULY OF THIS YEAR; THAT COMPARES WITH 108,720 THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 2019. THERE WERE 9655 WALK-INS IN ROSEAU THROUGH JULY OF THIS YEAR; 6370 IN WARROAD, AND 1390 IN GREENBUSH. ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE DOWN FROM LAST YEAR, DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE PANDEMIC.
SEVERAL GROUPS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, HAVE ISSUED A REPORT SAYING SOME WILDLIFE AREAS IN THE U.S. SHOULD NOT BE OPEN FOR MINING. ONE OF THOSE AREAS IS MINNESOTA’S BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS, IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE. SPENCER SHAVER, WITH A GROUP CALLED SPORTSMEN FOR THE BOUNDARY WATERS, SAYS MINING COULD MAKE IT LESS ATTRACTIVE TO VISITORS – WHICH WOULD AFFECT THE REGIONAL ECONOMY ….
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