THE WARROAD SCHOOL BOARD MET LAST WEEK, AND PART OF THAT AGENDA WAS APPROVING A DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GRANT THAT WOULD HELP TO INTRODUCE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES TO THE DISTRICT, ALONG WITH A CHARGING STATION. WE HEARD THAT THE DISTRICT IS PLANNING TO HAVE TWO SUCH BUSES AVAILBLE BY THE END OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WITH THE GRANT DOLLARS THAT COMES AT A MINIMAL COST TO THE DISTRICT.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MET LAST NIGHT. THE MENTIONED THAT ROSEAU TEACHER JOSH WECKMAN HAS ADVANCED INTO THE FINAL 30 CANDIDATES FOR A MINNESOTA TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD. THEY ACCEPTED RESIGNATIONS OF GIRLS AND BOYS HEAD HOCKEY COACHES AMANDA GILES AND GREG LUND. THEY ALSO BEGAN PROJECTING WHAT A KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT COULD LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR, WITH NUMBERS FOR THAT CLASS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 60 STUDENTS.
INEWZ.TV REPORTED ON A RECENT BURGLARY IN RURAL BAUDETTE. OCCURRING ON FEBRUARY 7TH, A HOME WAS BROKEN INTO AND JEWLERY, FIREARMS, AND COLLECTORS LIQUOR WAS STOLEN TOTALING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $50,000. A MALE FROM CHICAGO LAKES, MN AND JUVENILE WERE FOUND TO BE RESPONSIBLE. THEY WERE STAYING IN A NEARBY PROPERTY WHILE IN THE AREA ON A FISHING TRIP.
WATER QUALITY ON LAKE OF THE WOODS IS IMPROVING ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION AND CONTROL AGENCY. IT’S A LENGTLY BATTLE, BUT IT’S TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ON THEIR GRADING SCALE, LEVELS HAVE LOWERED FROM A 39 TO A 32, WHICH THEY SAY IS SIGNIFICANT. BACK IN 2008 THE LAKE WAS PLACED ON THE STATE’S IMPAIRED WATERS LIST.
THERE IS A FUNDRAISING SPAGHETTI FEED FOR THE ROSEAU BANTAM B’S TONIGHT AT GENE’S IN ROSEAU FROM 4:30-7:00. THEY WILL END THEIR YEAR BY PARTICPATING IN THE “TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS” AFTER PLACING FIRST IN THEIR DISTRICT TOURNAMENT.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WEEKS WHEN AGRICULTURE SITS AT THE CENTER OF THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION.
THE FARM BILL WAS SCHEDULED TO BE MARKED UP IN THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK, BUT THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK DUE TO THE WEATHER HITTING THE EAST COAST. ON TUESDAY, WE’LL HAVE THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS AND THE KICKOFF OF THE 30TH ANNUAL COMMODITY CLASSIC.
THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OF THE GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER SCHOOL HAS A BLOOD DRIVE ON THURSDAY. THEY ARE TAKING APPOINTMENTS FROM 9:30-2:15. YOU CAN EMAIL SHLIEBERG@GREENBUSH.K12.MN.US TO GET ON THE LIST!
THE NORTHWEST ANGLE EDGERIDERS HOLD THEIR ANNUAL SNOW RALLY THIS SATURDAY. CASSIE COMSTOCK HAS DETAILS… (AUDIO CLIP)
MEMBERS OF THE ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY RECENTLY DONATED THEIR TIME HELPING TO SERVE THE CATERED MEAL AT THE VALENINE’S GALA AT THE FOUR SEASONS CENTER IN ROSEAU. THAT EVENT WHICH SOLD 88 TICKETS FOR DINERS, ALONG WITH RAFFLES AND AUCTION ITEMS, BROUGH IN OVER $22,000 IN REVENUE FOR THE CENTER.
THE NAME A SNOWPLOW CONTEST IN MINNESOTA HAS ANNOUNCED THE WINNING NAMES. IN DISTRICT 2, THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE, SLED ZEPPELIN WILL BE GIVEN TO ONE OF THE SNOWPLOWS. THERE WERE MORE THAN 19,000 PEOPLE THAT SUBMITTED THEIR VOTES.
GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT HE HIS ORDERING FLAGS TO BE FLOWN AT HALFSTAFF AT STATE BUILDINGS, FROM SUNRISE WENDESDAY TO SUNSET THURSDAY TO COMMEMORATE THE RPASSING OF REVEREND JESSE JACKSON. HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK AT THE AGE OF 84. WALZ SAID OF JACKSON, “”HIS FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DIGNITY, AND FAIRNESS CHANGED OUR COUNTRY AND WILL INSPIRE GENERATIONS TO COME.”
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