Local News Wednesday, May 6, 2026

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HELD AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING
THIS WEEK AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER, ON TRAFFIC IMPACTS FROM PLANNED
SUMMER ROAD PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDE HIGHWAY ELEVEN BETWEEN ROSEAU AND
WARROAD.  ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PAT NOVACEK SAID MINN-DOT WILL
NOTIFY AFFECTED AGENCIES AS THOSE PROJECTS PROGRESS.  NOVACEK SAID THE
STATE AGENCY EXPECTS HIGHWAY ELEVEN WILL BE OPEN FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES
THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION.  AFFECTED AGENCIES WOULD INCLUDE THE ROSEAU
FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIFECARE AMBULANCE SERVICE, AND THE
ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND DISPATCH.

CITY SUPERINTENDENT GARY PRZEKWAS TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL THAT CITY PARKS
ARE OPEN, WITH FISHING DOCKS TO BE INSTALLED THIS WEEK.

PRZEKWAS ALSO SAID HE’S COMPILING A LIST OF EXCESS INVENTORY ITEMS TO BE
OFFERED FOR SALE.  THAT LIST WILL INCLUDE SEVERAL VEHICLES.

CORN AND SOYBEAN PLANTING HAS NOW STARTED IN ALL MAJOR GROWING STATES.

CORN AND SOYBEAN PLANTING HAS BEGUN IN NORTH DAKOTA, ACCORDING TO THE CROP PROGRESS REPORT RELEASED MAY 4 BY THE USDA. THE STATE WAS THE LAST MAJOR GROWING STATE TO START PLANTING THE TWO CROPS.

NORTH DAKOTA AT 4% PLANTED FOR CORN, COMPARED TO 9% ON AVERAGE AND 16% LAST YEAR. NORTH DAKOTA ALSO HAS 2% OF SOYBEANS PLANTED, COMPARED TO 3% ON AVERAGE AND 9% LAST YEAR. NORTH DAKOTA WAS THE ONLY ONE OF THE MAJOR GROWING STATES WHERE PLANTING HAD NOT BEGUN IN THE LAST REPORT, RELEASED ON APRIL 27

CORN PLANTING WAS AHEAD OF AVERAGE PACE IN MINNESOTA, WITH 42% COMPLETED, COMPARED TO 33% ON AVERAGE AND 41% LAST YEAR. MINNESOTA SOYBEAN PLANTING WAS AT 27%, AHEAD OF THE AVERAGE PACE OF 15% AND LAST YEAR’S PACE OF 21%.

TOMORROW EXPERTS FROM THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY (MPCA) AS THEY PRESENT THEIR OUTLOOK FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE AND OZONE IMPACTS TO MINNESOTA’S AIR QUALITY THIS SUMMER. THEY WILL BE JOINED BY PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS WHO WILL DISCUSS THE HEALTH RISKS OF POOR AIR QUALITY AND WHAT MINNESOTANS CAN DO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING AIR QUALITY ALERTS.

IN 2025, THE MPCA ISSUED 19 AIR QUALITY ALERTS IN MINNESOTA, COVERING 40 DAYS.

THE 27-MILE WILDLIFE DRIVE WITHIN THE ROSEAU RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON SATURDAY, MAY 16, AND SUNDAY, MAY 17, WEATHER AND DIKE CONDITIONS ALLOWING. THE WEEKEND WILL OFFER UNIQUE WILDLIFE VIEWING AND PHOTOGRAPHY OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE SPRING BIRD MIGRATION, AS WELL AS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FISHING ACCESS TO THE WMA POOLS.

THE WILDLIFE DRIVE CAN BE EASILY ACCESSED AT THE MAIN DIKE ROAD, LOCATED ONE AND THREE-QUARTER MILES SOUTH OF THE WMA HEADQUARTERS ON ROSEAU COUNTY ROAD 3.

THE ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL BAND PRESENTS THEIR SPRING CONCERT TONIGHT WITH A START TIME OF 7 PM.

TOMORROW, THE UPPER ELEMENTARY HAS THEIR SPRING MUSIC PROGRAMS AT 10 AM AND 2 PM.

ROSEAU SCHOOL SUPERTINTENET TOM JEROME MENTIONED ON THE MONRING SHOW THAT THIS IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK AND STUDENTS AND AREA BUSINESSES HAVE COME TOGETHER WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO THANK OUR EDUCATORS. IT’S ALSO NATIONAL NURSES DAY AND HE EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO ROSEAU SCHOOL NURSE BETH ULVIN.

Last modified: 05/06/2026