WE RECENTLY HAD A STORY ON THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND, A TRUST SET UP WELL OVER 100 YEARS AGO, WHOSE VALUE HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN RECENT YEARS. MINNESOTA VOTERS HAVE A CHANCE TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION THIS FALL, WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT SCHOOLS SEE FROM THAT TRUST ON A PER PUPIL BASIS.
ROSEAU SCHOOL SUPERINTENENT TOM JEROME TOLD WILD 102, THAT IF THAT VOTE PASSES, IT WOULD HAVE A FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO THE ROSEAU DISTRICT, ALTHOUGH NOT A DRASTIC ONE. THE AMENDENT DID PASS IT WOULD AWARD THE ROSEAU DISTRICT ROUGHLY AN ADDITIONAL $28,000. HE SAID, NOT TO UNDERMINE THE IMPORTANCE OF EVERY DOLLAR, BUT COMPARED TO A SCHOOL BUDGET HTA TIS NEARLY $15 MILLION, IT’S NOT A MAJOR DIFFERENCE MAKER.
PATIENT SAFETY IN MINNESOTA IS IMPROVING. ADVERSE HEALTH EVENTS IN MINNESOTA HOSPITAL SAW A DECLINE IN 2025, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019. THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH’S LATEST REPORT. HOSPITALS ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT CERTAIN EVENTS LIKE FALLS OR MEDICATION ERRORS. THE DOWNSIDE, IS THAT IN 2025, THERE WERE STILL MORE SERIOUS INJURIES (244) OR DEATHS (20) FROM THOSE EVENTS THAN IN YEARS PRIOR. THAT IS FROM A TOTAL NUMBER OF 589.
THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($200,000), DISCOVERY PLACE IN THEIF RIVER FALLS ($51,500) AND PRAIRIE PINES CHILD CARE CENTER IN FOSSTON ($73,333) WERE SOME OF THE 11 RECIPIENTS OF A SHARE OF $1.4 MILLION AWARDED BY DEEP TO ASSIST IN REDUCING CHILD CARE SHORTAGES IN MINNESOTA. THOSE FUNDS WILL LOOK TO CREATE ROUGHLY 1,100 CHILD CARE SLOTS ACROSS THE STATE.
THE CITY OF ROSEAU WILL APPLY FOR A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT
FROM THE GREATER MINNESOTA REGIONAL PARKS AND TRAILS COMMISSION, TO
CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND AT THE ROSEAU CITY PARK.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH GREG
HUFNAGLE TO CONTINUE AS THE CITY’S BUILDING OFFICIAL.
AN AUGUST 26TH BIKE RODEO IS PLANNED AT THE CITY’S SPLASH PAD PARKING
LOT. THAT BIKE RODEO WILL BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIFECARE MEDICAL
CENTER AS AN EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORT FOR KIDS.
THE ROSEAU POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL SEEK QUOTES FROM ROSEAU COUNTY FORD
AND NEIGHBORS CHEVROLET IN WARROAD FOR A NEW SQUAD CAR. AREA LAW
ENFORCEMENT, IN RECENT YEARS, HAS PREFERRED THE CHEVOLET TAHOE AS A
POLICE VEHICLE.
THE CITY OF ROSEAU HAS ACCEPTED MORE THAN THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS
IN DONATIONS FOR THE GAZEBO CONCERT SERIES FROM SEVEN BUSINESSES,
INCLUDING BORDER BANK, CITIZENS STATE BANK, KARL MANUFACTURING, NORTHERN
RESOURCES, MARVIN, R & Q TRUCKING AND DAVIDSON CONSTRUCTION. THE
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL ALSO DONATED A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
THAT CONCERT SERIES, WHICH IS HELD THURSDAY EVENINGS DURING THE SUMMER
AT THE GAZEBO PARK.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A JULY 27TH PUBLIC HEARING AT THE
ROSEAU PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, TO CONSIDER RE-ZONING TWO PROPERTIES
PURCHASED BY LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL AND
CLINIC. THE ZONING CHANGE, FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT
PUBLIC, WOULD MATCH THE CURRENT LIFECARE ZONING.
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