JOHN BURKEL AND STEVE GANDER, MINNESOTA HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES FROM DISTRICT 1A AND 1B, WILL BE AT EVENTS IN ROSEAU COUNTY ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24. FROM 10:00-11:30 THEY’LL BE AT THE WARROAD AMERICAN LEGION TO SPEAK ABOUT ISSUES AND ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS. IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY WILL TOUR POLARIS AND AT ROUGHLY 4:00 THEY WILL HOLD ANOTHER CHANCE TO HANDLE QUESTIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS IN THE HALL WENDEL CONFERENCE ROOM AT POLARIS. ROSEAU MAYOR DAN FABIAN WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT PORTION AS WELL. THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO ATTEND THOSE SESSIONS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCED $20.7 MILLION IN GRANTS THROUGH THE SMALL CITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT WILL GO TO COMMUNITIES IN GREATER MINNESOTA. $575,000 IS GOING TO LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY. THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THE REHABILITATION OF 20 OWNER-OCCUPIED HOMES. LANCASTER IS GETTING $143,000 TO HELP WITH 10 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS, KENNEDY WILL GET $600,000 TO IMPORVE WATER DISTRIBUTION LINES
COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN TOLD TO STOP APPROVING NEW APPLICATIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS, AS FEDERAL FUNDING MAY RUN OUT FOR THE PROGRAM IF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DOES NOT END BEFORE NOVEMBER 1. THERE ARE ROUGHLY 440,000 MINNESOTANS ON THE “SNAP” BENEFITS PROGRAM, ROUGHLY 8% OF THE STATE’S POPULATION.
THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET ON MONDAY NEXT WEEK. THEY WILL APPROVE MINUTES FROM A WORK SESSION AND SPECIAL MEETING THAT WERE HELD ON OCTOBER 6.
FROM THE AGENDA, THEY WILL RECOGNIZE ROSEAU’S AAA AWARD AND EXCEL AWARDS. FOR THE AAA, THOSE ARE ANNA ULVIN AND JOHN DELANEY, FOR THE EXCEL AWARD THOSE ARE AMELIA KVIEN AND LEVI JOHNSON.
THEY WILL CONFIRM THE WINTER COACHING ROSTER AS RECOMMENDED, WHICH THE HEAD COAHCES ARE UNCHANGED FROM A YEAR AGO.
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