MINNESOTA REGULATORS HAVE FINED ENBRIDGE ENERGY OVER $3 MILLION FOR BREACHING AN AQUIFER NEAR CLEARBROOK WHEN IT DEVIATED FROM IT’S CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND DUG TOO DEEP, LEADING TO THE RELEASE OF MORE THAN 24 MILLION GALLONS OF GROUNDWATER. DNR COMMISSIONER SARAH STROMMEN SAID THEIR ACTIONS ARE CLEAR VIOLATIONS OF STATE LAW AND THEY ARE HOLDING THE COMPANY FULLY ACCOUNTABLE.
MINNESOTA UNEMPLOYMENT DROPPED BY ONE-TENTH OF A PERCENT IN AUGUST TO 3.8%, WHILE THE STATE’S LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE IS AT 67.8%. BOTH NUMBERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN NATIONAL TRENDS.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ONE CHISHOLM SCHOOL WILL BE MOVING TO FULL REMOTE LEARNING FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AS THEY LOOK TO SQUASH A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD OF COVID-19 THROUGH THEIR CLASSROOMS. THAT SCHOOL IS OPERATING ON A “MASK OPTIONAL” PLAN.
A MOTORCYCLIST WAS KILLED IN A DULUTH CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER IT RAN INTO THE BACK OF A CAR THAT HAD STOPPED FOR A SCHOOL BUS. MULTIPLE WITNESSES SAY THE RIDER WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET, AND THEIR NAME WAS BEING WITHHELD FOR THE TIME BEING.
THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A PRELIMINARY LEVY AND BUDGET FOR 2022, WHICH INCLUDES A TWO PERCENT LEVY INCREASE. THE CITY HASN’T INCREASED IT’S PROPERTY TAX LEVY IN MORE THAN A DECADE. THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET, WHICH EXCLUDES CAPITAL PROJECTS, SHOWS AN APPROXIMATE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR DEFICIT FOR NEXT YEAR.
SEVENTY TO SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE CITY’S REVENUE COMES FROM IT’S ENTERPRISE FUNDS; THOSE BEING WATER, SEWER, ELECTRIC, GARBAGE AND THE MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE. JUST TEN PERCENT OF ROSEAU’S REVENUE COMES FROM IT’S PROPERTY TAX LEVY.
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA’S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WILL RENEW A LEASE AGREEMENT AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER, STARTING IN JANUARY, AS D.P.S. BEGINS RE-OPENING DRIVER EXAM STATIONS; ALTHOUGH THERE’S STILL NO GUARANTEE TESTING WILL RESUME IN ROSEAU.
ROSEAU FIRE CHIEF CRAIG McMILLIN SAYS HIS VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT NEEDS MORE 800 MEGAHERTZ “ARMER” RADIOS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES, BUT THE COST EXCEEDS HIS CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.
THE ANNUAL FIREMEN’S BARBEQUE AND BALL IS THIS SATURDAY (September 18th). THAT EVENT IS THE DEPARTMENT’S SINGLE LARGEST FUNDRAISER EACH YEAR.
THE ROSEAU PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING SEPTEMBER 29TH FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE FORMER BUDD HOSPITAL TO BE CONVERTED TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING. THE BUILDING, WHICH IS OWNED BY LEW AND DANIELLE WIBBELS, IS JUST WEST OF MEMORIAL ARENA.
THE ROSEAU PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR MORE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES FOR THE WINTER AT MEMORIAL ARENA.
EIGHT GROUPS REPRESENTING SOME 200 NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IS ASKING US INTERIOR SECRETERY DEB HAALAND TO IMMEDIATELY RE-LIST WOLVES AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. THEY SAY OVERLY AGGRESSIVE HUNTING SEASONS IN SEVERAL STATES SHOWS THEY CAN’T BE TRUSTED TO KEEP WOLVES FROM FALLING BACK TO CRITICALLY LOW NUMBERS. NO MINNESOTA TRIBES ARE LISTED ON THAT LETTER.
A COLLECTION OF WINTER COATS AND OTHER WINTER GEAR IS ONGOING, AND ANY DONATIONS YOU MAY HAVE CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT TRANSFERS IN ROSEAU, ALONG WITH CITIZENS STATE BANK, POLARIS, AND THE ROSEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH. THE ITEMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON OCTOBER 4TH AT THE CITY CENTER FROM 10:00-6:00.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR WILLIAM “BILL” ELLIOTT PALMER OF BADGER WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY (5-7 PM) AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. BILL PALMER WAS 58.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ROSS E. DALLY OF BAUDETTE WILL BE HELD NEXT FRIDAY, THE 24TH, (11 AM) AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BAUDETTE. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR. INTERMENT WILL BE HELD AT ELM PARK CEMETERY. ROSS DALLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 93.
Last modified: 09/17/2021
