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LOCAL NEWS MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020

04/27/2020

THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK REPORTS AMERICAN FARMERS MIGHT NEED TO CUT BACK ON CORN ACRES TO SUPPORT PRICES.
A U.S.D.A. PROJECTION SAYS 97 MILLION ACRES OF CORN WILL BE PLANTED THIS YEAR.
THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION SAYS THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DEMAND TO OFFSET LARGE NEW CORN CROP SUPPLIES.

 

MINNESOTA RESORTS ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS WITH THE START OF THE SUMMER FISHING SEASON JUST WEEKS AWAY.
SOME NORTHERN MINNESOTA COUNTIES CLOSED BOAT RAMP ACCESSES LAST MONTH TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM COMING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
JOE HENRY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR LAKE OF THE WOODS TOURISM, SAYS KEEPING MINNESOTANS IN MINNESOTA IS IMPORTANT.

 

GOVERNOR TIM WALZ SAID LAST WEEK THAT SCHOOLS WOULD REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.
THE STATE’S LARGEST TEACHERS UNION ENDORSED THE MOVE, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SAYING THAT DISTANCE LEARNING IS WIDENING LEARNING DISPARITIES BY INCOME LEVELS, RACE AND GEOGRAPHY.
STATE EDUCATION COMMISSIONER MARY CATHRYN RICKER SAYS THE STATE IS LOOKING AT HOW SOME STUDENTS WILL NEED TO CATCH UP NEXT FALL.

 

THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION THIS EVENING.
THEY’VE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY SINCE MID-MARCH, TO ADDRESS CITY RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

 

EARLY VOTING AND ABSENTEE VOTING CONTINUES AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL, AHEAD OF AN IN-PERSON VOTE MAY 12TH ON A FORTY MILLION DOLLAR SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM.
SUPERINTENDENT TOM JEROME SAYS THEY’RE PREPARED TO START WORK IN JUNE IF THE VOTE PASSES.THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PORTION OF THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BUILDING.

 

PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR CHRIS FRUTIGER OF BAUDETTE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE AT ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN WARROAD.
CHRIS FRUTIGER WAS 90.

 

OAK CREST GOLF COURSE IN ROSEAU OPENED FOR THE SEASON SATURDAY TO A BRISK BUSINESS.
OAK CREST GOLF BOARD PRESIDENT MARK WILSON WAS ASKED WHETHER PENT-UP DEMAND WILL KEEP THE COURSE BUSY.
THE OAK CREST PRO SHOP IS OPEN, WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES IN PLACE.

 

A MINNESOTA COVID-19 TESTING COLLABORATIVE INCLUDES 127 CLINICS AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ACROSS THE STATE.
IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA, LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU; AND KITTSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LOCATIONS IN HALLOCK AND KARLSTAD ARE AMONG THOSE FACILITIES.
STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER JAN MALCOLM SAYS “AGGRESSIVE AND EXPANDED TESTING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MITIGATING THE PANDEMIC”.

 

33 YEAR OLD DANIEL JAUHOLA OF ELY WAS TAKEN TO A DULUTH HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AFTER A POLICE CHASE EARLY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SOUTHEAST OF HIBBING.
JAUHOLA WAS FLEEING POLICE IN A STOLEN CAR; THE VEHICLE ROLLED AND JAUHOLA WAS EJECTED.

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