LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER HAS TEAMED WITH THE ROSEAU POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP EDUCATE RIDERS OF E-BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS ON SAFETY REGULATIONS AND HOW THOSE RIDERS SHOULD INTERACT WITH TRAFFIC. THEY PUT TOGETHER INFORMATION ON AGE LIMITS, HELMETS, NECESSARY LIGHTS AND REFLECTORS, THE FACT THEY SHOULD NOT BE RIDDEN ON SIDEWALKS, RULES FOR INTERSECTIONS AND MORE.
NORTHERN RESOURCES COOPERATIVE AT THE CENEX C-STORE IS OPERATING WITH LENGTHENED HOURS DURING THE CLOSURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOLIDAY STATION. THEY ARE OPEN WEEKNIGHTS UNTIL 11:30 PM.
THE ROSEAU DMV REMAINS CLOSED THIS WEEK AS STAFF ATTENDS TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY. THEY PLAN FOR A FRIDAY RE-OPENING.
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, ALL BORDER BANK LOCATIONS WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING DONATIONS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES. THOSE ITEMS WILL BE DONATED TO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS WITHIN THE BRANCHES COMMUNITY PRIOR TO THE START OF SCHOOL. MONETARY DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ALSO. THE DRIVE CONTINUES THROUGH AUGUST 22ND.
FOR ROSEAU COUNTY, YOUR OUTSTANDING SENIOR CITIZEN AWARD WINNERS ARE JUDY LANDIN AND JULE HANSON. THEY WILL BOTH BE RECOGNIZED AT CHURCH NIGHT OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR AND ARE INVITED TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR. CHURCH NIGHT IS THIS SUNDAY. THAT WILL FEATURE GUEST SPEAKER REGGIE DABBS.
AN ALLEGED ASSAULT IN OKLEE LAST THURSDAY HOSPITALIZED ONE MAN, AND HAS ANOTHER MAN IN JAIL. POLICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MALE VICTIM WHO HAD SEVERE FACIAL INJURIES, CLAIMING HE WAS ASSAULTED. THEY IDENTIFIED SHAWN ALVIN LOSSING, 35, AS THE SUSPECT. HE HAD BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE HIS APARTMENT AND AFTER A TWO-HOUR STANDOFF, FINALLY PEACEFULLY SURRENDERED.
MICHELLE FISHBACH IS ONE OF FOUR MINNESOTA REPRESENTATIVES TO SIGN AND SEND A LETTER TO A CANADIAN AMBASSADOR EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERN OR FRUSTRATION WITH ONGOING CONCERN OF WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM CANADIAN WILDFIRES. THEY ARE ASKING THAT THEIR CONCERN BE RELAYED TO THE CANADIAN FOREST SERVICE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA. THEY CLAIMED “THAT WITH THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE, IN BOTH PREVENTING AND FIGHTING WILDFIRES, THIS WORRISOME TREND COULD BE REVERSED IF PROPER ACTION IS TAKEN.” WHEN A WILDFIRE FORECAST FOR CANADA WAS ISSUED IN MID-JUNE, THERE WERE 225 ACTIVE WILDFIRES IN THE COUNTRY AND A TOTAL AREA OF 3.7 MILLION HECTARES HAD BEEN BURNED.
IN JUNE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL NOTES, THEY MOVED MONEY FROM A $10,000 DONATION FROM POLARIS SO IT WILL BE USED FOR THE PROPOSED CHILDCARE FACILITY WITH KARL MANUFACTURING.
AFTER A TOUR OF THE CITY, THE AMENDED A CITY ORDINANCE TO STATE THAT THE MINIMUM FEE FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE COMPLAINTS WILL BE $100.
MISSY OKESON WAS APPOINTED TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
CITY SUPERINTENDENT GARY PRZEKWAS IS LOOKING TO HAVE MONEY BUDGETED FOR CAMERAS TO BE PUT AT THE CITY PARK. THERE WAS VANDALISM OF THE MAIN PARK SHELTER EARLIER THIS SUMMER. POLICE CHIEF HOGE DID NOT THAT THE PARTIES RESPONSIBLE HAD BEEN CAUGHT.
A funeral service for Katherine Timinskis will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 11am at Messiah Lutheran Church of Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service at the church.
Katherine Timinskis passed away at the age of 75.
A Funeral Service for Jerome L. Ziska of Roseau, MN will be held on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11:00AM at Rose Free Lutheran Church in Roseau, MN. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from 5-7PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Roseau, MN. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at Moe-Rose Cemetery.
Jerome passed away at the age of 67.
A Funeral Service for David V. Foster of Malung, MN will be held on Monday, July 14, 2025 at 11:00AM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Warroad, MN. Visitation will be held on Sunday, July 13, 2025 from 5-7PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Warroad, MN. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Warroad.
David passed away at the age of 80.
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