THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD WILL HOLD A WORK SESSION ON FEBRUARY 9TH TO FOCUS ON A REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF ROSEAU TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL IN CONNECTING THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH A PAVED SIDEWALK TO THE ROSEAU SCHOOL. THE CITY WOULD NEED TO ACQUIRE SCHOOL LAND TO DO SO.
OUT OF PRECINCT CAUCUSES ON TUESDAY, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE LISA DEMUTH EMERGED AS THE LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE GOVERNOR’S RACE NEXT YEAR. SHE HAD APPROXIMATLEY 25% MORE VOTES THAN KENDALL QUALLS WHO POLLED IN SECOND PLACE, FOLLOWED BY MIKE LINDELL.
THE DEMOCRATS DID NOT RELEASE POLL NUMBERS, BUT ADMITTEDLY AMY KLOBUCHAR IS THEIR LEADING CANDIDATE.
EARLY POLL NUMBERS FROM KSTP-TV SHOWS THAT KLOBUCHAR WOULD HOLD A SLIM LEAD OVER ANY OF THE LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
ROSEAU POLICE CHIEF MARC HODGE TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL THAT HIS DEPARTMENT
IS DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS ON A POTENTIAL HIRE, AND HOPING TO HAVE THAT
FULLTIME OFFICER IN PLACE BY EARLY FEBRUARY. THE OFFICER HAS THREE
YEARS EXPERIENCE IN AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT. HIS HIRE WOULD MEAN THE
ROSEAU POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY STAFFED.
IN RECOGNITION OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, THE ROSEAU COUNTY MUSEUM AND PUBLIC LIBRARY ARE LOOKING FOR ROSEAU COUNTY RESIDENT WILLING TO LEND QUILTS, OR QUILTED ITEMS FOR A QUILT SHOW IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. THOSE ITEMS CAN BE DROPPED WITH THE MUSEUM THROUGH FEBRUARY 27TH AND THE SHOW WOULD OPEN ON MARCH 7TH, ALSO INCLUDING A PRESENTATION FROM JEAN WAKELY, KNOWN WELL IN THE QULTING COMMUITY.
REPRESENTATIVE MICHELLE FISHBACH WAS IN WILLMAR LAST WEEK, WHERE SHE DISCUSSED TOPICS IMPORTANT FOR BUSINESS IN ALL OF GREATER MINNESOTA. THEY DISCUSSED THE WORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS ACT AND THE BENEFITS IT PROVIDED TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING PERMANENTLY SECURING THE 199A SMALL BUSINESS DEDUCTION, WHICH PREVENTS 55,000 OF MINNESOTA’S LOCAL BUSINESSES FROM FACING CRIPPLING TAX RATES. WE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT, WHICH HAS ALREADY DELIVERED OVER $620 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS TO THE 7TH DISTRICT. BEYOND TAX RELIEF, WE DISCUSSED MY LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS ON THE INVESTING IN RURAL AMERICA ACT. BY CUTTING BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE AND EMPOWERING OUR MAIN STREETS, WE ARE ENSURING THAT OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND A PLACE WHERE THE NEXT GENERATION CAN FIND GOOD-PAYING JOBS.
FARMER SENTIMENT WEAKENED SHARPLY IN JANUARY AS THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY-CME GROUP AG ECONOMY BAROMETER (AEB) INDEX DROPPED FROM 136 IN DECEMBER 2025 TO 113 IN JANUARY 2026 (SEE FIGURE 1). THE CURRENT CONDITIONS INDEX DROPPED 19 POINTS WHILE THE FUTURE EXPECTATIONS INDEX DROPPED 25 POINTS (SEE FIGURE 2). AMONG THE FIVE INDICES THAT MAKE UP THE AEB INDEX, THE LARGEST DECLINE WAS IN THE QUESTION ASKING PARTICIPANTS WHETHER U.S. AGRICULTURE WOULD HAVE GOOD TIMES OR BAD TIMES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE INDEX FOR THIS QUESTION FELL FROM 122 TO 88, MARKING ITS LOWEST POINT SINCE SEPTEMBER 2024. RESPONDENTS ALSO EXPRESSED GREATER CONCERNS ABOUT AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS COMPARED TO LAST MONTH, SUCH AS SOYBEAN, WHERE THEY FEARED EXPORTS COULD DROP SHARPLY OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
THE MINNESOTA DNR, WHITE EARTH NATION HAVE FORMALIZED A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
THE MOU PUTS IN WRITING HOW THE DNR, WHITE EARTH NATION COLLABORATE ON NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ON STATE OWNED, DNR-MANAGED LAND WITHIN THE WHITE EARTH STATE FOREST
AMONG THE SPECIFIC AREAS OF COORDINATION DOCUMENTED IN THE AGREEMENT ARE AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PREVENTION, FISHERIES, FORESTRY, LANDS, WATER RESOURCES, WILDLIFE, AND WILD RICE.
MINNESOTANS ARE PRETTY LUCKY IN LOVE, ACCORDING TO SOME RESEARCHING FIND. WITH VALENTINE’S DAY APPROACHING THE RESEARCH FROM DUELBITS ANALYZED ALL 50 US STATES ACROSS SIX FACTORS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LOVE. THESE INCLUDE: MARRIAGE RATES, DIVORCE RATES LAST YEAR, OVERALL HAPPINESS, LOVE TV SHOW WINNERS (WHICH MINNESOTA HAS HAD ONE, WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER CLOSE CALLS), AND INTERNET SERACHES RELATED TO LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS. MINNESOTA CAME IN WITH THE 4TH HIGHEST COMPOSITE SCORE OF A 7.7 OUT OF 10. AHEAD OF MINNESOTA, WERE UTAH, NEW JERSEY, AND TEXAS.
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