THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, BY A FOUR TO ONE VOTE, HAS APPROVED A
PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX LEVY INCREASE OF FIVE PERCENT FOR 2027; AND A
PRELIMINARY BUDGET OF JUST UNDER ELEVEN-POINT-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.
THOSE NUMBERS MUST BE SENT TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA BY THE END OF
SEPTEMBER.
THE LEVY INCREASE CANNOT BE INCREASED BEYOND FIVE PERCENT, BUT CAN BE
REDUCED IN DECEMBER.
A FIVE PERCENT LEVY INCREASE IN THE CITY OF ROSEAU WOULD RAISE ABOUT
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE CITY OF ROSEAU SAW A THREE PERCENT LEVY INCREASE FOR THE CURRENT
YEAR.
ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CLASS ADVISOR MARANDA PETERSON MET WITH THE
ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, SEEKING THE CITY’S HELP IN HANGING BANNERS
HONORING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. IF APPROVED, THOSE BANNERS WOULD BE
HUNG ON DOWNTOWN STREETS AFTER THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.
THE WARROAD SCHOOL BOARD MET TODAY IN THEIR REGULAR SEPTEMBER SESSION. THEY WERE TO APPROVE AGREEMENTS WITH A FEW VOLUNTEER COACHES AND SOME OTHER STAFFING UPDATES. THERES AN EXTENDED FIELD TRIP REQUEST FOR BAND AND CHOIR LETTER WINNERS. THEY WERE TO APPROVE ADJUSTED SUBSTITUTE RATES, APPROVE AGRREMENTS WITH THE ARENA ASSOCIATION AND WARROAD ESTATES GOLF COURSE. IF THERE ARE FOLLOW UPS FROM THAT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE NOTES THIS WEEK.
WITH THE MINNESOTA DNR, BEAR AND WATERFOWL HUNTING SEASONS ARE KEEPING OFFICERS BUSY. NOTHING OUTSIDE OF TYPCIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN ACCORIDNG TO THEIR WEEKLY REPORTS. THEY DID INCLUDE RESPONDING TO THE CAPSIZED BOAT ON LAKE OF THE WOODS, WHERE THEY AGAIN NOTED FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THE WATER, AND ALL HANDLED BY OTHER MEDICAL PERSONNEL WHEN RETURNING TO SHORE.
DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF HUNTING, MORE THAN 2,600 BEARS HAD BEEN REGISTERED AS HARVESTED, ACCORDING TO DAN STARK, LARGE CARNIVORE SPECIALIST WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. HE SAID ABOUT 70% OF THE BEARS ARE TYPICALLY HARVESTED THE FIRST WEEK OF THE HUNT. “WITH THAT NUMBER IT COULD BRING US UP TO 3,500 TO 4,000 BEARS BY THE END OF THE SEASON,” STARK SAID. “THAT WOULD PUT US NEAR THE HIGH END OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS.
THIS WEEKEND A NUMBER OR ARCHERY SEASONS OPEN.
THE ROSEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY TONIGHT PRESENTS AN ODE TO THE HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC. “COUNTRY SINGERS AND GUITAR PICKERS” BEGINS AT 6 PM AND IS A FREE EVENT.
THE SONS OF NORWAY SNORRE LODGE OF THIEF RIVER FALLS HAS RECEIVED THE DISTRICT 1 SMALL LODGE GOLD MERIT AWARD FOR 2025, THE ORGANIZATION’S HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOGNITION FOR SMALL LODGE ACHIEVEMENT.
DISTRICT ONE IS MADE UP OF THE STATES OF MINNESOTA, IOWA, SOUTH DAKOTA, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, OKLAHOMA, LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, MISSOURI AND TEXAS.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT NOTED THAT THE GOLD MERIT AWARD RECOGNIZES LODGES THAT DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, VOLUNTEER SERVICE, AND MEMBERSHIP MANAGEMENT. GOLD-LEVEL LODGES MUST ACHIEVE AT LEAST 90 PERCENT OF THE POINTS AVAILABLE THROUGH SONS OF NORWAY’S ANNUAL REPORTING AND INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
SHORTER DAYS AND COOLER NIGHT AIR MEAN THAT FALL COLOR WILL SOON ARRIVE IN MINNESOTA. TO KICK OFF THIS COLORFUL SEASON, THIS WEEK THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LAUNCHES ITS CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS AUTUMN WITH ITS 2026 COLOR FORECAST, POPULAR FALL COLOR FINDER WEBPAGE (MNDNR.GOV/FALLCOLORS),
MANY FACTORS INFLUENCE THE TIMING AND VIBRANCE OF FALL COLORS. THE STRONGEST ARE DAY LENGTH AND DROPPING TEMPERATURES. OTHER FACTORS, LIKE THE CURRENT DROUGHT THROUGHOUT MUCH OF MINNESOTA, HAVE A MORE SUBTLE IMPACT.
“SEVERE DROUGHT CAN LESSEN THE BRILLIANCE OF SOME COLORS. IT CAN ALSO CAUSE SOME TREES TO DROP THEIR LEAVES OR CHANGE COLORS EARLY — OR LATER, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES,” SAID BRIAN SCHWINGLE, DNR FOREST HEALTH PROGRAM CONSULTANT.
FALL COLORS IN MINNESOTA TYPICALLY PEAK FROM LATE SEPTEMBER THROUGH MID-OCTOBER, STARTING IN THE FAR NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE AND WORKING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST REGION.
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