THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS APPROVED A DETOUR AGREEMENT WITH THE
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE USE OF COUNTY ROADS FOUR
AND NINE DURING ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY 89, FROM WANNASKA TO THE
ROSEAU/MARSHALL COUNTY LINE. THAT PROJECT, SCHEDULED FOR JULY, IS
EXPECTED TO TAKE TWO TO FOUR WEEKS; AND WILL INVOLVE SOME CULVERT
REPLACEMENTS ON THE STATE HIGHWAY.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS APPROVED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH
THE BADGER SCHOOL FOR SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL. THE
COUNTY HAS A SIMILAR M-O-U WITH THE ROSEAU SCHOOL, INVOLVING A LOCKBOX
CODE.
NOTABLE COMMENTS IN DNR CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTS FROM THE WEEK INCLUDE INVESTIGATING A CALF DEPREDATION NEAR WARROAD.
A CITATION WAS ALSO ISSUED FOR AN ANGLER TRANSPORTING ZEBRA MUSSELS ON A WATERCRAFT.
MULTIPLE OFFICERS NOTED IN THEIR REPORTS A LACK OF PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES ON BOARD AND REMIND EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF THEIR EQUIPMENT ON BOARD TO KEEP WATER SAFETY IN MIND.
THERE WAS INTERESTING WEATHER AROUND THE AREA, ALTHOUGH NOTHING RESULTED IN CONFIRMED TORNADOS. IN ROSEAU THINGS NEVER GOT TOO BAD, BUT THREATS WERE SEEN NEAR GREENBUSH AND THE STEPHEN-ARGYLE AREA, AND AREAS FARTHER SOUTH.
LIFECARE ROSEAU MANOR HAS AN OPEN HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON FROM 2-4 FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND SEE THE RENOVATED SPACE. SOME LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.
AFTER MAKING STOPS IN ROSEAU AND WARROAD ON MONDAY, CONDUCTOR JACK COMES TO THE GREENBUSH LIBRARY TODAY AT 10:30. HE’LL ENTERTAIN CHILDREN WITH DANCES AND SINGALONGS.
FUNDING FOR LEAD LINE REPLACMENT IN MINNESOTA IS COMING UP SHORT. THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE INCLUDED JUST $15 MILLION FOR STATEWIDE LEAD LINE REPLACEMENT IN THIS YEAR’S BONDING BILL, DOWN FROM THE ORIGINAL $250 MILLION ASK.
THEY HAD EVEN LOWERED THAT ASK AT ONE POINT TO ONLY $100 MILLION, SAYING THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH 2027, BUT THIS $15 MILLION THEY SAID FOR EXAMPLE ISN’T EVEN ENOUGH TO HANDLE WHAT IS NEEDED IN A CITY LIKE DULUTH ALONE.
THERE ARE NEARLY 90,000 CONFIRMED LEAD OR GALVANIZED SERVICE LINES IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT BY 2033 ACROSS THE STATE, AND THE MATERIAL OF ANOTHER 200,000 LINES IS STILL UNKNOWN, ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH’S LEAD LINE INVENTORY.
GOV. TIM WALZ’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY IT HAS FILED 16 FOIA REQUESTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES TO DISCLOSE “THE EXTENT OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST MINNESOTA.”
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS COME A DAY AFTER A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED SUBPOENAS FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE WERE AN ACT OF “RETALIATION.” THE REQUESTS ASK FOR RECORDS FROM SEVERAL FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH MENTIONS OF “MINNESOTA, WALZ, RECKONING, RETRIBUTION, PUNISH, OR DEMOCRAT,”
“FOR NEARLY A YEAR, MINNESOTANS HAVE LIVED THROUGH A COORDINATED CAMPAIGN OF RETRIBUTION FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,” WALZ SAID IN A STATEMENT TUESDAY. “WE HAVE SEEN IT IN LAWSUITS, FUNDING THREATS, AND INVESTIGATIONS FROM AN ADMINISTRATION LOOKING TO COME AFTER THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH THEM.
“YESTERDAY, A JUDGE CONFIRMED WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN ALL ALONG. TODAY, WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW FAR THIS CAMPAIGN REACHES, WHO’S DIRECTING IT, AND WHAT IT HAS COST MINNESOTANS.”
RICARDO MELLO OF CROOKSTON, WHO WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN 2011, AND WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 2025, IS NOW FACING MULTIPLE DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES. THAT MURDER CONVICTION CAME AFTER A FIGHT AT A BAR, WHEN HE THEN STOLE A POLICE CRUISER, AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE KILLING A MAN. HE’S NOW BEEN CAUGHT SELLING COCAINE TO A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT ON MULTIPLE OCCASSIONS.
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