THE LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ARE SET TO MEET TUESDAY MORNING AT 9AM AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER IN BAUDETTE…THE COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO AWARD THE BID FOR THE NEW LINE WORKERS SCHOOL AND HAVE THE BID OPENING FOR BIKE TRAILS….

 

THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET IN SESSION TUESDAY MORNING AT 8:30 AM IN THE ROSEAU COUNTY COURTHOUSE…THE BOARD’S AGENDA INCLUDES A CONFERENCE CALL WITH ATTORNEY STEVE FRECKER, TO  DISCUSS THE REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITY…THE BOARD IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS THE

MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT ON THE COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM….ALONG WITH OTHER ITEMS…

 

MANITOBA POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A STABBING IN RICHER, MANITOBA OVER THE WEEKEND…STEINBACH  RCMP SAY AROUND 4:15AM SATURDAY MORNING THEY RECEIVED A REPORT THAT A MALE HAD BEEN STABBED AT HOUSE PARTY IN RICHER….WHEN AUTHORITIES ARRIVED THEY DETERMINED THAT AN 18 YEAR OLD MALE HAD BEEN STABBED ONCE IN THE UPPER BODY BY A FEMALE…  THE MALE TRANSPORTED TO THE STE. ANNE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED LATER IN THE DAY…THE FEMALE SUSPECTED WAS LOCATED AT A NEARBY RESIDENCE AND ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT…  23 YEAR OLD SHERRY-LEE MORGAN OF RICHER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT CAUSE BODILY HARM AND WAS RELEASED LATER IN THE DAY FOR A COURT DATE IN AUGUST…POLICE SAY ALCOHOL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT….THE INVESTIGATION  IS  STILL  CONTINUING…

 

A SPECIAL OPEN HOUSE WAS HELD IN WARROAD SUNDAY AFTERNOON…THE ST. MARY’S LOFTS IS A UNIQUE APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE FORMER ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH SITE ON ROBERTS AVENUE IN WARROAD…ST. MARY’S CHURCH CURRENTLY EXISTS IN A NEW FACILITY ON THE WEST EDGE OF WARROAD…A FEW YEARS AGO, WARROAD BUSINESS OWNERS, SCOTT AND MARY JOHNSON, PURCHASED THE PROPERTY WITH A SPECIAL IDEA IN MIND TO KEEP THE EXISTING STRUCTURE… FOR MORE INFO CALL 386-2474…

FOUR YEARS AFTER A TORNADO RIPPED THROUGH THE POINT AREA NEAR THE LAKE IN WARROAD, DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH, A NEW FISHING PIER HAS EMERGED AND IS READY FOR USE….WARROAD CITY SUPERINTENDENT DANA KLOSS SAYS THE NEW PIER IS BIGGER AND BETTER AND SAYS CREWS HAVE PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE PIER , AND IT IS READY FOR USE….

THE JOHNSON FAMILY OF BADGER HAS BEEN NAMED ROSEAU COUNTY’S “2010 FARM FAMILY OF THE YEAR” BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA… THE JOHNSON’S ARE ONE OF 73 FARM FAMILIES FROM AROUND THE STATE, ONE FROM EACH PARTICIPATING COUNTY, BEING HONORED BY THE UNIVERSITY THIS YEAR…TODAY, THE JOHNSON OPERATION CONSISTS OF ANGUS CATTLE AND CROPS OF RYEGRASS, SOYBEANS, BARLEY, AND WHEAT…. THE FAMILIES WILL BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED IN A CEREMONY THURSDAY, AUG. 5 AT THE ANNUAL FARMFEST NEAR REDWOOD FALLS… PROFILES OF THE 2010 HONOREES AND INFORMATION ON THE RECOGNITION EVENT CAN BE FOUND ON THE UNIVERSITY’S FARM FAMILY WEBSITE, MNFARMFAMILIES.CFANS.UMN.EDU. FAMILIES RECEIVING HONORS WERE SELECTED BY THEIR LOCAL COUNTY EXTENSION COMMITTEES AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING AND SUPPORTING AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION…

GROUNDBREAKING ON A NEW ELECTRICAL  LINE SCHOOL  IN BAUDETTE WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK....REPS FROM LAKE OF THE WOODS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NORTH STAR ELECTRIC COOP AND MINNESOTA STATE COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN WADENA WILL BE ATTENDING THE EVENT, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT NOON THURSDAY AT THE SITE OF THE NEW SCHOOL, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF THE NORTH STAR ELECTRIC COOP FACILITY ON HIGHWAY 172 NEAR BAUDETTE....THE NEW SCHOOL FACILITY, WHICH WILL BE AROUND 10 THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, WILL BE ONE LESS THAN HALF A DOZEN IN THE STATE WHERE STUDENTS WILL BE TRAINED FOR JOBS IN THE POWER INDUSTRY, AND THE FURTHEST NORTH...THE FIRST SCHOOL YEAR WILL BEGIN THIS AUGUST, WITH OVER 25 STUDENTS EXPECTED TO BE IN THAT FIRST CLASS....

THE 29-MILE “WILDLIFE DRIVE” FOR VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE ROSEAU RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA , 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSEAU, WILL BE OPEN WEEKENDS THROUGH AUGUST 22…. OFFICIALS SAY THE RECOMMENDED ENTRY POINT IS THE MAIN DIKE ROAD, ONE AND THREE QUARTER MILES SOUTH OF THE WMA HEADQUARTERS ON ROSEAU COUNTY ROAD 3…MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION BECAUSE OF NARROW ROADS, SOFT SHOULDERS, DEEP DITCHES AND TWO-WAY TRAFFIC….THE SPEED LIMIT ON ALL WMA ROADS IS 20 MPH… INCLEMENT WEATHER MAY REQUIRE CLOSING THE DRIVE IF ROAD CONDITIONS DETERIORATE…AND OFFICIALS SAY ONLY MOTOR VEHICLES LICENSED FOR USE ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS ARE LEGAL TO OPERATE ON THE WMA WILDLIFE DRIVE…A BIRD LIST, MAPS, FISHING REGULATIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROSEAU RIVER WMA  IS AVAILABLE BY CALLING 463-1130...

THE ROSEAU COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE REPORTS THAT ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE AUGUST 10TH PRIMARY ELECTION ARE NOW AVAILABLE AND THEY ARE ENCOURAGING ABSENTEE VOTERS TO APPLY EARLY….A ROSEAU COUNTY RESIDENT MAY VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT IF HE/SHE IS UNABLE TO VOTE IN PERSON ON ELECTION DAY BECAUSE THE VOTER IS AWAY FROM HOME, ILL OR DISABLED, SERVING AS AN ELECTION JUDGE IN ANOTHER PRECINCT, OR UNABLE TO GO TO THE POLLING PLACE DUE TO A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY OR BELIEF…THE VOTING OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE ABSENTEE VOTER INCLUDING APPLYING AND VOTING IN PERSON AT THE COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE IN THE ROSEAU COUNTY COURTHOUSE. … OR VOTE BY MAIL…THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE SAYS YOU CAN CALL 463-1282  FOR MORE INFO…

ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES AND  ROSEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES HAVE MET TO DISCUSS RECENT CHANGES IN SEVERE WEATHER NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES AND TO UPDATE POLICIES…ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF JULE HANSON, SAYS NOW, WHEN THERE IS A TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR ANY PART OF ROSEAU COUNTY, ALL SIRENS WITHIN THE COUNTY WILL BE SOUNDED…HE SAYS THIS IS TO ALERT ALL CITIES OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADO ACTIVITY…ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WILL ACTIVATE THEIR NOTIFICATION LISTS…HANSON SAYS THIS GIVES THE HOSPITAL, NURSING HOMES AND CITIES TIME TO PREPARE…THIS PROCEDURE IS DIFFERENT THAN IN THE PAST,  WHEN SIRENS WERE NOT SOUNDED UNTIL A TORNADO WAS ACTUALLY SIGHTED…HANSON SAYS AUTHORITIES DETERMINED THAT COULD BE TOO LATE…MEANWHILE, AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE NEW EMERGENCY SHELTER LIST FOR ROSEAU COUNTY, WITH NEW CHANGES…IN WARROAD, THERE IS ONE TORNADO SHELTER, AND THAT IS THE GARDENS ARENA…IN ROSEAU, THE OFFICIAL TORNADO SHELTERS ARE THE  SUMMERFIELD  APARTMENT’S UNDERGROUND GARAGE, THE ROSEAU AMERICAN LEGION BASEMENT, THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH  AND THE ROSEAU SCHOOL…IN BADGER, THE TORNADO SHELTER IS THE BADGER CITY HALL BASEMENT  AND IN GREENBUSH, THE SHELTER IS THE HIGH SCHOOL, WITH ENTRANCE BEING THE REAR DOOR….

THE WARROAD AIRPORT, AND  A FEW OTHERS IN THE AREA, WILL GET GRANTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION…THE DOT SAYS THE AIRPORTS IN WARROAD, HALLOCK, CROOKSTON, BEMIDJI AND REDWOOD FALLS WILL RECEIVE THE GRANTS FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS… WARROAD INTERNATIONAL MEMORIAL AIRPORT WILL RECEIVE JUST UNDER 51 THOUSAND 400 DOLLARS TO CONSTRUCT A SAND AND CHEMICAL STORAGE BUILDING…. THE HALLOCK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WILL GET OVER 132 THOUSAND TO REHABILITATE THE TAXIWAY…CROOKSTON MUNICIPAL KIRKWOOD FIELD’S GRANT IS 28 THOUSAND 500 DOLLARS TO IMPROVE THE AIRPORT DRAINAGE AND REHABILITATE APRON…. WHILE THE BEMIDJI REGIONAL AIRPORT GETS 330 THOUSAND TO IMPROVE A TERMINAL BUILDING….

THIRTY OF WHAT THE STATE CALL'S THE LOWEST-PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN MINNESOTA HAVE FILED THEIR TURNAROUND PLANS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHICH WILL NOW DISTRIBUTE GRANT MONEY TO PAY FOR THEM....BUT NOT GREENBUSH/ MIDDLE RIVER....THURSDAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR THE SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED BY THE STATE TO SEND IN THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL GRANT MONEY...TO RECEIVE THE MONEY, ALL THE SCHOOLS HAD TO AGREE TO REPLACE THEIR PRINCIPALS AND MAKE OTHER CHANGES…MINNESOTA'S SHARE OF THE 3.5 BILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL PROGRAM IS 34 MILLION…AFTER PAYING ADMINISTRIVE EXPENSES, THE STATE WILL HAVE 32 MILLION TO SPEND ON THE 30 SCHOOLS… MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS THE MOST SCHOOLS ON THE LIST, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL RURAL SCHOOLS….MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO REPORTS THAT TWO OF THEM -   GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER SENIOR HIGH AND THE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BUTTERFIELD - HAVE OPTED OUT OF THE PROGRAM….