Roseau County News

Minnesota's voter registration system has long been considered a model for the nation, so much so that Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is often asked to speak to congressional committees and elections groups in other states seeking the keys to success.

By MinnPost Staff Up to a third of the farm fields in Kittson and Roseau counties in the far northwest corner of Minnesota could end up spending the summer black , as lingering cool, wet weather stymies seeding plans knocked back by the extensive flooding earlier this spring, writes Stephen J. Lee in the Grand Forks Herald .

Police have a suspect in four cases of apparent arson in Greenbush, Minn., including fires in two churches, in the past month or so.

Hubbard County Attorney Don Dearstyne is putting the brakes on a suggestion for deputies to issue administrative citations for speeding in lieu of a formal traffic ticket.

Alan Johnston of Warroad admitted in Roseau County Court today that he underreported income to the state for the tax years 2002 through 2006.

A Roseau County commissioner is accused of filing false state tax returns for five tax years.

This could have been a picture taken from anywhere in northwestern Minnesota. Sandbagging efforts were taking place at several locations.

A Salol boy died in a mobile home fire Tuesday night in Timberline Trailer Court.

THE FIRE WAS REPORTED JUST AFTER 10-30 IN A TRAILER COURT ALONG HIGHWAY 11 ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF ROSEAU.

Authorities in Roseau County are investigating a mobile home fire that killed a 10-year-old boy.

Is the future of Red Lake County District Court in jeopardy? Red Lake Falls - At the Feb.

Federal and state sharpshooters have begun culling free-ranging deer in the bovine tuberculosis management area, the state Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday.

A convicted felon from northern Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for illegally casting a ballot in November's presidential election.

A convicted felon from northern Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for illegally casting a ballot in last November's presidential election.

An outside prosecutor has decided therea TMs not enough evidence to support charges that minors were given alcohol at a party hosted by a Roseau County deputy.

" A man who suffered what was reported as an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound in Roseau County late Monday has been transported to Grand Forks to receive care.

At the Job Service office in Roseau, Bonny Stechmann has seen a steady stream of newly unemployed workers the past two weeks.

Submitted by Journal Staff on January 22, 2009 - 6:30pm. Melvin Curtis Christianson, 71, of International Falls, Minn., died Tuesday, Jan.

An armed short man wearing blue jeans attempted to rob a motel early this morning in Roseau, Minn.

Several Roseau County law enforcement officers are being investigated after it was reported that they attended a Dec.