Roseau County, Minnesota

606 5th Ave SW Rm 20
Roseau, MN 56751
Phone: (218) 463-2541
Fax: (218) 463-1889
www.visitnwminnesota.com/Roseau.htm

On the northern border of MN, northeast of Grand Forks, ND; established Dec 31, 1894 from Kittson County. Name Origin: For Roseau lake and river, both in the northern part of the county; from French 'reed,' from a translation of an Ojibway word that refers to the coarse grass (Phragmites communis) growing along the banks

Area (sq mi):: 1678.33 (land 1662.51; water 15.82) Population per square mile: 9.90
Population 2005: 16,495 State rank: 53 Population change: 2000-20005 1.00%; 1990-2000 8.70% Population 2000: 16,338 (White 95.60%; Black or African American 0.10%; Hispanic or Latino 0.40%; Asian 1.70%; Other 2.20%). Foreign born: 2.80%. Median age: 35.30
Income 2000: per capita $17,053; median household $39,852; Population below poverty level: 6.60% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $26,188-$28,821
Unemployment (2004): 4.60% Unemployment change (from 2000): 0.60% Median travel time to work: 17.50 minutes Working outside county of residence: 4.80%

Cities with population over 10,000: None

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Update: Northland UAS, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, received approval April 2014 from the Federal Aviation Administration through a Certificate of Authorization (COA) to fly the UAV in Roseau county in northwestern Minnesota to collect information for precision agriculture applications.

"New Technologies Across Technical Programs"

A trail ran along the boundary, and to the south lay Roseau County, Minnesota.

On 6 July, a coroner's jury at Vita, after hearing testimony from the crime witnesses, police, and Warrington, found that John Klym had shot "from a point approximately thirty-five feet south of the International boundary line at a distance of fifteen feet from the deceased." (38) Three days later, Roseau County Attorney R.

(51) On 19 November, a Roseau County grand jury, after hearing testimony from key figures in the case, indicted Klym for first degree murder.

Selmer Lind, a Roseau County farmer and hunter and the only American to testify, said that in March he had seen Mandziuk across the boundary "going to a hay stack" and hailed him.

Because Klym's former counsel, Bert Hanson had been elected Roseau County Attorney, J.

Homicide on the Canada-US border

A Roseau County, Minn., prosecutor told The Associated Press April 5 that she has been trying to extradite Jeyapaul from the Ootaca-mund diocese in southern India to face two counts of criminal sexual conduct stemming from allegations by a girl who was 14 and 15 at the time of the events.

Pope faces mushrooming abuse crisis

In spring 2002, the combination of rain and melting snow caused a major flood throughout Roseau County. Wally's, along with many other businesses and homes, sustained significant damage as the waters raced through town.

After the flood

Then, in 1993, the state ceased paying assessments on Marshall, Beltrami, and Roseau county con-con lands where a redetermination had not taken place.

Legal aspects

On August 25, 2000, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) was notified by the Minnesota Board of Animal Health (MBAH) of Bacillus anthracis isolated from a steer on a farm in Roseau County, Minnesota.

J Pahlen, Roseau County Home Health Care, Roseau; T Boldingh, DVM, Minnesota Board of Animal Health, K Elfering, G Hoffman, Minnesota Dept of Agriculture, St.

Human Ingestion of Bacillus Anthracis-Contaminated Meat -- Minnesota, August 2000