County Board approves biggest highway contract

At the Roseau County Board meeting on Tuesday morning, the commissioners unanimously approved a multimillion dollar road construction project.

"Knife River Materials out of Bemidji was the low bidder. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but it was about $4.6 million for a seven-mile project," said Commissioner Jack Swanson.

"It will go from Skime to just north of County Road 4," he said, adding that the construction would start sometime in June.

"The intent is that it be completed during this summer or early fall. It's a complete reconstruct of the road. So, it's a fairly major job," he s...