Minnesota lawmakers return to St. Paul this week for the 2024 session.
Last year a record surplus resulted in the state budget growing to an all-time high of $72 billion dollars for the biennium which ends in June 2025.
Republican House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth expects her caucus to focus on holding the majority accountable for what was passed in 2023.
DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman says the state’s borrowing bill will likely be the biggest order of business this time around.
Governor Tim Walz has recommended a $982 million dollar investment plan. Hortman says an $830 million dollar package may be a safer bet.
Funding for recreational projects in East Grand Forks did not make the governor’s bonding list.
Polk County Sheriff's Office looking for Jayden Carlson
(KNOX) - The Polk County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating 17-year-old Jayden Carlson. Jayden is 5'1, 120 pounds with brown eyes and dark hair with blonde streaks in the front. Jayden was last seen leaving her residen...
Apr 29, 2024
Man arrested south of Thompson for suspicion of terrorizing
(KNOX) - Grand Forks County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a farmstead Thursday morning southwest of the city of Thompson. Deputies were attempting to set up a perimeter around the farmyard when a male subject fired a single shot with a high caliber...
Apr 25, 2024
Grand Forks School Board to hold special meeting Monday
(KNOX) - There will be a special meeting of the Grand Forks School Board Monday evening to discuss the nonrenewal of principal Joshua Mailhot's contract. Mailhot is in the second year of his contract...leaving him subject to a North Dakota Century Co...
Apr 27, 2024
Missing Winger, Minnesota girl comes home
(KNOX) - A 17-year-old girl who was listed as missing by the Polk County Sheriff's Office has returned home safely. Jayden Carlson had been last seen Saturday evening after leaving her residence in Winger, Minnesota... wearing a grey hoodie with a re...
Apr 29, 2024
FOLLOW US FOR INSTANT UPDATES!
