(KNOX) – The USDA estimates 21 million kids in 35 states will receive free school meals through a federal Summer EBT card program.
Families with children who are eligible for free-or-reduced-price lunches are eligible for Summer EBT… which will cover about 70 percent of the eligible population in its first year.
Families will receive 40 dollars a month per child… or a total of $120 per child.
Congress made Summer EBT permanent in 2024… after the USDA tested it for several years. States that to not participate will have a chance to join in 2025.
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
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