The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority has announced $191 million in grants and loans for water and infrastructure projects in 29 Minnesota communities.
The majority of the funding came directly from the PFA’s Clean Water and Drinking Water revolving loan funds, and grants from the Water Infrastructure Fund (WIF) and Point Source Implementation (PSI) Grants programs.
Among the grants was $10.1 million for upgrades to the Bemidji water treatment plant….
Detroit Lakes picks up $3.9 million dollars to rehab sewer lines….
$1.9 million goes to Mahnomen for improvements to the sanitary sewer and drinking water distribution system…
Warren (MN) will receive $752,000 dollars for a watermain replacement project.


Project Could be Done on Greenway in Grand Forks
(File image) (KNOX) - A project could be done on the Flood Protection/Greenway System in Grand Forks. The area is located between 47th and 62nd Avenues South. It is city property but it wasn't initially developed as part of the Greenway System. Grand...
Apr 01, 2025

Grand Forks Man Sentenced in Abuse Case
(File image) (KNOX) - A Grand Forks man was sentenced to five years in prison for endangering and terrorizing his wife while she as she battled cancer. She died a month after she reported her husband's abuse. Legal records state that at 41-year-old J...
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No Failures in Grand Forks Police Tobacco ID Compliance Checks
(File image) (KNOX) - The Grand Forks Police Department's Education and Outreach Bureau along with area under-age buyers conducted tobacco compliance checks last week. These tobacco compliance checks were done in compliance with SYNAR grant funding t...
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Grand Fork County Commission Would Like the Correctional Center Administrator Gone
(File image) (KNOX) -Three of the five Grand Forks Commissioners would like the County Correctional Center Administrator gone. The State of North Dakota said that Bret Burkholder did not follow the guidelines for a state grant that his facility recei...
Apr 02, 2025