(KNOX) – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has activated the State Emergency Operations Center to monitor flood conditions during the weekend.
Walz surveyed the flood damage Friday in Saint Louis County, deluged by seven-to-ten inches of rain… and parts of Carlton, Crow Wing, Lake and Itasca counties…which received two-to-six inches of rain.
Saint Louis County has declared a state of emergency. The declaration allows the county to access state disaster relief funding if the damage does not reach the required threshold for a federal major disaster declaration.
State funding includes The Disaster Assistance Contingency Account to help repair damage to public infrastructure; and The Transportation Disaster Account for damage to local highways.
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Minnesota National Guard will provide security at Republican National Convention
(KNOX) - Governor Tim Walz has authorized the Minnesota National Guard to provide public safety support for the 2024 Republican National Convention. The convention will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from July 15 through July 18. It's been designat...
Jun 28, 2024
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Solberg to retire from law enforcement
(KNOX) - North Dakota Highway Patrol Col. Brandon Solberg plans to retire from law enforcement Nov. 30 after nearly 6½ years as superintendent of the Highway Patrol. Solberg has accepted another position in state government as director of the ...
Jun 28, 2024
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Grand Forks working on Consolidated Plan
(KNOX) -The City of Grand Forks has hired a Denver based firm to work on its five strategic plan. Frankie Lewington is an associate with Root Policy Research and said that the plan will look at the needs of Grand Forks. "Community centers, or pa...
Jun 24, 2024
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Mill-and-overlay project will limit parking on Grand Forks streets
(KNOX) - Crews will begin the Mill (grinding) and Overlay (resurfacing) portion of this project on Thursday, June 27, 2024. There will be no parking on the streets during the Mill and Overlay process. The roads impacted are: 4th Ave. S. (Belmont Rd. ...
Jun 26, 2024