Category Archives: Latest News

Grand Forks City Council Approves Reconfiguration of Lots for a Business
(KNOX) - Grand Forks City Council approved the reconfigurations of lots for a business. "This is the final time you will see the plat for Lawn King. Here we are on North Washington and 27th Ave...
Bill Dubensky Dec 19, 2024

Chances for Government Shutdown Escalate
U.S. House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., take part in a news conference at the U.S. Cap...
Jennifer Shutt/North Dakota Monitor Dec 19, 2024

Stop-gap spending bill allows for year-round sales of E15
(Jacob Fischler - North Dakota Monitor) - A spending bill U.S. House appropriators released Tuesday evening to keep the government open into next spring includes a provision to allow sales of a gasoli...
Jacob Fischler/North Dakota Monitor Dec 18, 2024

First severe case of bird flu in a human in the U.S. reported in Louisiana
(Jennifer Shutt - North Dakota Monitor) - A Louisiana resident has contracted the country's first severe case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a human, the Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
Jennifer Shutt/North Dakota Monitor Dec 18, 2024

Members of Congress roll themselves a pay raise
(Jacob Fischler - North Dakota Monitor) - Members of Congress are in line for their first pay raise since 2009 if they pass a massive stopgap spending measure that would avert a partial government shu...
Jacob Fischler/North Dakota Monitor Dec 18, 2024

Winter Storm Warning
(KNOX) - A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 9 p.m. this evening until 6 p.m. Thursday over the Red River Valley plus portions of northwest Minnesota. Heavy snow of four to seven inches of snow w...
Jim Johnson Dec 18, 2024

Minnesota's Craig to Have Committee Leadership Post in U.S. House
The U.S. Capitol, on Nov. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom via the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor staff) - U.S. House Democrats awarded committee leadership po...
Bill Dubensky Dec 18, 2024

$100 billion in disaster aid, Farm Bill extended
(Jennifer Shutt - North Dakota Monitor) - Congressional leaders unveiled a catch-all, year-end package Tuesday that would provide more than $100 billion in disaster aid and give lawmakers more time to...
Jennifer Shutt/North Dakota Monitor Dec 18, 2024

North Dakota State Trooper Assaulted
(KNOX) - A North Dakota State Trooper was assaulted and treated for minor injuries Tuesday at a Fargo hospital. A trooper made contact with a vehicle in a Fargo parking lot. The driver w...
Bill Dubensky Dec 18, 2024

Grand Forks City Council Approves a Task Order Amendment
(KNOX) - Grand Forks City Council approved a task order amendment for the South End Interior Flood Protection Master Plan. Grand Forks City Engineer Al Grasser told council that they will submi...
Bill Dubensky Dec 18, 2024