Category Archives: Latest News

Trump threatens tariffs to combat drug trafficking
(NPR) - President-elect Donald Trump threatened Canada and Mexico with a 25 percent across-the-board tariff on all goods unless the countries controlled the flow of illegal drugs, especially fentanyl,...
National Public Radio Nov 26, 2024

North Dakota PSC Will Hold Public Hearing on Siting Permit of an Existing Crude Oil Pipeline
(KNOX) -The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, December 10, regarding an application for a siting permit for an existing crude oil transmission ...
Bill Dubensky Nov 26, 2024

Toughest Monster Truck Tour Returns to the Alerus Center April 19
(Photo submitted) (KNOX) - Saturday, April 5, 2024, The Valvoline/Tire One Toughest Monster Truck Tour Championship Weekend, Presented by Sleep Inn Grand Forks, will return to Alerus Center. TH...
Bill Dubensky Nov 26, 2024

Grand Forks City Council Approves Issuing Refunding Improvement Bonds
(KNOX) - Grand Forks City Council approved issuing refunding improvement bonds that will finance various improvement projects in the city. City Finance Director Maureen Storstad says that the b...
Bill Dubensky Nov 26, 2024

Support for State's Abortion Law weakens
(Michael Standaert - North Dakota News Cooperative) - Republicans in North Dakota appear to be souring on the state's 2023 law banning abortion, a new poll indicates. Only 54% of Republicans polled su...
Michael Standaert/North Dakota News Cooperative Nov 25, 2024

Amnesty International asks President Joe Biden to release Leonard Peltier
(KNOX) - Amnesty International is asking President Biden to pardon Leonard Peltier, the activist convicted of killing two FBI agents in a shooting on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Pelt...
Jim Johnson Nov 25, 2024

Burgum highlights bike program benefitting all schools in North Dakota
(Michael Achterling - North Dakota Monitor) - Gov. Doug Burgum flashed his biking acumen and his inner child during the state's rollout of the All Kids Bike program Monday. The program, funded through...
Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor Nov 25, 2024

North Dakota seeks dismissal of lawsuit over health care for transgender youth
(Mary Steurer - North Dakota Monitor) - An attorney representing North Dakota in a lawsuit challenging its ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors asked a state judge on Monday to throw out th...
Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Nov 25, 2024

Minnesota Farm Bureau outlines legislative priorities
(Phil Picardi - Megan Burks - MPRnews) - One of the biggest priorities for Minnesota farmers in 2025 is emergency preparedness, specifically around animals and livestock. During the Minnesota Farm Bur...
MPRnews Nov 25, 2024

Old National to buy Bremer Financial for $1.4B
(MPRnews) - Old National and Bremer Financial announced Monday morning a $1.4 billion merger agreement that will make Old National the third-largest bank in the Twin Cities and expand its banking foot...
MPRnews Nov 25, 2024