Category Archives: Latest News

What the City of Grand Forks Considers a Billboard
(KNOX) -The Grand Forks Committee of the Whole received an explanation to city ordinance covering billboards. There are 103 billboards in the City of Grand Forks. Ryan Brooks, Grand Forks Direc...
Bill Dubensky Aug 28, 2024

Negative audit of ND Health and Human Services
(KNOX) - The Auditor's Office has issued an audit of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) which has identified three separate issues. DHHS administered a program called the Workforce Ret...
Jim Johnson Aug 28, 2024

Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes Kick Off Year 2 in Boulder Against North Dakota State
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders directs his team during the first half of an NCAA spring college football game Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) &...
Bill Dubensky Aug 28, 2024

Workforce Grant Application Period Open Sept. 3
A business in West Fargo seeks to draw in potential employees with a commercial driver's license. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) -The next round of workforce developme...
Bill Dubensky Aug 28, 2024

Minnesota Minimum Wage to Rise in New Year
(North Dakota Monitor) -Minimum wage workers in Minnesota will get the biggest pay bump in years in 2025 as a result of Democratic lawmakers eliminating the state's wage tiers and raisin...
Bill Dubensky Aug 28, 2024

Judge Dismisses Landowner Lawsuit Against North Dakota
The Bottineau County Courthouse. (Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) -A judge dismissed a landowner group's lawsuit challenging state laws related to underground carbon ...
Bill Dubensky Aug 28, 2024

Main Street ND Summit underway in Watford City
(KNOX) - Governor Doug Burgum will kick off the 2024 Main Street North Dakota Summit with a keynote address at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Rough Rider Center in Watford City. The theme of this year's M...
Jim Johnson Aug 27, 2024

Hoeven honors completion of Heart of America Medical Center in Rugby
(KNOX) - Senator John Hoeven marked the completion of the Heart of America Medical Center (HAMC) Tuesday, outlining this important investment in the future of rural health care in the region. As Ranki...
Jim Johnson Aug 27, 2024

Record fiscal year profits at North Dakota Mill and Elevator
(KNOX) - The North Dakota Mill reports record profits of $20.7 million for fiscal year 2024, an increase of 20.6% over profits reported for fiscal year 2023. "The state's capital investments into two ...
Jim Johnson Aug 27, 2024

Put the Phone Away or Pay
(KNOX) - Law enforcement across the state will have extra patrols to enforce the state's distracted driving law during the month of September. In conjunction with the distracted driving enforcement ca...
Jim Johnson Aug 27, 2024