Category Archives: Latest News
EGF leader mull over promotion campaign pitch
East Grand Forks council heard a pitch this week intended to help promote the city's business sector. Gary Shields urged members to consider putting public dollars into a grassroots campaign to help s...
Mar 11, 2021
Trail derailment in NW MN
The cause of a train derailment on Wednesday north of Crookston (MN) remains under investigation. The Polk County Sheriff's Department reports 22 cars of a BNSF train jumped the tracks around 3:45 p.m...
Mar 11, 2021
MN House division approves $1.50 per pack cigarette tax hike
A Minnesota House division has approved a bill that would raise taxes on cigarettes, cigars and tobacco products. The bill (sponsored by Duluth DFL Rep. Jennifer Schultz) would increase the tax on a p...
Mar 10, 2021
UND reveals artifact findings during stadium ceremony
It's been 94 years since a time capsule was sealed inside a corner of the old Memorial Stadium. The 1927 structure being demolished to make way for a new 25 million dollar building that will house UND...
Mar 10, 2021
EGF council looking to prioritize road construction projects
East Grand Forks has come to a fork in the road in trying to decide how to spend some $860,000 dollars in federal highway funding. The 2022 money is designed for state aid street improvements - and th...
Mar 10, 2021
ND lawmakers examine tax credit plan for private students
A Senate committee is considering a bill that would give parents who send their children to non-public schools, or home-school, a tax credit. It would be $500 per child. That bill - HB 1281 - has alre...
Mar 10, 2021
West School to remain closed...permanently
The sign on the dry board inside the lobby of West School says "We will be back" but the Grand Forks School Board erased that thought last night. The board agreed not to reopen the north side school w...
Mar 09, 2021
GF to extend Emergency Health Declaration
The Grand Forks council is ready to extend the Emergency Declaration related to COVID-19 until the end of June. During last night's Committee of the Whole meeting members agreed to the move in order t...
Mar 09, 2021
GF school officials eyeing $86 million dollar bond issue
It's not a done deal but general consensus last night (Monday) among Grand Forks School Board members for an $86 million dollar ask of taxpayers in a bond referendum to help shore up aging facility ne...
Mar 09, 2021
Fully-vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says
Fully-vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing. That's according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials. The rec...
Mar 08, 2021