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Minnesota health officials urged this week that people wear masks - and wear them properly - as the state reported an additional seven COVID-19-related deaths on Saturday and 964 new infections. More ...

North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert for possible mobilization. If ordered to mobilize, the Grand Forks-based 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (1-188th ADA) w...

Less than 24 hours after dropping into the low risk or "green" category for coronavirus - Grand Forks is back into the "yellow" or moderate risk. The local health dashboard was adjusted today (Friday)...

The House has rejected two bills that would increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. One bill as amended would have raised the 44 cent tax on a pack of cigarettes by at least a dollar....

Although the temps have turned cold - abnormally dry conditions underlay a meager snowpack across much of the region. The National Weather Service says the end result is a low risk for snowmelt floodi...

The number of coronavirus vaccine doses being delivered to North Dakota is increasing. Gov. Doug Burgum says the state will receive a 5% increase in the number of vaccine doses. North Dakota will rece...

The man accused of opening fire at a Minnesota health clinic earlier this week, killing one staff member and wounding four others, shot two people in the clinic's reception area before he entered the ...

Supporters of a Red River diversion project say a decision by a Minnesota agency to reject an appeal of a permit it issued in 2018 should remove one of the last hurdles to building the channel. The Me...

East Grand Forks residents could see a nine dollar increase in storm water and sanitary sewer rates in the near future. The city council is considering the rate bump to help pay maintenance bills for ...

Twenty-six people fishing on Lake Superior were rescued when an ice floe broke away from the Minnesota shoreline, stranding them in frigid weather. The Duluth Fire Department got a call Tuesday from a...