Category Archives: Latest News
EGF council looking to speed up program payouts
The rollout of a forgivable loan program created by East Grand Forks to help businesses forced to close due to COVID is taking longer than expected. Several members of the city council urged the Econo...
Doug Barrett Jan 13, 2021
ND lawmakers to see 80 mph bill for I29 & I94
A North Dakota lawmaker believes that portions of the two Interstate highways serving North Dakota should have an 80-mile an hour speed limit. Republican Representative Ben Koppelman says in other sta...
Doug Barrett Jan 13, 2021
Grand Forks School Policy Change
long-standing policy in the Grand Forks School District will soon be gone. The school board voted unanimously last night to drop the early retirement program for teachers at the end of the school year...
Doug Barrett Jan 12, 2021
Grand Forks Construction Incentives
Grand Forks leaders asked the school board last night (Monday) to support a series of tax breaks to help spur four large construction projects. Developers are seeking financial incentives to renovate ...
Doug Barrett Jan 12, 2021
Officer with knee to George Floyd's neck to be tried alone
(KN A former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee to the neck of George Floyd for several minutes will be tried separately from three other former officers accused in his death. Court document...
Doug Barrett Jan 12, 2021
Mothers push for reform of 'antiquated' breastfeeding law
Some mothers are again pushing for the removal of what they describe as outdated language in state law governing breastfeeding in North Dakota. Under current law, women may breastfeed in public "in a ...
Doug Barrett Jan 11, 2021
Legislation aims to tighten North Dakota seat belt law
A bipartisan group of lawmakers want to tighten North Dakota's seat belt law to allow police to pull over anyone they see driving unbuckled - or any of their passengers. It's the latest in a decades-o...
Doug Barrett Jan 11, 2021
Indoor service for bars, restaurants resumes in Minnesota
Minnesota bars and restaurants may resume indoor service with limits starting Monday, as COVID-19 cases have been declining. The eased restrictions returns bars and restaurants about to where they wer...
Doug Barrett Jan 11, 2021