Category Archives: Latest News

GF School Safety Plan Discussed
Grand Forks School Board spent part of their Monday night meeting behind closed doors as they discussed plans for implementing security upgrades in buildings across the district. It's part of the $18 ...
Doug Barrett Dec 12, 2023

GF Correctional Center Fire Investigation
A small fire at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center early this morning (Tuesday). Fire personnel were sent to the jail just after 2:00 a.m. on a report of flames and smoke in the laundry room. ...
Doug Barrett Dec 12, 2023

Business News: Jobs...Epitome Energy & REA Project
U.S. applications for jobless benefits ticked up last week, but the overall number of people in the U.S. collecting unemployment benefits fell after hitting its highest level in two years last week. A...
Doug Barrett Dec 10, 2023

Snow & Wind Impacting Travel
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT)andNorth Dakota Highway Patrol reopened Interstate 29 northbound and southbound from Fargo to the Canadian border. A No Travel Advised is in effect...
Doug Barrett Dec 09, 2023

$500,000 cash bond set for Ian Cramer in deputy's death
A North Dakota judge on Friday set bond at $500,000 cash for Ian Cramer, the Bismarck man accused of manslaughter and other charges in the Wednesday death of a Mercer County deputy. The 42-year-old so...
Pat Sweeney Dec 08, 2023

Ian Cramer charged with manslaughter
The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is charged with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff's deputy. Ian Cramer is sch...
Doug Barrett Dec 08, 2023

GFPD Adds New K9 Officer
The Grand Forks Police Department gained a new officer on Thursday afternoon. K-9 Hart and his handler Cpl. John Klingbeil were sworn in. K-9 Hart is an 18 month old German Shepard. Before coming to t...
Doug Barrett Dec 08, 2023

NDUS agrees to UND demo plan
Without discussion the North Dakota Board of Higher Education (Thursday) approved UND's request to raze a number of campus buildings. The buildings include the Hyslop Sports Center...Johnston / Fulton...
Doug Barrett Dec 08, 2023

Burgum calls for flags at half-staff for Deputy Martin
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has directed all government agencies in the state to fly the U-S and North Dakota flags at half-staff in honor of an 18-year veteran of the Mercer County Sheriff's Office...
Pat Sweeney Dec 07, 2023

GF/EGF 2050 Transportation Plan Roadblock
Two days after the Grand Forks council removed an inter-city bridge from a long-range transportation plan the Planning and Zoning Commission is recommending the project be put back into the MPO report...
Doug Barrett Dec 07, 2023