Category Archives: Latest News

GF School Data and Dismissal Actions
One-third of students in the Grand Forks School District qualified for free or reduced price meals during the 2022-23 school year. That was one of many data pieces presented to the school board last n...
Doug Barrett Nov 28, 2023

GF: Flood Master Planning & Holiday Hours
Grand Forks may get some additional funding to help pay the bill towards a South End Drainway Study. The analysis will help ensure property continues to fall within the guidelines needed to avoid mand...
Doug Barrett Nov 28, 2023

GF continues to combat zebra mussels
The growing Zebra mussel population in the Red River will cost the City of Grand Forks another $332,000 dollars. The mussels were first detected in the river system in 2015 - and have been growing eve...
Doug Barrett Nov 27, 2023

Business News: GFK boardings...MN parks & coupons
Commercial air travel in North Dakota continues to climb. The state saw 101,377 passengers take to the skies in October. That was a 7% increase over one year ago. The last time that North Dakota surpa...
Doug Barrett Nov 26, 2023

NDHP investigating fatal crashes
A 59 year old Dickinson (ND) woman was killed when the pickup she was a passenger in rolled on I-94 Saturday night. The North Dakota Patrol says the 59-year old driver lost control on the ice/snow cov...
Doug Barrett Nov 26, 2023

EGF budget talks heat up
The East Grand Forks council continues to look for cost savings as they work on a proposed 2024 operating budget. Right now the proposed spending plan calls for an 11% levy increase next year. Mayor S...
Doug Barrett Nov 22, 2023

Jalloh found guilty of murder
A jury has found a Grand Forks man guilty of murder and tampering with evidence. Forty-year-old Kindi Jalloh was charged in the May 2022 death of 67-year-old Douglas Elgert. Police classified the deat...
Pat Sweeney Nov 21, 2023

GF council to field major project updates
The Grand Forks council will be will be asked to weigh in on several major development projects in the coming weeks and months. City Administrator Todd Feland says they include modifications to the ex...
Doug Barrett Nov 21, 2023

Devils Lake health investment plan
The latest meeting to resolve health care issues in Devils Lake (ND) wrapped up Monday with assurances that an improvement plan is in the works for the existing hospital building. U.S. Senator John Ho...
Doug Barrett Nov 21, 2023

ND campuses still find value in TikTok
Despite a ban on the use of TikTok on North Dakota University System devices and networks at least six colleges are using the social media platform to promote their campuses. The NDUS board made the d...
Doug Barrett Nov 20, 2023