Category Archives: Latest News
GF council on the move
The Grand Forks council will hold its first meeting in the newly renovated chambers in city hall tonight (Monday). Tops on the agenda is approval of a 2023 city budget. The general fund spending plan ...
Sep 18, 2023
GF Business News: ND Mill...downtown Cookie shop & restaurant closing
Americans stepped up retail spending modestly from July to August as the price of gasoline jumped, cutting into budgets as many families send their kids off to school. Retail sales rose 0.6% in August...
Sep 17, 2023
NDHP identifies driver killed in Nelson Co. pickup-bus crash
The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified a man who died when his pickup truck collided with a school bus Thursday afternoon in Nelson County. Sixty-eight-year-old Archie Gronvold of Barton (ND) ...
Sep 15, 2023
New Hepatitis C cases falling in GF
The Grand Forks syringe service exchange program is being credited in part with helping to reduce new Hepatitis C cases in the region. New case counts in Grand Forks County have dropped from 70 in 201...
Sep 15, 2023
GF schools see enrollment decline
Fewer students are hitting the books in the Grand Forks School District for the start of the 2023-24 year. Enrollment numbers for K-12 total 7,421 - or down 68 from one year ago. While there were slig...
Sep 14, 2023
EGF council talks budget and permit fees
The East Grand Forks council stopped short of putting a number to a potential levy increase to balance a 2024 budget at last night (Tuesday). Right now the proposed $13.6 million dollar spending plan ...
Sep 13, 2023
UND Fall enrollment numbers climb
The opening day enrollment at the University of North Dakota totaled 13,861. That's around 350 students more than the day one tally last fall - a 2.59% increase. The new freshman count was up 1.64% to...
Sep 13, 2023
MPO rolls out 2050 planning document
The Grand Forks council reviewed the latest long-range transportation plan from MPO leaders last night (Monday). The system identifies road construction and cost estimates to meet economic...transport...
Sep 12, 2023
GF schools: Remote learning & storm days
Grand Forks school officials hope they don't have to use them - but history suggests storm days will likely be a reality again this winter. School board members reviewed a survey of parents and staff ...
Sep 12, 2023
CAT to help bolster GF school bus drivers
In an effort to ensure students have transportation to school the Grand Forks council has reviewed a Joint Powers Agreement with Valley Bus to provide drivers in times of shortages. Valley has assumed...
Sep 12, 2023