Category Archives: Latest News

EGF students return for another school year
East Grand Forks students hit the books for the start of the 2023-24 school year today (Tuesday). District-595 is anticipating the opening day K-12 enrollment to be around 1,900 - up slightly from the...
Doug Barrett Sep 05, 2023

Business News: Home sales...GF S&P's...and time-off
The nation's employers added a healthy 187,000 jobs in August in a sign of a still-resilient labor market despite the high interest rates the Federal Reserve has imposed. The unemployment rate rose fr...
Doug Barrett Sep 05, 2023

Grygla man sentenced to 10 years on child porn charges
A Marshall County man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. Accor...
Pat Sweeney Sep 01, 2023

UND to focus on golf course redesign
The preferred design for the 42nd Street grade separation project in Grand Forks would necessitate major changes to the Ray Richards Golf Course. The city would need to acquire acreage for a "jug hand...
Doug Barrett Sep 01, 2023

GF Children's Museum looking for dollars
Supporters of a Grand Forks Children's Museum continue to chip away at fundraising for the facility. The group is currently working to secure a $5 million dollar grant from the North Dakota Tourism De...
Doug Barrett Sep 01, 2023

GF eyes major road project in 2024
The 2023 road construction season is not yet over but Grand Forks officials are already turning their attention to major 2024 projects. The city council gave preliminary approval this week to a cost p...
Doug Barrett Aug 31, 2023

Another school year begins in GF
It's back to school today (Wednesday) for a lot of students in the Grand Forks School District. The K-to-9 crowd will hit the books for the start of the 2023-24 school year. Students in grades 10...11...
Doug Barrett Aug 30, 2023

Initiated measure would target ND voting laws
A proposed initiated Constitutional amendment would make wholesale changes in North Dakota's election laws. The petition has been submitted to the North Dakota Secretary of State's office. It would re...
Doug Barrett Aug 30, 2023

GF voters to decide quality of life funding
Grand Forks voters will get a chance to decide extending a .75% sales tax in November for so-called quality of life projects. The city council last night (Monday) gave preliminary approval to ballot l...
Doug Barrett Aug 29, 2023

GF reviews 42nd Street design plan
Plans for a 42nd Street rail underpass are taking shape. The city council gave preliminary approval last night to a concept design that will cost in excess of $50 million dollars. The so-called B-1 al...
Doug Barrett Aug 29, 2023