Category Archives: Latest News

GF Park District secures grant funding
The Grand Forks Park District has received a $500,000 dollar grant for development of a new community park. The park will be part of the Crary Development south of 62nd and west of Washington. The gra...
Doug Barrett Aug 11, 2023

GF-based Natl. Guard unit gets mobilization alert
A Grand Forks-based North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert for mobilization. Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, will deploy to the U.S. Central Co...
Pat Sweeney Aug 11, 2023

GF adds sewer line to construction list
With the clock ticking the city of Grand Forks is hoping to complete a sanitary sewer project before the calendar turns to pave the way for the Memorial Village II project. At issue is a clay sewer pi...
Doug Barrett Aug 11, 2023

Warwick (ND) man indicted for sex crimes
A federal grand jury in Fargo has indicted 23-year-old Jordain Jaden Smith of Warwick (ND) on five counts alleging that he sexually abused two minor females... and possessed materials involving the se...
Pat Sweeney Aug 10, 2023

Mpls. man to serve 17 yrs. for running drug scheme from GF jail
A Minneapolis man who directed a drug conspiracy from the Grand Forks County Correctional Center has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison. According to the U-S Attorney's Office, 57-year-old T...
Pat Sweeney Aug 10, 2023

Cavalier man gets 29 years for child porn, sex offender crimes
A Cavalier (ND) man has been sentenced to 29 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography and failing to register as a sex offender. The U-S Attorney's Office says 35-year-old Cody O'Ha...
Pat Sweeney Aug 10, 2023

Virgil Hill to receive Rough Rider Award
Governor Doug Burgum will present the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award to Olympic silver medalist and pro boxing champion Virgil Hill. Hill who was raised in Grand Forks and Williston...
Doug Barrett Aug 10, 2023

Wanted: Teachers needed for ND schools
Governor Doug Burgum will use his emergency rulemaking authority to address North Dakota's teacher shortage. With another school year looming the governor will temporarily allow expanded use of studen...
Doug Barrett Aug 09, 2023

New tire store slated for GF
Demolition of the former Denny's restaurant on 32nd Avenue South in Grand Forks is underway. The city issued a building permit to raze the structure in mid-July. The restaurant closed its doors in Mar...
Doug Barrett Aug 09, 2023

EGF scooter ordinance ready to roll
Birds will soon be roaming the streets of East Grand Forks. The city council last night gave preliminary approval to setting the appli-cation fee for the electronic scooters at $2,000. Bird Rides Inc....
Doug Barrett Aug 09, 2023