Category Archives: Latest News

GFAFB new school plan advances
JLG has been selected by the Grand Forks Air Force Base School Board to begin drafting plans for a new Twining Elementary and Middle School. The board made the selection during a special meeting this ...
Doug Barrett Jul 27, 2023

Fallen Fargo Officer Jake Wallin honored in public memorial
A public celebration of life was held in Fargo this (Wed) afternoon, in memory of Jake Wallin, the 23-year-old Fargo Police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty on July 14th. The two-ho...
Pat Sweeney Jul 26, 2023

EGF: Huttunen...marijuana...and SRO
By a narrow 4-3 vote the East Grand Forks council last night (Tuesday) approved the hiring of Reid Huttunen as the new city administrator. The council offered the job to Huttenen last week following a...
Doug Barrett Jul 26, 2023

Colombian man gets 27-year sentence in Operation Denial
Yet another man has been sentenced in a major drug case with ties to Grand Forks. Today (Tue) in Fargo, 42-year-old Daniel Vivas Ceron of Colombia was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for his r...
Pat Sweeney Jul 25, 2023
Inspection finds GF dike damage
A spot inspection of the Grand Forks levee system has revealed a crack in a flood wall near the Sorlie Bridge. The crack was discovered by U.S. Army Corp of Engineers this spring. Without discussion t...
Doug Barrett Jul 25, 2023

GF council talks 2024 budget
The Grand Forks council took a deeper dive into a proposed 2024 operating budget last night. The general fund portion of the spending plan totals $49.99 million dollars. That's an increase of 8.4% ove...
Doug Barrett Jul 25, 2023
GF School Board hires CMAR
The Grand Forks School District has hired a Construction Manager at Risk to oversee the new Valley Middle School project...central kitchen... and safety security improvements around the district. The ...
Doug Barrett Jul 25, 2023

Ontario man sentenced in GF drug case
An Ontario man has been sentenced to two years in U-S federal prison for his role in operating a fentanyl enterprise from a Canadian prison. The U-S Attorney's Office says 40-year-old Jason Berry of C...
Pat Sweeney Jul 24, 2023

Fire damages Crooked Pint in GF (Update)
Update 4:00 PM Monday Grand Forks Fire officials have classified a Sunday night fire at the Crooked Pint Ale House as accidental -- and a fire suppression system is being credited with minimizing dama...
Doug Barrett Jul 24, 2023

Business News: ND jobs...GFK boardings & GF restaurant
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in June to the slowest pace since January, as a near-historic low number of homes for sale and rising mortgage rates kept many would-be homebuyers on the s...
Doug Barrett Jul 23, 2023