Category Archives: Latest News

EGF "subtarget" construction & peddle pub progress
East Grand Forks has approved the lone bid for street and ADA improvements this summer despite the construction price-tag coming in 24% over engineer estimates. The city council reviewed the numbers a...
Doug Barrett May 17, 2023

Grand Forks voters approve school referendum
Grand Forks voters approved a $79 million dollar school referendum issue on Tuesday. The money will target a new Valley Middle School ($55m) ...a new central kitchen ($6m) ...and make security improve...
Doug Barrett May 16, 2023

GF: 32nd Avenue project in doubt
Plans to resurface a large stretch of 32nd Avenue South in Grand Forks may have hit a bump in the road. The Grand Forks council was informed last night that bids on the project came in 173% over engin...
Doug Barrett May 16, 2023

GF voters to decide referendum issue
Grand Forks voters go to the polls today (Tuesday) to decide the fate of $79 million dollar school referendum issue. On the ballot is a single question about funding a new Valley Middle School...a new...
Doug Barrett May 16, 2023

Paddlewheel fix breaks anticipated budget
The iconic paddlewheel at Town Square in downtown Grand Forks will likely remain in dry dock for at least another year. Bids on a permanent fix to the water feature came in well over engineer estimate...
Doug Barrett May 16, 2023

Minot police investigate fatal shooting
A Minot man is behind bars in connection with an early Sunday morning shooting. Police say 40-year old Travis McDermott is charged with reckless endangerment extreme indifference with a weapon. The in...
Doug Barrett May 15, 2023

Business News: GF restaurant...wages & GF/EGF school jobs
Consumer prices in the United States rose again in April, and measures of underlying inflation stayed high, a sign that further declines in inflation are likely to be slow and bumpy. Compared with a y...
Doug Barrett May 14, 2023

Suspect charged in Digi-Key killing
Charges have been filed against Thief River Falls man in the death of Steven Opdahl of Oklee (MN) earlier this week. Opdahl's body was discovered outside the Digi-Key Corporation Tuesday night. The cr...
Doug Barrett May 12, 2023

GF referendum & personnel moves
Grand Forks school officials urged voters to head to the polls next week to decide a $79 million dollar referendum issue during a fourth and final community meeting last night (Thursday). The "ask" of...
Doug Barrett May 12, 2023

Devils Lake nearly ice-free
Officials in the Devils Lake area say - depending on the weather - the ice on Devils Lake could be broken up by this weekend. Jeff Frith is Manager of the Devils Lake Basin Joint Water Resource Board....
Doug Barrett May 12, 2023