Category Archives: Latest News

ND Game and Fish release CWD report
North Dakota Game and Fish officials are reporting both good news and bad on the chronic wasting disease front. Test results from the 2022 hunting season found 24 deer tested positive for CWD. Game an...
Doug Barrett Mar 17, 2023

Homestead credit program moving through ND legislature
A property tax relief measure designed to expand North Dakota's Homestead Tax Credit program received its first hearing before the House Finance and Taxation Committee this week. The current program h...
Doug Barrett Mar 16, 2023

EGF council to fine-tune scooter contract
Electric scooters could be rolling the streets of East Grand Forks later this year if officials at Bird Rides Inc. agree to contract revisions in a draft MOU with the city. The pay per ride scooter fi...
Doug Barrett Mar 16, 2023

EGF Police readying new recruitment program
The East Grand Forks Police are hoping to fine-tune a new department position with the goal of landing additional officers on the force. The department has been plagued with staffing shortages for the...
Doug Barrett Mar 15, 2023

Death penalty tossed in Rodriguez conviction
After nearly two decades of sitting on death row the penalty provision in the case of Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. has been withdrawn. North Dakota U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider says his office was directed by...
Doug Barrett Mar 14, 2023

GF council approves Fufeng talks
The Grand Forks council has agreed to enter into a standstill agreement with Fufeng over the failed plans to locate the corn milling plant in the city. Council member Rebecca Osowski questioned what w...
Doug Barrett Mar 14, 2023

EGF Superintendent Mike Kolness to leave ISD 595
The East Grand Forks School Board will begin the search for a new superintendent after accepting the resignation of Mike Kolness. Kolness will leave the district after seven years to lead the Kindred ...
Doug Barrett Mar 13, 2023

Grand Sky seeking state support for expansion
Grand Sky is seeking $22 million dollars from the state to help with enhancements to the UAS business park west of Grand Forks. The money is part of a much larger Department of Commerce budget. The lo...
Doug Barrett Mar 13, 2023

GF Business News: ND jobs...scooters & recalls
America's employers added a substantial 311,000 jobs in February, fewer than January's huge gain but easily enough to keep pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates aggressively to fight...
Doug Barrett Mar 12, 2023

GFPD arrests robbery suspect
A 35-year old Grand Forks man faces numerous charges in connection with an attempted robbery at the Orton's station last night. Grand Forks Police say the suspect entered the gas station at 2002 South...
Doug Barrett Mar 11, 2023