Category Archives: Latest News

ND & MN tax season is open for business
It's back.....another tax filing season officially kicks off today (Monday). North Dakota Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus says the 2023 individual income tax date matches the opening for the Internal R...
Doug Barrett Jan 23, 2023

Business News: GFK...ND jobs & homelessness
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slumped nearly 18% in 2022, the slowest year for the housing market in nearly a decade. The National Association of Realtors said that existing home sales total...
Doug Barrett Jan 22, 2023

Schneider: Rodriguez's death penalty fate up to Garland
North Dakota U-S Attorney Mac Schneider says his office and the defense lawyer for Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. are prepared to move ahead with re-sentencing, should U-S Attorney General Merrick Garland deci...
Pat Sweeney Jan 20, 2023

GF school officials looking for a pool of money.
The Grand Forks School District is still searching for a fix to Central High School's swimming pool. While the pool is in working shape moisture problems involving walls and ceilings have prevented it...
Doug Barrett Jan 20, 2023

ND lawmaker look to slow speeders
A North Dakota Senate committee took testimony today (Thursday) on a couple of bills designed to crack down on lead-footed motorists. One idea is to raise speeding fines. Republican Senator Dean Rumme...
Doug Barrett Jan 20, 2023

Former medical examiner in Sjodin case under review
The testimony of a former Ramsey County medical examiner is the subject of continued scrutiny. Last week a Minnesota man who served nearly 25 years in connection with his wife's death walked out of pr...
Doug Barrett Jan 20, 2023

ND lawmakers consider senior freeze tax bill
North Dakota property owners who are over the age of 65 would qualify for a property tax freeze under a bill aired before a Senate Committee this week. Bill author Senator Curt Kruen of Grand Forks sa...
Doug Barrett Jan 19, 2023

Gunshot ends standoff near Mayville
One man is dead after a standoff with law enforcement near Mayville (ND) last night. The North Dakota BCI was attempting to serve a warrant at a rural residence when the individual barricaded himself ...
Doug Barrett Jan 19, 2023

GF Co. Commission mulls adding county administrator role
Should Grand Forks County have a county administrator? That question came up at Tuesday's commission meeting. Board chair Bob Rost noted that several North Dakota counties have one. One commissioner s...
Pat Sweeney Jan 18, 2023

ND weighs ban of 'sexually explicit' library books
Amid a national wave of attempted book banning on LGBTQ subject matter, a North Dakota House panel heard arguments on a bill that would prohibit "sexually explicit" content - including depictions of s...
Doug Barrett Jan 18, 2023