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Business News: Mortgage rates...GF employment & guns
U.S. manufacturing growth accelerated in September to the highest level since May despite supply chain problems. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Friday ...
Doug Barrett Oct 03, 2021

Eric Church kicks off busy weekend in GF
Country music star Eric Church brought his "Gather Again" tour to Grand Forks Friday night. Church hit the Alerus Center stage 44 minutes late but ran through a set list of his chart topping hits much...
Doug Barrett Oct 02, 2021

ND leaders urge public to help reduce need for hospitalization
Gov. Doug Burgum and chief medical officers and physicians from several of the state's largest hospitals today warned that hospital capacity in North Dakota is reaching critical levels and urged the p...
Doug Barrett Oct 01, 2021

Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of COVID-19
Drugmaker Merck says its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus. The company said Friday that it would soon ask health ...
Doug Barrett Oct 01, 2021

NDUS hears COVID impact report and outlook
The Dean of UND's Medical School says the latest data suggests per capita cases of COVID are lower on college campuses than the counties they reside in. Dr. Joshua Wynne says that includes the larger ...
Doug Barrett Sep 30, 2021

Future of Columbia Mall still a work in progress
Plans to redevelop and fill open storefronts in the Columbia Mall in Grand Forks are moving forward. Council President Dana Sande says the mall owners are working with a local architect and developer ...
Doug Barrett Sep 30, 2021

United Way names new Executive Director
The United Way Board of Directors has selected Heather Novak to be the next Executive Director of the United Way of Grand Forks -East Grand Forks. Novak has been serving as the Interim Executive Direc...
Doug Barrett Sep 30, 2021

GF school officials still eye future needs
With a successful referendum out of the way Grand Forks school officials can renew focus on what to do with some aging north end schools. In June voters rejected a plan that would merge three elementa...
Doug Barrett Sep 30, 2021

EGF master park plan ready for public comment
Supporters of a master plan to renovate and upgrade park and rec facilities in East Grand Forks presented their findings to the city council last night. The $37.4 million dollar investment focuses pri...
Doug Barrett Sep 29, 2021

GF voters approve school tax hike (updated)
Grand Forks voters have approved a ten mill increase in taxes to bolster the building fund of the school district. Nearly 66% of voters said "yes" to the tax hike in today's (Tuesday) special election...
Doug Barrett Sep 28, 2021