Category Archives: Latest News

TRF woman charged with arson in EGF
Bond for a 57-year-old Thief River Falls woman accused of setting a fire inside an East Grand Forks mosque has been set at $5,000 dollars. Suzette Thompson is charged with Arson. Police say it happene...
Doug Barrett Jun 08, 2022

TRF woman accused of setting curtain on fire in EGF mosque
A 57-year-old woman from Thief River Falls is accused of setting a curtain on fire inside a mosque. Police say it happened about 4:30 a.m. Sunday at the Islamic Center in East Grand Forks. A bystander...
Pat Sweeney Jun 07, 2022

Holmberg's state-owned devices seized after inmate texts
A former North Dakota state senator from Grand Forks who resigned following a report that he traded scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges says he was unable to return ...
Pat Sweeney Jun 07, 2022

GF/EGF pools open for summer season
The 2022 swimming season is getting underway this week in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. Elks pool opened on Monday and East Grand Forks will be good to go on Wednesday (1:00 p.m.). Fans of Riversi...
Doug Barrett Jun 07, 2022

GF moves to annex north side parcel
The Grand Forks council approved the annexation of property north of the city designed to be the new home of the proposed Fufeng project. As has been the case with most meetings regarding the corn mil...
Doug Barrett Jun 07, 2022

Early voting underway in GF County
Election Day is just a week away but Grand Forks County voters can cast ballots in person starting today (Tuesday). Early voting runs through Saturday at the Alerus Center. At last count nearly 600 ab...
Doug Barrett Jun 07, 2022

GFPD looking to hire six officers
The Grand Forks Police Department will make application to the federal COPS program in hopes of landing six new officers. The program reimburses a portion of the salary and benefits of new officers fo...
Doug Barrett Jun 07, 2022

Inflation impacting college campuses...including UND
The president of the University of North Dakota says inflation is a big concern in the University System. Andrew Armacost says this becomes important in recruiting and retaining staff. Armacost says i...
Doug Barrett Jun 06, 2022

Business News: GF groundbreaking...Social Security & Titan expansion
U.S. employers added a healthy 390,000 jobs last month, extending a streak of solid hiring that has bolstered an economy under pressure from high inflation and interest rates. Last month's gain reflec...
Doug Barrett Jun 05, 2022

GFPD & GFFD respond to vehicle fire
An early morning vehicle fire in Grand Forks is under investigation. Around 3:15 a.m. the Grand Forks Police Department was dispatched to 2500 block of Knight Drive for a vehicle fire. Upon arrival of...
Doug Barrett Jun 05, 2022