Category Archives: Latest News

Career Impact Center eyes GF location
Supporters of a plan to bring a Career Impact Academy to Grand Forks have narrowed their site selection to the former Holiday Inn location off Gateway Drive. The soon-to-be razed motel was one of four...
Doug Barrett Sep 15, 2021

EGF K-6 students need to mask up
The East Grand Forks School Board has moved the district from a Level 2 to a Level 3 on the COVID Safe Learning Plan. The move mandates masks for students in grades K-6 for all indoor settings. A noti...
Doug Barrett Sep 14, 2021

Sale of West School in GF finalized
The sale of West Elementary is a done deal. The Grand Forks School board approved a plan to sell the shuttered building to Oxford Realty last night (Monday) for $150,000. Oxford was among two develope...
Doug Barrett Sep 14, 2021

Massive wastewater project coming to GF
Grand Forks is poised to enter into a contract with Advanced Engineering for design and planning of improvements to the city's wastewater treatment facility. The one-million dollar deal will pave the ...
Doug Barrett Sep 14, 2021

GF educator competes for ND Teacher of the Year
North Dakota Superintendent Kirsten Baesler traveled to Grand Forks today to honor Shari Jerde as a state finalist for Teacher of the Year. Jerde teaches business education and family and consumer sci...
Doug Barrett Sep 13, 2021

Business News: Unemployment...ND online jobs & GF homes
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 310,000, a pandemic low and a sign that the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant has yet to lead to wides...
Doug Barrett Sep 13, 2021

Person of interest questioned in south GF stabbing
Grand Forks police are investigating a stabbing that occurred Sunday. Officers were called to meet a vehicle that was driving to Altru Hospital with a stabbing victim. When police arrived at the ER sh...
Doug Barrett Sep 12, 2021

GFPD: Woman shot and killed in north GF
Doug Barrett Sep 12, 2021

GF attempted robbery under investigation
Grand Forks police are asking the public for help in solving an early morning attempted robbery. Shortly after 6:00 a.m. a male victim was walking home in the 300 block on N. Washington St. when he wa...
Doug Barrett Sep 11, 2021

West School RFP nets two responses
The sale of West Elementary could net the Grand Forks School District upwards of $150,000. The school board will consider two offers generated by an RFP on Monday. According to a staff report Oxford R...
Doug Barrett Sep 10, 2021