Category Archives: Latest News

ND sees uptick on OD deaths
The North Dakota Department of Human Services says drug related overdoses claimed 118 lives in 2020. That's up from 79 in 2019. The Department says the COVID-19 pandemic has been impacting behavioral ...
Doug Barrett Sep 03, 2021

Sentences handed down in northern MN drug case
Three Native Mob gang members have been sentenced in Minnesota to prison for methamphetamine distribution and assault. According to court documents 32 year old Robin Lee Lussier...26-year old Willard ...
Doug Barrett Sep 03, 2021
MN Boundary Waters to reopen amid firefighting progress
Parts of the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will reopen Saturday as firefighters make progress fighting wildfires in northeastern Minnesota. The Superior National Forest is lifting the ...
Doug Barrett Sep 02, 2021

GF COVID cases mirror rise statewide
With 181 active cases of COVID-19 in Grand Forks County local health officials are voicing concern about the escalating trend line. Altru Chief Nursing Officer Janice Hamscher says the 14-day rolling ...
Doug Barrett Sep 02, 2021

Disaster declaration covers summer storms in ND
The White House has approved North Dakota's request for a presidential major disaster declaration for a series of storms in early June that caused overland flooding and produced damaging winds and hai...
Doug Barrett Sep 02, 2021

NWS: Counting down summer days
The calendar says it's still summer but the meteorological start to fall is September 1st. The National Weather Service says Grand Forks wrapped up June...July...and August with a mean temp of 72.1 de...
Doug Barrett Sep 02, 2021

ND Senators react to troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
North Dakota's two senators are reacting to the removal of troops from Afghanistan. Senator John Hoeven is critical of the Biden administration for not fulfilling a commitment to remove all Americans ...
Doug Barrett Sep 01, 2021

Hot dogs and chips to replace fries at Potato Bowl event
This year's attempt in Grand Forks to set a new world record for the largest single serving of fries is being replaced with hot dogs and chips. The french fry feed - part of the annual Potato Bowl fes...
Doug Barrett Aug 31, 2021

Reward issued for information on fentanyl kingpin
A $5 million dollar reward is being offered for info that leads to the arrest and conviction of a key leader of a drug trafficking organization with ties to North Dakota. The Drug Enforcement Administ...
Doug Barrett Aug 31, 2021

Seven in ten workers at Altru vaccinated
Altru says the request that employees take the shot to slow COVID is having an impact. Earlier this month (August) the health care system announced it was requiring all workers to get vaccinated by No...
Doug Barrett Aug 31, 2021