Category Archives: Latest News

No major changes for GF recycling
After tossing out a couple of surveys - and putting the contract out for bid - the Grand Forks council is not recommending any changes in the current recycling program. City Administrator Todd Feland ...
Doug Barrett Jul 13, 2021

Another GF school election likely in September
Grand Forks voters could get another crack at approving a ten mill increase to the school district's building fund this fall. School administration will prepare a resolution in support of a second ele...
Doug Barrett Jul 13, 2021

GF sets schedule for mobile vaccination clinics
Grand Forks health officials continue to stage mobile shot clinics looking for a few good arms to jab with COVID vaccine. Health Director Debbie Swanson admits testing and case numbers are both down a...
Doug Barrett Jul 13, 2021

Closing arguments set for Tuesday in Pendleton murder trial
Closing arguments are scheduled Tuesday in the Salamah Pendleton murder trial in Grand Forks. Pendleton is accused in the shooting deaths of his mother and GFPD Officer Cody Holte. Pendleton took the ...
Doug Barrett Jul 12, 2021

Columbia Road Overpass needs another fix
The 1984 Columbia Road Overpass is slated for more repairs to fix a failed northern pedestrian expansion joint. The problem was first notice in June of last year. Repairs to finger joints on the drivi...
Doug Barrett Jul 12, 2021 City of GF photo

Reward offered for NW MN murder suspect
Police in northwestern Minnesota continue to search for a man in connection with a homicide. A federal arrest warrant has been issued for 44-year-old Erik Reinbold in connection with the death of his ...
Doug Barrett Jul 12, 2021

Hot asphalt pump sparks GF fire
A hot pump is being blamed on a small fire at the CHS asphalt plant in Grand Forks on Sunday. The Grand Forks Fire Department was called to the 2500 Block of North 42nd Street around 2:30 p.m. on a re...
Doug Barrett Jul 12, 2021

GF man arrested for allegedly kidnapping juvenile
A 52-year-old Grand Forks man has been charged with two felonies after an alleged child abduction. Robert John Burr was charged today (Fri) with kidnapping and felonious restraint after his Thu...
Pat Sweeney Jul 09, 2021

GF council to reconsider chicken ordinance
The Grand Forks City Council is taking another look at whether chickens should be banned within city limits. Current city code says residents can receive a permit for fowl if they get a neighbo...
Pat Sweeney Jul 07, 2021

Jurors see body-cam video in Pendleton trial
Today (Tue) is day three of testimony in the trial of 42-year-old Salamah Pendleton, charged in the May 2020 shooting deaths of his mother and Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte. Testifying today (...
Pat Sweeney Jul 06, 2021