Category Archives: Latest News

Business News: GF/EGF home sales...recall...& Alerus record
Propelled by surging costs for gas, food and housing, consumer inflation jumped 7.9% over the past year, the sharpest spike since 1982 and likely only a harbinger of even higher prices to come. The in...
Doug Barrett Mar 13, 2022

Multiple vehicle crash south of Grand Forks
Over two dozen vehicles were involved in a series of crashes south of Grand Forks this evening. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the chain-reaction crashes occurred around 6:00 p.m. on I-29 near m...
Doug Barrett Mar 12, 2022

EGF leaders lobby MN lawmakers over sales tax
East Grand Forks officials got a chance to score some points before a Minnesota House panel this week. Mayor Steve Gander and Parks Superintendent Reid Huttenen appeared before the House Property Tax ...
Doug Barrett Mar 11, 2022

ND moves towards 'endemic' approach to COVID-19
Gov. Doug Burgum says North Dakota's coronavirus approach is being shifted from pandemic to an "endemic" phase. The move comes two years after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the st...
Doug Barrett Mar 10, 2022

GF County to expand voting sites in 2022
The 2022 elections are still a ways off but local officials are keeping an eye on the calendar. Until like the 2020 balloting Grand Forks County will not utilize a single voting location - at the Aler...
Doug Barrett Mar 10, 2022

Legal documents filed in Pendleton appeal
Five months after the initial filing of an appeal to the North Dakota Supreme Court the legal brief on behalf of Salamah Pendleton has been made public. Pendleton was convicted in the May 2020 shootin...
Doug Barrett Mar 10, 2022

EGF working to finalize ward lines
East Grand Forks is inching closer to adopting a new ward map in light of the recent U.S. Census count. The goal is to divide the total population of 9,176 into five equal wards. The council is eyeing...
Doug Barrett Mar 09, 2022

GF Health tweaks COVID-19 dashboard
Feeling better about COVID-19 the Grand Forks Health Department has dropped its color-coded chart for detailing community risk. Although the four colored health officer dashboard is being retired loca...
Doug Barrett Mar 09, 2022

Fufeng debate resumes at GF council meeting
The Grand Forks council approved a series of tax breaks last night to help bring a corn milling plant to the city's north side. As has been the case with past meetings numerous residents showed up to ...
Doug Barrett Mar 08, 2022

Holmberg to retire from ND politics
Top North Dakota Republicans are reacting to news that long-time State Senator Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks will not seek reelection. Holmberg has served in the Senate since 1976. Governor Doug Burgum ...
Doug Barrett Mar 08, 2022