Category Archives: Latest News

ND reports record heat on Friday
Record heat hit North Dakota, reaching a historic level in cities. National Weather Service data showed a high of 106 degrees at the Bismarck airport on Friday. The agency says it's the second-earlies...
Doug Barrett Jun 05, 2021

NW MN robbery suspect under arrest
A 26 year old Coon Rapid ( MN) man is being charged with last month's robbery of Athena Orion's Cenex in Audubon. James Butcher turned himself in to the Becker County Sheriff's Department on Friday. A...
Doug Barrett Jun 05, 2021

GF releases RFP for recycling services
The City of Grand Forks has released an R-F-P for future recycling services. The city is looking for a 5-7 year contract with a provider at various service options. Those can range from a city-wide co...
Doug Barrett Jun 04, 2021

GF health officials announce summer vaccination campaign
A mobile vaccine clinic will hit the road this summer and travel throughout Grand Forks County to provide COVID vaccine to those still needing a shot. Michael Dulitz of the Grand Forks Health Departme...
Doug Barrett Jun 04, 2021

GF construction includes roads and wastewater
The reconstruction of a stretch of Columba Road north of the overpass will impact homeowners several blocks away over the next week. The city is taking advantage of having the road torn up by replacin...
Doug Barrett Jun 03, 2021

Becker County death under investigation
The Becker County (MN) Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a 43-year old Foley (MN) man. Authorities were called to a parking lot of TEAM Industries in Audubon (MN) shortly after 2:00 p...
Doug Barrett Jun 03, 2021

Suspect douses Fargo home with gasoline (updated)
A tense situation in Fargo has ended with a 25-year old man in custody. Police were called to a south Fargo home shortly after 2:30 a-m on a report of an individual dousing a house with gas. Officers ...
Doug Barrett Jun 03, 2021

EGF wastewater and sewer rates going up
Wastewater and sewer fees in East Grand Forks will climb a combined nine dollars a month starting in 2022. The plan approved by the city council last night (Tuesday) would bump wastewater rates five d...
Doug Barrett Jun 02, 2021

GF County votes to rescind mask mandate
The Grand Forks County Commission on Tuesday voted to drop the mask mandate for county buildings and property. Visitors will no longer need face coverings to enter the building but they are recommende...
Doug Barrett Jun 02, 2021

Domestic in south GF leaves 2 injured
An aggravated assault call in south Grand Forks this morning (Tuesday) left two people injured. Grand Forks police were dispatched to 3624 Landeco Lane shortly before 6:00 am. When officers arrived th...
Doug Barrett Jun 01, 2021