Category Archives: Latest News

GF School Board reviews referendum plans
A single voting site will be utilized for the June school referendum election. The Grand Forks School board agreed to run the June 22nd event out of the Alerus Center. Voters will decide two issues ne...
Doug Barrett May 11, 2021

Gov. Burgum announces end to federal unemployment aid
Gov. Doug Burgum says North Dakota will end its participation in the federal government's pandemic-related unemployment assistance programs, effective June 19. Burgum says that ending the $300 weekly ...
Doug Barrett May 11, 2021

GF COVID-19 risk level drops back to ""green"
After spending nearly four weeks in the "yellow" or moderate risk level for COVID-19 the Grand Forks health dashboard slipped back into the "green" or low risk on Sunday. The North Dakota Health Depar...
Doug Barrett May 10, 2021

Construction north of the Columbia Road Overpass underway
The summer construction season heats up this week with crews moving four lanes of traffic into two north of the Columbia Road Overpass in Grand Forks. It's the start of a total reconstruction project ...
Doug Barrett May 10, 2021

ND program targets first time home buyers
North Dakota's "FirstHome" program continues to be popular. The program helps low to moderate income people who have not owned a home in the past three years to receive assistance to purchase housing....
Doug Barrett May 10, 2021

GF Business: wages...animals & downtown murals
America's employers likely delivered another month of robust hiring in April, reinforcing the economy's steady rebound from the pandemic recession. Economists forecast that the nation added 975,000 jo...
Doug Barrett May 09, 2021

ND governor vetoes penalizing state colleges over abortions
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has partially vetoed a bill aimed at penalizing the state's 11 colleges and universities for funneling federal grant money to individuals or organizations that promote or...
Doug Barrett May 08, 2021

High speed chase spans several ND counties including GF
A driver and passenger have been arrested following a high speed chase that spanned numerous counties in the Red River Valley. The Grand Forks Sheriff's Department assisted in pursuit today (Saturday)...
Doug Barrett May 08, 2021

GFPD: Arrests made in in two separate pursuits
Grand Forks police were involved in two separate early morning pursuits. Both ended with the driver being placed under arrest. Here is the full GFPD statement on each incident: #1 On May 8th, 2021 Off...
Doug Barrett May 08, 2021

Judge denies evidence suppression motion in murder plot case
A South Central District judge has rejected a defense request to suppress some evidence in a Bismarck murder conspiracy case. Attorneys for Earl Howard and Nikkisue Entzel argued the evidence, includi...
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