Category Archives: Latest News
NDUS reviews presidential pay and vaccine mandates
The latest court ruling on vaccine mandates will at least temporarily pause vaccine requirements on North Dakota college campuses. Earlier this week a district court judge in Georgia stopped the Biden...
Dec 10, 2021
GF County Home Rule takes next step
The Grand Forks County Commission will begin compiling a list of people willing to sit on a County Home Rule Charter Commission. The board will also begin going over documents from other counties who ...
Dec 09, 2021
RRV water project timeline
Backers of the Red River Valley Water Supply Project are pushing plans to speed up the timeline for the project. It will bring Missouri River Water to the Valley - and other areas of central and easte...
Dec 09, 2021
Canadian man sentenced to 78 months in prison
A 29-year old Canadian citizen has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years for the illegal possession of firearms following a traffic stop in northwest Minnesota. The U.S. Attorney's office says Dayne ...
Dec 09, 2021
GF County sticks with pandemic pay plan
The Grand Forks County Commission on Tuesday opted not to expand the pool of employees eligible for extra pay for work during the COVID pandemic. Earlier this year the board agreed to tap federal Amer...
Dec 08, 2021
EGF road project draws homeowner response
The East Grand Forks council has voted to move forward with plans and specs on the reconstruction of 5th Avenue and 20th Street despite neighborhood concerns over the price-tag of the project. The cur...
Dec 08, 2021
North Dakotans spend near double on electronic pull tabs
New data shows North Dakotans poured more than $1.3 billion into electronic pull tab machines in fiscal 2021, nearly double the amount spent in the previous fiscal year. According to the Attorney Gene...
Dec 08, 2021
GF County reaches 100 COVID-19 deaths
Grand Forks County hit the century mark today (Tuesday) for deaths related to COVID-19. Health officials upped the count by two - bringing the total to an even 100 since the start of the pandemic. COV...
Dec 07, 2021
GF downtown project gets max credits
The Grand Forks council is ready to go the max in order to advance the Lyons redevelopment project downtown. With little discussion the members approved a 20 year property tax exemption with Northridg...
Dec 07, 2021
Storm improves GF odds for a white Christmas
Sunday's blizzard most likely ensures that the Grand Forks area will have a white Christmas this year. Despite the Climate Prediction Center's 8 to 14 day outlook of temps trending above normal - the ...
Dec 07, 2021