Category Archives: Latest News

Highway Patrol Investigating Pursuit And Shooting in Grand Forks
(File image) (KNOX) - On Friday afternoon the highway patrol dispatch received a 911 call reporting an erratic driver in Grand Forks County. A Trooper located the vehicle south of the Ci...
Bill Dubensky Jan 05, 2026

North Dakota Farmers Not Set up For Success in 2026
(Photo by Lora Wobbema/For the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) - North Dakota's farmers are looking for higher profits but things may get worse before they get better, ag industry ...
Bill Dubensky Jan 05, 2026

New Minnesota Law Bolsters Legal Options When Older Adults Are Scammed
(Adobe Stock via Minnesota News Connection) (By Mike Moen. Minnesota News Connection) - A new Minnesota law aims to give vulnerable adults more legal protections when they're being scammed, or ...
Bill Dubensky Jan 05, 2026

Arc Upper Valley to Close Grand Forks Thrift Store
(The Arc Upper Valley Facebook image) (KNOX) - The Arc Upper Valley said that its thrift store, located at 1200 South Washington Street will close on January 29th. The decision was made after c...
Bill Dubensky Jan 04, 2026

Landowners Ask Court to Reconsider Decision to Pause Pipeline Permit Lawsuit
(File image) (North Dakota Monitor) - Landowners opposed to a carbon sequestration project in Iowa have asked a state court to reconsider its decision to pause a lawsuit over the permit for the...
Bill Dubensky Jan 04, 2026

North Dakota Gets $199 Million in Federal Grant For Rural Healthcare
(File image) (North Dakota Monitor) - The federal government has awarded $199 million to North Dakota for the first year of a five-year grant program centered on improving rural health care acr...
Bill Dubensky Jan 04, 2026

Greater Sage Grouse Advocates Say New Federal Plan Imperils Habitat in North Dakota
(Photo by Bob Wick/U.S. Bureau of Land Management via Flickr via the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) - The Bureau of Land Management said that its decision to modify greater sage g...
Bill Dubensky Jan 04, 2026

Tragedy And a Legislative Boycott: 2025 Year in Review
Minnesota State House Speaker emeritus Rep. Melissa Hartman. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer) (Minnesota Reformer) - On June 12 this year, editor Patrick Coolican and I sat down with M...
Bill Dubensky Jan 04, 2026

HHS Orders States to Justify Child Care Spending After Minnesota Fraud Allegations
(Photo by Billy Hustace/Getty Image via the Minnesota Reformer) (Minnesota Reformer) - States must now provide "justification" that federal child care funds they receive are spent on "legitimat...
Bill Dubensky Jan 02, 2026

East Grand Forks Police Warn of Check Fraud Cases
(File image) (KNOX) - The East Grand Forks Police Department is telling the public of a recent string of check fraud cases. People have reported that after they mailed check payments for their ...
Bill Dubensky Jan 02, 2026