Category Archives: Latest News

United Way names new Executive Director
The United Way Board of Directors has selected Heather Novak to be the next Executive Director of the United Way of Grand Forks -East Grand Forks. Novak has been serving as the Interim Executive Direc...
Doug Barrett Sep 30, 2021

GF school officials still eye future needs
With a successful referendum out of the way Grand Forks school officials can renew focus on what to do with some aging north end schools. In June voters rejected a plan that would merge three elementa...
Doug Barrett Sep 30, 2021

EGF master park plan ready for public comment
Supporters of a master plan to renovate and upgrade park and rec facilities in East Grand Forks presented their findings to the city council last night. The $37.4 million dollar investment focuses pri...
Doug Barrett Sep 29, 2021

GF voters approve school tax hike (updated)
Grand Forks voters have approved a ten mill increase in taxes to bolster the building fund of the school district. Nearly 66% of voters said "yes" to the tax hike in today's (Tuesday) special election...
Doug Barrett Sep 28, 2021

Round one deadline for CTE grants is Thursday
The deadline for the first round of grants for new and expanding career and technology centers is Thursday. North Dakota Center for Career and Technical Education director Wayde Sick says the 2021 Leg...
Doug Barrett Sep 28, 2021

ND health officials plug flu shots
North Dakota health officials want you to roll up your sleeve again....this time for influenza. Last year the state identified 244 lab confirmed cases of influenza - a record low. Health officials att...
Doug Barrett Sep 27, 2021

Amtrak train derails...investigation underway (Update)
Update 4:30 PM An Amtrak train that derailed in rural Montana over the weekend was going just under the speed limit at about 75 mph when it went off the track along a gradual curve. That's according t...
Doug Barrett Sep 27, 2021

Business News: JDA loan...Altru & GF water meters
The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week to 351,000, an increase of 16,000 from the previous week. It's a sign that the delta variant of the coro...
Doug Barrett Sep 26, 2021

NDHP reports tough weekend for accidents & fatalities
The North Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating an early morning double fatality. Authorities say two vehicles crashed head-on in a construction zone about seven-miles south of Fargo around 1:16 a.m....
Doug Barrett Sep 26, 2021

Driver charged in fatal crash involving prisoner van
The driver of a Pierce County prisoner transport van involved in a fatal crash last month has been charged with misdemeanor reckless endangerment. Court documents allege 58-year-old Geraldine Miller, ...
Doug Barrett Sep 25, 2021