Category Archives: Latest News

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

GFFD extinguishes fully engulfed vehicle
The Grand Forks Fire Department was called out this afternoon to extinguish a vehicle fire. The small car was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived on scene around 1:15 p.m. The vehicle was park...
Doug Barrett Sep 24, 2021

Xcel looking to boost ND natural gas rates
Xcel Energy has filed for an increase on the base rate charged to natural gas customers in North Dakota. It would be raised from the current $18.48 a month to $24.48. Xcel doesn't make any profit on t...
Doug Barrett Sep 24, 2021

GF Park District lands ballpark grant
The National Park Service has awarded seven grants totaling $1.35 million dollars to state and local recreational projects in North Dakota. The Grand Forks Park District will receive $215,595 to help ...
Doug Barrett Sep 24, 2021

Chauvin to appeal conviction and sentence in Floyd's death
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd's death intends to appeal his conviction and sentence, saying the judge abused his discretion or erred during several key poin...
Doug Barrett Sep 24, 2021

Crookston pedestrian struck, killed by train
Crookston police say a pedestrian died when he was struck by a train this (Thu) afternoon in the downtown area. The accident happened at around 2:00 PM, when the 28-year-old Crookston man was w...
Pat Sweeney Sep 23, 2021

MN bonding bill could hit new record highs
A record $5.2 billion dollars in bonding requests currently on the table for the 2022 Minnesota Legislature. The "ask" by state agencies and local governments brought the House Capital Investment Comm...
Doug Barrett Sep 23, 2021

Few COVID-19 vaccinated patients need intensive care
Two large hospital systems in the Upper Midwest say fully vaccinated people make up a minority of COVID-19 hospitalizations and an even lower number of people needing intensive care and ventilators. M...
Doug Barrett Sep 23, 2021