Category Archives: Latest News

Corporate Center II sale approved
Sold! The Grand Forks Jobs Development Authority last night (Monday) accepted a $2.5 million dollar offer for the downtown Corporate Center II building. Grimsley Consulting submitted the high bid for ...
Doug Barrett Sep 21, 2021

GF Corporate Center II sale under review
The potential sale of the Corporate Center II building in downtown Grand Forks will be reviewed by both the Growth Fund and Jobs Development Authority tonight (Monday). Written bids on the potential s...
Doug Barrett Sep 20, 2021

North Dakota National Guard resumes COVID-19 duty
North Dakota's COVID-19 response is getting a boost. The National Guard has called up 65 members to help the state health department with contact tracing and state lab analysis. The Guard members will...
Doug Barrett Sep 20, 2021

GF Business News: Jobs...car wash & beer
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that worsening COVID-19 infections may have slightly increased layoffs. Applications for...
Doug Barrett Sep 19, 2021

GFFD responds to small house fire
Grand Forks fire crews responded to a home to extinguish a kitchen fire last night. The GFFD received notice of smoke and flames at 1404 South 14th Street at 9:21 p.m. The occupant of the home was abl...
Doug Barrett Sep 19, 2021

North Dakota oil production slips to No. 3 behind New Mexico
North Dakota regulators say the state has officially lost its status as the nation's second-biggest oil producer to New Mexico. North Dakota produced just over 1 million barrels of oil per day in July...
Doug Barrett Sep 18, 2021

Altru busy with COVID but not at full capacity...yet
Hospitals in parts of the country are in need of relief as COVID-19 continues to spread - primarily among the unvaccinated. The North Dakota Health Department reports 107 patients hospitalized around ...
Doug Barrett Sep 17, 2021

EGF targets grant dollars for LaFave Park plan
East Grand Forks may look to a federal grant program to help fund improvements at LaFave Park. The city has already made application to the Greater Minnesota Parks and Trails Commission for funding to...
Doug Barrett Sep 17, 2021

Dogs replace fries at Potato Bowl event
The lure of free hot dogs and chips brought people out to University Park in Grand Forks last night (Thursday). The size of the crowd was much smaller than previous Potato Bowl feeds that featured fre...
Doug Barrett Sep 17, 2021

FDA panel to review need for boosters
To boost or not to boost? Some scientists are at odds over whether COVID booster shots are actually needed in the general adult population. Pfizer's analysis says immunity wanes six to eight months af...
Doug Barrett Sep 16, 2021