Category Archives: Latest News

Threat of suicide closes stretch of I-29
A suicidal person prompted the closure of a stretch of I-29 in Fargo for two hours Monday evening. Law enforcement were notified of the individual on the 45th overpass around 5:45 p.m. Traffic was rer...
Doug Barrett Aug 31, 2021

GFK boardings slowly ramping back up
While passenger traffic has been climbing at the Grand Forks Airport in 2021 the growth in boardings has not been as great as other major airports in the state. In July 5,913 people passed through the...
Doug Barrett Aug 30, 2021

GF school leaders still making case for masks
This marks first full week of school in the Grand Forks School District. Most students kicked off the school year last Wednesday with a mask mandate in place. Superintendent Terry Brenner says the dis...
Doug Barrett Aug 30, 2021

Business News: Sickies...interest rates & coffee
The Federal Reserve will start dialing back its ultra-low-interest rate policies this year as long as hiring continues to improve. Chair Jerome Powell signaling the beginning of the end of the Fed's e...
Doug Barrett Aug 28, 2021

GFPD participates in prostitution sting
Grand Forks police have three males in custody following a human trafficking operation targeting prostitution. The GFPD partnered with other agencies to target adults attempting to hire another person...
Doug Barrett Aug 27, 2021

ND health officials warn of West Nile Virus
Drought conditions this summer have reduced North Dakota's mosquito population - but the ones still out there can pack a punch. The state health department has confirmed five human cases of West Nile ...
Doug Barrett Aug 27, 2021

Sanford Clinic in GF open for business
Sanford Health marked the opening of its new clinic in Grand Forks on Thursday. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held - although clinic providers and staff began seeing patients on August 3rd. Patients w...
Doug Barrett Aug 27, 2021

GFAFB to lead future ISR missions
The Grand Forks Air Force Base will be getting a modernized face-lift of sorts in the coming years in order to develop and train crews in support of future Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance mis...
Doug Barrett Aug 26, 2021

Field collapses in northwestern Minnesota
Some consider it a geological wonder. A crack in the soil of a bean field in northwestern Minnesota has caused the ground to collapse 25 feet, creating a quarter-mile long ravine. Wayne and Erllene Er...
Doug Barrett Aug 26, 2021

GF COVID cases still on an upward curve
A new milestone for COVID-19 in Grand Forks County. The 28 cases identified by the North Dakota Health Department today (Wednesday) push the number of positive hits to over eleven-thousand since the s...
Doug Barrett Aug 26, 2021