Category Archives: Latest News

GF council keeps aquarium plans afloat
With some hesitancy the Grand Forks council voted last night (Monday) to continue discussions with a company looking to locate an ecosystem aquarium at the Grand Cities Mall. The proposed site for the...
Doug Barrett Aug 03, 2021

Project promoted to pipe river water across North Dakota
North Dakota officials are promoting a decades-long idea of piping Missouri River water across the state to central and eastern North Dakota to combat future drought conditions. A groundbreaking is pl...
Doug Barrett Aug 02, 2021

North Dakota man to stand trial in attack that killed 4
More than two years after four employees of a North Dakota property management firm were slain, the man charged in their deaths is going on trial. Chad Isaak is a chiropractor and Navy veteran who liv...
Doug Barrett Aug 02, 2021

NWS: July 2021....hot & dry
The month of July was warmer and much drier than average in Grand Forks. The average temperature at the NWS office was 74.5 degrees - or 4.7 degrees warmer than normal. It turned out to be the 6th war...
Doug Barrett Aug 02, 2021 NWS graphic

Business News: GF sales tax...Alerus Center & UND Graduate Center
U.S. economy grew at a solid 6.5% annual rate last quarter in another sign that the nation has achieved a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession. The total size of the economy has now surpasse...
Doug Barrett Aug 01, 2021

Man who sold Trump wares gets jury trial
The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a Wisconsin Trump supporter found guilty of an infraction for using public grounds in Bismarck for commercial purposes without a permit is entitled to a j...
Doug Barrett Jul 31, 2021

How low will ND & MN rivers go
Drought conditions are showing no sign of letting up across North Dakota. The latest drought monitor shows 97.8% of the state in severe drought....52.3% in extreme...and 10.4% in the exceptional droug...
Doug Barrett Jul 30, 2021

Canadian wildfires causing air quality concerns
An air quality alert remained in effect for most of Minnesota as the state deals with smoke from Canadian wildfires that has created some of the highest particulate readings on record. Gov. Tim Walz a...
Doug Barrett Jul 30, 2021

EGF considers Greenway fee increase
East Grand Forks residents could see a doubling of the fee they pay for Greenway maintenance starting in 2022. Homeowners currently pay a buck a month on utility bills to help pave and maintain Greenw...
Doug Barrett Jul 30, 2021

West Nile Virus identified in GF mosquito pool
It's been a quiet summer so far for mosquitoes in Greater Grand Forks - but the pesky bugs are starting make some noise. Health officials have identified West Nile Virus in a pool of mosquitoes collec...
Doug Barrett Jul 29, 2021