Category Archives: Latest News
Failed candidate for governor leads effort to recall Burgum
A frequent North Dakota political candidate is leading an effort to recall Republican Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford. Michael Coachman, who last year received just 10% of the vote in the ...
Jun 23, 2021
EGF council approves loan for new retail business
In the hopes of landing a furniture store the East Grand Forks council last night (Tuesday) approved an EDA loan to St Michel LLC. The company plans to use the loan along with existing funds and two-m...
Jun 23, 2021
GF voters reject both school ballot issues
Voters rejected a pair of money "asks" by the Grand Forks School District in Tuesday's election. By a three to one margin residents said "no" to an $86 million dollar bond to fund a series of facility...
Jun 22, 2021
Ambassador Motel ready to be razed
The Ambassador Motel in Grand Forks has a future date with a wrecking ball. The city council approved a demolition order for the former Inn on South Washington last night (Monday). The 22 unit motel w...
Jun 22, 2021
Election Day: GF voters tackle 2 school issues
Voting is underway in today's (Tuesday) Grand Forks school election. On the ballot are two requests of voters: $86 million dollar bond to support facility needs - including a new K-8 campus on the cit...
Jun 22, 2021
GF agrees to help fund summer events
The Grand Forks council has approved tapping unused CARES Act money to help fund a pair downtown events this summer. Under the plan $25,000 would go to assist the Downtown Development Association with...
Jun 22, 2021
GF health officials ramp up vaccination sites
Grand Forks health officials have scheduled ten Mobile Vaccination Clinics this week - including stops in Manvel and Thompson. The outreach comes as Grand Forks County has posted back to back days wit...
Jun 21, 2021
Former GFAFB woman shot and killed in MN
A Twin Cities woman was less than a week into her new marriage to a fellow Air Force veteran when she was allegedly shot to death by her ex-husband. Police say Lauri Deatherage was killed inside her R...
Jun 21, 2021
Altru still eyeing fall construction startup
Altru is still working to jump-start its stalled hospital project in Grand Forks this fall. The health system paused the project last year due to the pandemic. In February Altru announced a restart wi...
Jun 21, 2021
GF man arrested in gun related incident
A 56 year old Grand Forks man faces a charge of terrorizing after waving a firearm in the parking lot of a north side apartment this afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of North 39th...
Jun 20, 2021