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Most Grand Forks City Offices Closed on New Year's Day
(File image) (KNOX) - Most Grand Forks city offices will be closed Thursday, January 1st for New Year's Day. Regular city business will not be conducted. However, emergency police, fire and com...
Bill Dubensky Dec 30, 2025

North Dakota Awarded $199M For Rural Health Transformation Program
(File image) (KNOX) - Gov. Kelly Armstrong said that North Dakota has been awarded $199 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to support the first year of a statewid...
Bill Dubensky Dec 30, 2025

Study Shows Health Disparities For People Out of Prison in North Dakota
(Adobe Stock via Prairie News Service) (By Mike Moen. Prairie News Service) - A new study calls attention to the health-care needs of people who are unhoused or formerly incarcerated. A North Dakota l...
Bill Dubensky Dec 29, 2025

2025 Was Busy Year For Challenges to North Dakota Laws With Appeals Likely in 2026
(Pool photo by Tanner Ecker/Bismarck Tribune via the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) - North Dakota courts this year sided with the state in two civil rights lawsuits challenging s...
Bill Dubensky Dec 29, 2025

Genius Companies Acquires HB Sound & Light
(File image) (KNOX) - HB Sound & Light of Grand Forks, an audio-visual, lighting, security and automation firm serving the Upper Midwest, said that the company successfully transitio...
Bill Dubensky Dec 29, 2025

Altru Implements Visitor Restrictions Due to Increase in Influenza A Cases
(Altru Health image) (KNOX) - Due to an increase in Influenza A cases in the community, Altru is implementing temporary visitor restrictions to help maintain a safe environment for those receiv...
Bill Dubensky Dec 29, 2025

Study Shows Minnesota Needs Better Reporting of School Bus Stop-Arm Violations
(Adobe Stock via Minnesota News Connection) (By Mike Moen. Minnesota News Connection) - It's a scary thought for parents of school-age children: a driver blowing past the stop arm of a school b...
Bill Dubensky Dec 29, 2025

City of Thompson Considering a Contract With The Grand Forks County Sheriff's Office For Police
(File image) (KNOX) - The city of Thompson could be patrolled by a Grand Forks County sheriff's deputy. That is if a contract between the city and Grand Forks County is passed by the Thompson C...
Bill Dubensky Dec 29, 2025
North Dakota Dollars For Scholars Accepting Scholarship Applications
(Bank of North Dakota image) (KNOX) - North Dakota Dollars for Scholars is accepting scholarship applications from North Dakota high school seniors and current college students starting January...
Bill Dubensky Dec 28, 2025

Former North Dakota Governor Allen Olson Dies at 87
(Former North Dakota Gov. Allen Olson. Photo the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) - Former North Dakota Gov. Allen Olson, who served one term from 1981 to 1984, died last week at ag...
Bill Dubensky Dec 28, 2025