Category Archives: Latest News

Lightning blamed on Polk County fire
A lightning strike in is being blamed for a few anxious moments in Fertile (MN) last night (Monday). The Polk County Sheriff's Department received a call of a structure fire just after 11:30 p.m. The ...
Doug Barrett Jun 08, 2021

CAT looking to add new route shelters
Cities Area Transit plans to install seven new bus shelters along University Avenue in Grand Forks this fall. The city council is expected tonight (Monday) to approve the use of $108,000 dollars in fe...
Doug Barrett Jun 07, 2021

Storms hit northern sections of the Red River Valley
Record temps over the weekend with back to back 100 degree days helped fuel a cluster of storms that hit northern parts of the Red River Valley over the weekend. The National Weather Service issued Se...
Doug Barrett Jun 07, 2021

GF Business News: mortgage rates...auto repair shop & Walmart phones
U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs in May, an improvement from April's sluggish gain but still evidence that many companies are struggling to find enough workers as the economy rapidly recovers from th...
Doug Barrett Jun 06, 2021

N.D. Guard Ready for Mission in Nation's Capitol
About 225 Soldiers of the North Dakota Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery (1-188thADA) Regiment were honored today at a sendoff ceremony at the Alerus Center in Grand For...
Doug Barrett Jun 06, 2021

ND reports record heat on Friday
Record heat hit North Dakota, reaching a historic level in cities. National Weather Service data showed a high of 106 degrees at the Bismarck airport on Friday. The agency says it's the second-earlies...
Doug Barrett Jun 05, 2021

NW MN robbery suspect under arrest
A 26 year old Coon Rapid ( MN) man is being charged with last month's robbery of Athena Orion's Cenex in Audubon. James Butcher turned himself in to the Becker County Sheriff's Department on Friday. A...
Doug Barrett Jun 05, 2021

GF releases RFP for recycling services
The City of Grand Forks has released an R-F-P for future recycling services. The city is looking for a 5-7 year contract with a provider at various service options. Those can range from a city-wide co...
Doug Barrett Jun 04, 2021

GF health officials announce summer vaccination campaign
A mobile vaccine clinic will hit the road this summer and travel throughout Grand Forks County to provide COVID vaccine to those still needing a shot. Michael Dulitz of the Grand Forks Health Departme...
Doug Barrett Jun 04, 2021

GF construction includes roads and wastewater
The reconstruction of a stretch of Columba Road north of the overpass will impact homeowners several blocks away over the next week. The city is taking advantage of having the road torn up by replacin...
Doug Barrett Jun 03, 2021