Category Archives: Latest News

Becker County death under investigation
The Becker County (MN) Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a 43-year old Foley (MN) man. Authorities were called to a parking lot of TEAM Industries in Audubon (MN) shortly after 2:00 p...
Doug Barrett Jun 03, 2021

Suspect douses Fargo home with gasoline (updated)
A tense situation in Fargo has ended with a 25-year old man in custody. Police were called to a south Fargo home shortly after 2:30 a-m on a report of an individual dousing a house with gas. Officers ...
Doug Barrett Jun 03, 2021

EGF wastewater and sewer rates going up
Wastewater and sewer fees in East Grand Forks will climb a combined nine dollars a month starting in 2022. The plan approved by the city council last night (Tuesday) would bump wastewater rates five d...
Doug Barrett Jun 02, 2021

GF County votes to rescind mask mandate
The Grand Forks County Commission on Tuesday voted to drop the mask mandate for county buildings and property. Visitors will no longer need face coverings to enter the building but they are recommende...
Doug Barrett Jun 02, 2021

Domestic in south GF leaves 2 injured
An aggravated assault call in south Grand Forks this morning (Tuesday) left two people injured. Grand Forks police were dispatched to 3624 Landeco Lane shortly before 6:00 am. When officers arrived th...
Doug Barrett Jun 01, 2021

GF health teams on the hunt for mosquitoes
With COVID-19 settling down it's time to start thinking about West Nile Virus. Grand Forks health teams will start putting out trap count numbers for mosquitoes this week. The health department's Todd...
Doug Barrett Jun 01, 2021

GF Business News: jobs...WIC & fishing
Americans are going back to one of their favorite pastimes: store shopping. With vaccinations rolling out and shoppers freer to go out maskless, retailers from Walmart to Macy's are seeing an eager re...
Doug Barrett Jun 01, 2021

Vets return to Memorial Day traditions
After more than a year of isolation, American veterans are embracing plans for a more traditional Memorial Day. They say wreath-laying ceremonies, barbecues at local vets halls and other familiar even...
Doug Barrett May 31, 2021

GFPD issues warning about SCAM activity
The elderly aren't the only ones that are the targets of scammers. The types of fraudulent activity out there runs that gamut from phishing schemes and robocalls to miracle COVID cures...threats...and...
Doug Barrett May 30, 2021

Man drowns after jumping into lake to save his girlfriend
Authorities say a man drowned after jumping out of boat on a suburban Minneapolis lake to save his girlfriend when she fell in the water. The Dakota County Sheriff's Office says the body of 36-year-ol...
Doug Barrett May 30, 2021