Category Archives: Latest News
Driver who hits GFPD squad faces charges
A 35-year old Buxton (ND) woman is under arrest after striking a Grand Forks Police squad car and fleeing the scene at a high rate of speed. Officers were at the Ambassador Motel on an unrelated matte...
Apr 16, 2021
Alcohol related deaths in MN still on the upswing
New preliminary data show that nearly a thousand Minnesotans died from alcohol use last year. The preliminary data suggest that factors related to the pandemic may have boosted a decades-long trend of...
Apr 16, 2021
GF & EGF school officials target big events
With the end of another school year rapidly approaching plans are being finalized for what prom and graduation might look like with COVID still around. The pandemic cancelled many school events in 202...
Apr 15, 2021
ND House passes transgender sports bill, on to the Senate
The North Dakota House has passed a bill restricting transgender girls from participating in public elementary and secondary school sports and sent the legislation to the Senate. The bill passed Wedne...
Apr 15, 2021
Residents of GF motel still working on exit plan
Despite being deemed unsafe not all residents of the Ambassador Motel in Grand Forks have left the Inn for housing elsewhere. On Friday city inspectors declared the motel "off limits" calling the stru...
Apr 15, 2021
ND prescription drug bill kicked
The North Dakota House has rejected a drug importation bill designed to help lower prescription costs. The bill was intended to allow North Dakota to join other states to import medicine from north of...
Apr 14, 2021
EGF closer to prioritizing road construction projects
The great debate over what East Grand Forks road project to target federal funding on could come into focus next week. The 2022 dollars are designed for state aid street improvements - and there are t...
Apr 14, 2021
EGF council talks zoning and liquor licenses
East Grand Forks council is looking at an amendment to current zoning allowing the Circle of Friends Humane Society to operate downtown. Current zoning does not allow "boarding kennels" in the downtow...
Apr 14, 2021
Health officials recommend 'pause' for J&J shots
The recommendation to delay use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has impacted vaccination sites nationwide. Health officials in Grand Forks have hit the pause button out of an...
Apr 13, 2021
GF School Board approves budget cutting plan
In a split vote the Grand Forks School Board last night (Monday) agreed to a plan that would slash nearly $4.5 million dollars from the 2021-22 budget. The recommendation from the Finance Committee tr...
Apr 13, 2021