Category Archives: Latest News
Fire damages home in South Grand Forks
An early morning fire damaged a home in south Grand Forks. The Grand Forks Fire Department was notified of a structure fire at 5680 East Prairiewood Drive around 2:00 a.m. When crews arrived on scene ...
Feb 18, 2021
ND regulators call for power grid review
Members of the North Dakota Public Service Commission are calling for a thorough review of what may have gone wrong, when some North Dakota co-ops and utilities lost power in "rolling blackouts" as el...
Feb 18, 2021
GF to chip in on NCHC's Frozen Faceoff
The city of Grand Forks will chip in $100,000 dollars to help support the NCHC Frozen Faceoff tournament at the Ralph Englestad Arena. The money is part of a "Festival Fund" created in 2015 to drive e...
Feb 17, 2021
UND's HPC to be named Fritz Pollard Jr. Athletic Center
UND is looking to give the High Performance Center a new name. The university wants to honor the most decorated student-athlete in football and track - Frederick Douglas "Fritz" Pollard Jr. The North ...
Feb 17, 2021
EGF considers establishment of Building Committee
East Grand Forks may enlist the services of a Building Committee to help steer discussions about community amenities - including the city's aging arenas. The eight to ten member group would work indep...
Feb 17, 2021
Planning underway for land parcel near Alerus Center
A conversation is underway on how best to develop a 15 acre site south of the Alerus Center. City Administrator Todd Feland briefed a recent meeting of the Events Center Commission on the numerous ide...
Feb 16, 2021
MN interlock program gets a shot of support
A Minnesota House committee has given the green light to a bill aimed at increasing the use of ignition interlock devices while reducing the need for so-called "whiskey plates" for DWI drivers. Suppor...
Feb 16, 2021
ND Prairie Dog Funding slowed to a trickle
One of the big issues in the 2019 Legislative session was the creation of the "Prairie Dog" infrastructure fund. It added more "buckets" for oil tax revenues that would go to cities...counties...towns...
Feb 16, 2021
ND continues to vaccinate one step at a time
As North Dakota health officials continue to move through the various tiers of the 1-B vaccination group for COVID-19 many people are wondering when the state will work itself into the 1-C category. T...
Feb 15, 2021
Doctors who say no to opioid use face threats from patients
Doctors say they're facing increasing threats of violence for refusing to prescribe opioids or trying to wean patients off the addictive painkillers. The issue was underscored by Tuesday's shooting at...
Feb 15, 2021