Category Archives: Business News

Critics take aim at legalized sports betting in MN
Critics of a bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota are warning legislators it would worsen problem gambling and favor tribes over other gaming interests. Anne Krisnik of the Joint Religious Leg...
Pat Sweeney Mar 15, 2022

GF reviews waste water and English Coulee plans
The Grand Forks council will likely go the route of a Construction Management at Risk delivery method for future upgrades at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. The four phase plan carries a hefty bill wi...
Doug Barrett Mar 15, 2022

US DOT: SkyWest must keep serving Devils Lake, Jamestown
The Federal Department of Transportation has told Skywest Airlines that it must continue to serve 29 smaller cities until a replacement can be found. That includes Devils Lake and Jamestown. Skywest f...
Pat Sweeney Mar 14, 2022

Xcel fined over wind farm lighting
Xcel Energy has agreed to pay a $4500 fine because its missed the deadline for replacing the wind turbine lights at the Courtenay Wind Farm The deadline to replace the existing blinking red lights wit...
Doug Barrett Mar 14, 2022

Average US gas price rises 22% in two weeks
The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline shot up a whopping 79 cents over the past two weeks to $4.43 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says the new price exc...
Doug Barrett Mar 14, 2022

Business News: GF/EGF home sales...recall...& Alerus record
Propelled by surging costs for gas, food and housing, consumer inflation jumped 7.9% over the past year, the sharpest spike since 1982 and likely only a harbinger of even higher prices to come. The in...
Doug Barrett Mar 13, 2022

Judge bans man from doing business in ND
A judge has banned a man from working as a contractor in North Dakota for at least five years after his business failed to complete a number of home improvement projects. Attorney General Drew Wrigley...
Pat Sweeney Mar 11, 2022

Soaring prices may trigger North Dakota oil tax increase
Unless near-record oil prices dramatically tank, North Dakota's treasury may start reaping the benefits of a tax increase on drillers that would substantially bump state tax collections. Officials say...
Doug Barrett Mar 10, 2022

GF council odds and ends
Grand Forks will hire CPS for construction engineering services on the reconstruction of North 4th Street from DeMers Avenue to 1st Avenue North. The contract exceeds $248,000 dollars. The project its...
Doug Barrett Mar 09, 2022

Fufeng debate resumes at GF council meeting
The Grand Forks council approved a series of tax breaks last night to help bring a corn milling plant to the city's north side. As has been the case with past meetings numerous residents showed up to ...
Doug Barrett Mar 08, 2022