Category Archives: Business News

Grand Forks elementary students to learn about potatoes
(KNOX) - Students in two Grand Forks elementary schools will dine on and learn about local potatoes Wednesday and Thursday at multiple events during "Fresh from North Dakota School Lunch Week," which ...
Jim Johnson Oct 01, 2024

Students dining on North Dakota food in school lunches
(KNOX) - Students across North Dakota are dining on food products from their own state during "Fresh from North Dakota School Lunch Week," through October 4. The week encourages schools to source food...
Jim Johnson Sep 30, 2024

Stockpile sugar beet harvest rolls at midnight October 3
(KNOX) - Come midnight October 3, rural roads in North Dakota and Minnesota will be busy, as the American Crystal Sugar stockpile harvest rolls into high gear. Crystal Sugar harvested a record 12.7 mi...
Jim Johnson Sep 30, 2024

Deal Reached on Sale of Ponzi Scheme Cattle Company to North Dakota Investor
Cattle roam in a pasture near Killdeer in southwest North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) -A North Dakota rancher and a partner are poised to pay about $15.7 mi...
Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor Sep 30, 2024

PSC approves huge natural gas processing plant
(North Dakota Monitor) - A rendering of a natural gas-to-liquids plant proposed at Trenton, North Dakota, by the Canadian company Cerilon. (Courtesy of Cerilon) North Dakota utility regulators on Frid...
Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor Sep 28, 2024

LIHEAP will help with heating October through May
(KNOX) - North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will now provide more assistance to qualifying households. HHS will be...
Jim Johnson Sep 26, 2024

2024 Governor's Awards for Excellence in Public Service
(KNOX) - Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller today announced the 2024 Governor's Awards for Excellence in Public Service, recognizing team members across state government for their commitment t...
Jim Johnson Sep 26, 2024

Funds awarded for Project Tundra
(KNOX) - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced an award of $4.2 million to Project Tundra. This is the first installment of up to $350 million to Project Tundra. These funds will be distribute...
Jim Johnson Sep 25, 2024

Alcohol-free beer gaining popularity, even at Oktoberfest
(NPR) - Head Brewmaster Tobias Zollo poses behind non alcoholic beer at the Weihenstephan brewery in Freising, Germany, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. Matthias Schrader/AP The head brewmaster for Weihensteph...
Jim Johnson Sep 23, 2024

Hoeven secures $11.6 million to establish Grand Sky, GFAFB fire station
(KNOX) - Senator John Hoeven today announced that he has secured an $11.6 million grant to establish a fire station serving Grand Sky and the Grand Forks Air Force Base. As a member of the Senate Defe...
Jim Johnson Sep 22, 2024