Category Archives: Business News

MN grant dollars reduce Polk County bill
What could have been a nearly $1.2 million dollar bill for Polk County has been whittled down to less than 42-hundred dollars. The numbers represent a property tax challenge by Enbridge Energy. The co...
Doug Barrett Aug 27, 2021

GFAFB to lead future ISR missions
The Grand Forks Air Force Base will be getting a modernized face-lift of sorts in the coming years in order to develop and train crews in support of future Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance mis...
Doug Barrett Aug 26, 2021

NTSB investigating MN freight train collision; none hurt (Update)
Update 4:00 PM: Federal authorities are investigating how three freight trains collided in St. Paul. Canadian Pacific spokesman Andy Cummings says the collision occurred around 5 p.m. Wednesday near a...
Pat Sweeney Aug 26, 2021

Field collapses in northwestern Minnesota
Some consider it a geological wonder. A crack in the soil of a bean field in northwestern Minnesota has caused the ground to collapse 25 feet, creating a quarter-mile long ravine. Wayne and Erllene Er...
Doug Barrett Aug 26, 2021

Line 3 opponents descend on Minnesota Capitol to seek a stop
Protesters descended upon the Minnesota State Capitol to rally against Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline as the project nears completion. The rally is part of a series of events called Treaties ov...
Doug Barrett Aug 26, 2021

Fire damages Grafton hotel
A large section of a Grafton hotel was destroyed by fire today (Wed). At about 5:00 AM, firefighters were called to the Economy Hotel on Highway 17. A guest in one unit notified manager April Henson, ...
Pat Sweeney Aug 25, 2021

Sanford Health: Employees must wear masks
( Effective Thursday, Sanford Health will require all employees to wear face coverings, including workers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The announcement was made in an email ...
Pat Sweeney Aug 25, 2021

GF Public Schools to use city buses to help driver shortage
The Grand Forks Public Schools and the city of Grand Forks are collaborating on a temporary fix to solve the shortage of bus drivers that's impacting local students. City Area Transit (CAT) buses will...
Pat Sweeney Aug 25, 2021

Minnesota Supreme Court delivers blow to Line 3 opponents
The Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by opponents of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline, letting stand a key decision by independent regulators to allow construction to procee...
Doug Barrett Aug 25, 2021

South Dakota court may unseal investigation of Sanford
The South Dakota Supreme Court is weighing whether to unseal a search warrant and affidavits in an investigation into billionaire banker-turned-philanthropist T. Denny Sanford for possible possession ...
Pat Sweeney Aug 24, 2021