Category Archives: Business News
EGF wastewater and sewer rates going up
Wastewater and sewer fees in East Grand Forks will climb a combined nine dollars a month starting in 2022. The plan approved by the city council last night (Tuesday) would bump wastewater rates five d...
Jun 02, 2021
EGF looks to fine-tune park improvement plan
East Grand Forks will enlist the services of a construction management firm to help fine-tune cost estimates on potential park improvements - including the aging ice arenas. Construction Engineers wou...
Jun 02, 2021
Walz's clean air plan hurts Minnesota border towns
The Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce has joined The Chamber in Grand Forks / East Grand Forks in urging Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to stop, or at least delay, his plan to impose new air emis...
Jun 02, 2021
GF health teams on the hunt for mosquitoes
With COVID-19 settling down it's time to start thinking about West Nile Virus. Grand Forks health teams will start putting out trap count numbers for mosquitoes this week. The health department's Todd...
Jun 01, 2021
Dakota Zoo constructing enclosure for warm-weather penguins
The Dakota Zoo in Bismarck is building a facility that will include a penguin enclosure -- but it won't be filed with snow and ice like one might expect. The building will house eight male African pen...
Jun 01, 2021
GF Business News: jobs...WIC & fishing
Americans are going back to one of their favorite pastimes: store shopping. With vaccinations rolling out and shoppers freer to go out maskless, retailers from Walmart to Macy's are seeing an eager re...
Jun 01, 2021
GFPD issues warning about SCAM activity
The elderly aren't the only ones that are the targets of scammers. The types of fraudulent activity out there runs that gamut from phishing schemes and robocalls to miracle COVID cures...threats...and...
May 30, 2021
Ex-Altru vendor: Some data files accessed, but no financial info
A former third-party vendor for Altru Health System says that an incident involving data received from healthcare providers, including Altru, occurred earlier this year, but no personal financial info...
May 28, 2021
Recent rain not enough for significant impact on drought
Recent rain has been beneficial for North Dakota's drought conditions, but hasn't been enough to make a significant impact. This week's U.S. Drought Monitor map shows much of southwestern North Dakota...
May 28, 2021
Enbridge's Line 3 oil pipeline enters critical month in June
June will be a critical month for Enbridge Energy's Line 3 crude oil pipeline as the company resumes construction and opponents mobilize for large-scale protests and civil disobedience. Winona LaDuke ...
May 28, 2021