Category Archives: Business News

Business News: Consumer complaints...ND coal & GF animal zoning
U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers spend more and states and cities eas...
Doug Barrett Mar 07, 2021

MN Labor and Industry recovers $70K in back wages for workers
A Detroit Lakes (MN) restaurant has agreed to pay $14,695 dollars in back wages for workers who contributed to illegal tip pools. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry reports TBCT Management...
Doug Barrett Mar 04, 2021

EGF leaders talk bridges and LGA funding
The mayor of East Grand Forks says there is growing consensus about the need for two new bridges with its neighbor to the west - Grand Forks. Steve Gander told city council members last night (Tuesday...
Doug Barrett Mar 03, 2021

Carbon dioxide would be stored underground in ND
An Iowa company is leading a $2 billion effort to capture carbon dioxide from Midwestern ethanol plants and pipe it to North Dakota where it would be buried deep underground. The greenhouse gas is gen...
Pat Sweeney Mar 02, 2021

Grand Forks alcohol & games of chance
The Grand Forks council rejected a move to allow restaurants with a Class 4 liquor license to host games of chance. Supporters say not-for-profits are having a hard time raising money due to the lack ...
Doug Barrett Mar 02, 2021

GF home sales...Grand Sky & Hugo’s liquor license
Doug Barrett Feb 28, 2021

ND municipal elections could include those living in extraterritorial zones
North Dakota residents who live outside of a city but within the local extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of a municipality would be eligible to vote in local elections under a bill approved by the ...
Doug Barrett Feb 26, 2021

$15 million restitution ordered in organic seed fraud case
Restitution of more than $15 million has been ordered in South Dakota for the man who defrauded wholesale seed distributors by passing off non-organic products as more expensive organic goods. An earl...
Doug Barrett Feb 26, 2021

House passes recreational marijuana in North Dakota
The Republican-controlled House has passed legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota. Lawmakers also passed a related bill setting up a tax policy for marijuana. Both bills now go...
Doug Barrett Feb 24, 2021

Altru to resume work on new hospital in 2021
Altru Health plans to breathe new life into its stalled hospital project. Hospital officials announced on Tuesday that they will resume construction this fall with a completion planned in 2024. Altru ...
Doug Barrett Feb 24, 2021