Category Archives: Business News
Alerus and UND sign new ten year football agreement
It's been a long time in the making but the Alerus Center has finalized a new ten-and-a-half year agreement with the University of North Dakota for Fighting Hawks football. The contract was approved b...
Feb 03, 2021
East Grand Forks talks MN legislative priorities
LGA funding remains the top item on the legislative to do list for leaders in East Grand Forks. The city participated in a recent meeting with the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities as lawmakers wo...
Feb 03, 2021
Appeals court refuses to stop construction of oil pipeline
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has denied a request by two American Indian tribes to shut down construction of a contentious crude oil pipeline project in northern Minnesota. Opponents of the Enbridge...
Feb 03, 2021
Minneapolis Fed chief: Vaccinations key to economic recovery
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis says getting Minnesotans vaccinated against the coronavirus will be the key to reviving the state's economy. Neel Kashkari told a legislative h...
Feb 02, 2021
GF council passes incentive package for developers
With little discussion - and no opposition - the Grand Forks council last night (Monday) approved a series of tax breaks for several large planned construction projects in the city. Developers are see...
Feb 02, 2021 Memorial Village rendering
GF business news: ND jobs...Target partnership & new GFAFB restaurant
U.S. consumers slowed their spending by 0.2% in December, cutting back for a second straight month. The decline reported today by the Commerce Department followed a seasonally adjusted 0.7% drop in No...
Jan 31, 2021
Minnesota lawmakers begin work on renewable energy bill
Minnesota lawmakers are beginning work on clean energy legislation that would require utilities to generate 100% of their electricity from carbon-free resources by 2040. The push comes as a renewed fo...
Jan 29, 2021 In front of electrical powerlines, a Chinese construction worker walks on a highway overpass project in Beijing Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006. Power shortages due to China's booming economy has led Chinese authorities to increase power production capacity and expand other forms of power production such as nuclear and hydro. (AP Photo)
$5 Million Gift Made to UND School of Entrepreneurship & Management
UND's School of Entrepreneurship and Management has a new name. The North Dakota Board of Higher Education today (Thursday) agreed to name the school after Tom and Konnie Middleton. The North Dakota c...
Jan 28, 2021
ND Mill profits continue to climb in Grand Forks
The North Dakota Mill and Elevator reports its second quarter profits at $4,517,000. Mill manager Vance Taylor says that's up 37 percent from the previous fiscal year's second quarter, where profits w...
Jan 28, 2021
ND & MN gas prices inching up
The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 10 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.45. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that a rise in crude oil...
Jan 25, 2021