Category Archives: Business News

Beware of potato wart
(KNOX) - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer is expressing concerns about the potential for potato wart to spread from potato imports from Prince Edward Isle in Canada to U.S. farms and production facilities. P...
Jim Johnson Jul 17, 2024

East Grand Forks, Grand Forks County on board for Small Community Air Service Grant
(KNOX) - Grand Forks County, the City of Grand Forks and the City of East Grand Forks are on board with applying for a federal Small Community Air Service Grant. The county is writing a letter of supp...
Jim Johnson Jul 16, 2024

Minnesota ranked sixth in the nation for business
(KNOX) - Minnesota is ranked sixth in the nation for business... according to a recent CNBC study. The ranking is based on 128 key indicators in ten categories of competitiveness, including workforce,...
Bill Dubensky Jul 12, 2024

UND receive grant to study recycling wind turbine blades
(KNOX) - The University of North Dakota will utilize a $3.7 million grant to study the feasibility of recycling wind turbine blades, a topic of increasing importance with the rise in wind power develo...
Bill Dubensky Jul 10, 2024

Ideal Aerosmith awarded $14.5 million contract
(KNOX) - Ideal Aerosmith of Grand Forks has been awarded a $14.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the development of unmanned aerial systems technology. Under the contract, Ideal Aerosmith will...
Bill Dubensky Jul 10, 2024

Sanford Health to merge with Marshfield Clinic Health System
(KNOX) - Marshfield Clinic Health System of Marshfield, Wisconsin has reached a memo of understanding to merge with Sanford Health. Should the merger go through, the combined system would bring togeth...
Bill Dubensky Jul 10, 2024

Alerus Center off to a prosperous 2024
(KNOX) - Grand Forks is seeing the bang for its buck from the Alerus Center. The annual Joint City Council and Events Center Commission meeting heard that to date in 2024, Alerus Center events have ge...
Bill Dubensky Jul 10, 2024

SkyWest chosen to provide EAS to Devils Lake, Jamestown
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Jim Johnson Jul 04, 2024

GFK boardings down in May
(KNOX) - North Dakota airports had their busiest May on record as airline passenger boarding numbers reached 103,068 passengers for the month. The previous record for the month of May was set during t...
Jim Johnson Jun 14, 2024

Runnings to purchase Home of Economy
(AP) - Runnings, a retailer based in Marshall, Minnesota, has announced an agreement to purchase Grand Forks-based Home of Economy and its eight family-owned stores in North Dakota. The acquisition wi...
Jim Johnson May 30, 2024