Category Archives: Business News

North Dakota is a leader in limiting land purchases by China, and sees no reason to stop
(Jack Dura - Associated Press) - It's been three years since a Chinese company's plan to develop a swath of farmland near a North Dakota Air Force base prompted local security concerns and led to a ru...
Jack Dura/Associated Press Feb 13, 2025

Grand Forks 'Request For Bids"
(KNOX) - Stormwater Ditch Cleaning Department Finance, Water Works Division Category Sealed Bids RFP Number 8957 Start Date 02/13/2025 Close Date 03/06/2025 4:00 PM RFP Post Status Open Bid Specificat...
Jim Johnson Feb 13, 2025

Anhydrous ammonia safety training sessions planned
(KNOX) - The North Dakota Department of Agriculture and the North Dakota Agriculture Association will be hosting a series of anhydrous ammonia safety training sessions across the state. "Annual docume...
Jim Johnson Feb 13, 2025

East Grand Forks City Council members head to St. Paul
(KNOX) - East Grand Forks City Council will not conduct a work session the evening of February 11. Mayor Mark Olstad, Council President Brian Larson, Alderman Dale Helms, city administrator Reid Hutte...
Jim Johnson Feb 10, 2025

Altru nurse earns DAISY Award for compassion and kindness
(Altru) - - Jan Dechka Azure, RN, a nurse at Altru Health System in the Family Birthing Center (FBC), is being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Fou...
Altru Feb 10, 2025

The new Altru Hospital marks three weeks
(KNOX) - The new Altru Hospital is three weeks old. Chief Executive Todd Forkel says the staff took great care in moving 185 patients on opening day, January 19. "The patient move went way better than...
Jim Johnson Feb 08, 2025

B-1 fleet from Ellsworth AFB halfway stationed at GFAFB
(KNOX) -Colonel Tim Monroe says nine B-1 bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota are stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base... along with 600 personnel. By early March, there will be a ...
Jim Johnson Feb 05, 2025

Testimony heard in Bismarck for Turtle Band of Chippewa to build a casino-and-resort near Grand Forks
(KNOX) - Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski, County Commissioner Mark Rustad, and Jamie Azure, Chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, testified in favor of Senate Bill 2376 before the Nort...
Jim Johnson Feb 05, 2025

GF City Council president says his city will not participate in EGF bridge grant
(KNOX) - East Grand Forks City Council moved Tuesday to approve and submit a BUILD Grant application toward the "East Grand Forks/Grand Forks bridge crossing project." City Administrator Reed Huttenen...
Jim Johnson Feb 05, 2025

Tax season brings Minnesota's Child Tax Credit
(KNOX) - It's tax filing season and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is encouraging Minnesotans to claim the child tax credit when filing their income tax return. Last year, nearly 225,000 families claimed...
Jim Johnson Feb 05, 2025