Category Archives: Business News
GF & EGF home sales jump in June
Home sales in Grand Forks - East Grand Forks posted their largest tally of the year in June. A total of 95 homes...townhomes...and condos exchanged hands last month. That equals the number of properti...
Jul 10, 2023
ND insurance fraud cases experience uptick
North Dakota's Insurance Commissioner says his office has seen an uptick in insurance fraud cases. Jon Godfread says whenever the economy dips a bit, fraud spikes upward. He says it's kept his fraud u...
Jul 10, 2023
ND boardings are taking off
Commercial air travel in North Dakota climbed 8% in May of this year. Six of the eight commercial service airports had over the year increases led by Fargo which posted a record for boardings at nearl...
Jul 10, 2023
Sales tax collections climb in GF
Grand Forks recorded its fourth largest sales tax payment in June. The local tax generated over $3.26 million dollars last month. That pushes collections for the year to nearly $15.7 million dollars -...
Jul 10, 2023
Roosevelt statue won't be displayed when Medora library opens
A controversial statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt - which stood outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and was shipped to the T- R Library Foundation - will not b...
Jul 05, 2023
MN searching for new marijuana director
Minnesota is looking to hire a director for the Office of Cannabis Management. The director will be responsible for building the new state agency and regulating the new adult-use cannabis market in Mi...
Jun 30, 2023
Growth Fund O-K's loan for softball complex
Developers of the Memorial Village II project are one step closer to securing the necessary funding for construction of an NCAA softball complex on site. The Grand Forks Growth Fund this week approved...
Jun 30, 2023
ND taxable S & P's show healthy gains
North Dakota's taxable sales and purchases for the first quarter of 2023 are up 21.4% compared to the same timeframe in 2022. Taxable sales and purchases for January, February and March of 2023 were $...
Jun 30, 2023
Sunshine Hospitality Home stays busy
The Sunshine Hospitality Home in Grand Forks is celebrating a birthday of sorts this week. The facility at 933 Duke Drive is designed to provide a place for Altru patients and families who travel for ...
Jun 29, 2023
Search for new city adminstrator in EGF delayed
The search for a new city administrator in East Grand Forks will take a little longer. Interviews with four finalists were cancelled this week after two of the candidates dropped out of the process. L...
Jun 28, 2023