Category Archives: Business News
GF County hires base consultant
After cutting a long-standing contract for budgetary reasons the Grand Forks County Commission is ready to strike a new deal with the base consulting firm VMF Findley. The new contract for 2023 would ...
Nov 16, 2022
Sanford and Fairview Health to combine
Sanford Health has renewed talks about a possible partnership with Fairview Health Services. The two health providers have signed a non-binding letter of intent to combine health systems. Sanford Heal...
Nov 15, 2022
Business News: ND jobs...recalls & gambling
Price increases moderated in the United States last month in the latest sign that the inflation pressures that have gripped the nation might be easing as the economy slows and consumers grow more caut...
Nov 13, 2022
Bank ordered to pay $563 million to victims of Petters fraud
A federal jury has awarded a record $564 million in damages to victims of a massive Ponzi scheme by Minnesota businessman Tom Petters. The verdict handed down Tuesday against BMO Harris Bank is believ...
Nov 10, 2022
EGF looking at downtown skate rink
A plan to move a downtown skating rink from Town Square in Grand Forks to a gravel parking lot in East Grand Forks may be on thin ice. The rink has been located in downtown Grand Forks since 2015 but ...
Nov 09, 2022
Wall's to close south GF pharmacy location
In the ever-changing retail landscape in Grand Forks, a south side pharmacy is closing up shop. Wall's Health Mart Pharmacy says it will close its location on the Altru South Campus at at 4440 South W...
Nov 08, 2022
GF CVB extends loan repayment plan
The Grand Forks council has approved an extension to a loan repayment plan with the Convention and Visitors Bureau from 5 to ten years. In 2020 the city loaned the CVB $150,000 dollars to help with ca...
Nov 08, 2022
NDUS enhances cyber security efforts
The chancellor of the North Dakota University System says they are working with some "top notch" companies to ensure sensitive information is secure from cyber-attacks. Mark Hagerott was responding to...
Nov 07, 2022
Business News: GF home sales...new building owner & youth sports
America's employers kept hiring vigorously in October, adding 261,000 positions, a sign the economy remains a picture of solid job growth and painful inflation. The unemployment rate rose from a five-...
Nov 06, 2022
Power outage hits hundreds in EGF
A damaged underground cable is being blamed on a brief power outage in East Grand Forks this morning (Friday). The lights went out for about 300 customers on the city's northwest side at 8:18 a.m. A c...
Nov 04, 2022