Category Archives: Business News

Alerus Center books bid to tackle leaky roof
The Alerus Center in Grand Forks is gearing up for one of its largest ever capital improvement projects - a new roof. The Events Center Commission has awarded the $9.1 million dollar bid to Herzog Roo...
Doug Barrett Sep 08, 2022

Altru marks new hospital milestone
A special topping off ceremony was held Wednesday afternoon for the new Altru Hospital project in Grand Forks. A final steel beam was lifted into place with the signatures of Altru employees...constru...
Doug Barrett Sep 08, 2022

Civic Center eyes parking lot plan
Portions of the Civic Center parking lot will be getting a new asphalt overlay. The East Grand Forks council awarding the contract this week to RJ Zavoral & Sons at a cost of $85,940 dollars. The ...
Doug Barrett Sep 08, 2022

ND to get $6M in JUUL settlement
A $438.5 million settlement has been agreed to in principle between e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL Labs and 34 states, including North Dakota. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says the deal r...
Pat Sweeney Sep 07, 2022

CFIUS review will delay Fufeng construction...but not all design work
The legal team representing Grand Forks on the Fufeng project says at the end of the day they doubt the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will rule that it has jurisdiction in regar...
Doug Barrett Sep 07, 2022

Weather drone company has sights on GF
A weather drone analytics company is looking to set up shop at Grand Sky. Tru-Weather hopes to provide more certainty and reliability to forecasts by sending a drone with specific sensors high into th...
Doug Barrett Sep 06, 2022

Business News: GF home sales...Macy's building & recalls
America's employers added 315,000 jobs in August. Friday's report from the government also showed that the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, up from a half-century low of 3.5%. The increase in jobs was ...
Doug Barrett Sep 05, 2022

GF business makes $10,000 public safety donation
Grimsley Consulting of Grand Forks has donated $10,000 to the Grand Forks County Sheriff's Office. The money will be used to assist in advancing the capabilities of personnel who serve on the Grand Fo...
Pat Sweeney Sep 02, 2022

Fufeng to provide additional details for federal panel
The Grand Forks council will be asked next week whether to move ahead with certain design elements associated with the proposed Fufeng project. It follows this week's request from the Committee on For...
Doug Barrett Sep 02, 2022

GFK to welcome back commercial flights
Commercial traffic is expected to resume at the Grand Forks Airport today (Friday) with the arrival of a Delta Flight during the ten o'clock hour. A runway construction project that began August 22nd ...
Doug Barrett Sep 02, 2022