Category Archives: Business News
1st winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in MN
Lottery officials say the first people to buy a winning Mega Millions ticket in Minnesota have quietly redeemed their prize. They opted both to take the cash option of $66.9 million before taxes and t...
Apr 27, 2022
Patient, crew OK after air ambulance hits bird in Fargo
The pilot of an air ambulance transporting a patient from Fargo Wednesday executed a successful emergency landing after the plane collided with a bird on takeoff. Sanford AirMed Director Tim Meyer say...
Apr 27, 2022
ND oil industry wants end to price-based tax triggers
North Dakota's oil industry wants lawmakers to change the framework for taxing crude production that abolishes the price-based triggers. Unless oil prices suddenly decline, North Dakota's treasury may...
Apr 27, 2022
EGF still eyeing fall vote on sales tax
A bill to allow East Grand Forks to enact a local sales tax for Park and Rec projects has been heard by respective committees in both the House and Senate. The Minnesota Legislature needs to approve t...
Apr 27, 2022
EGF looks to tweak permit for asphalt plant
The East Grand Forks council is inching closer to approving an asphalt plant project on the edge of town. R.J. Zavoral & Sons is eyeing a site near County Road 17 and west of Highway 2. The counci...
Apr 27, 2022
Roosevelt library CEO: Funding on track despite backpedal
The planned Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library won't get all the money initially promised from a Walmart heir but officials say they surpassed its $100 million private fundraising goal anyway. Ro...
Apr 26, 2022
GF Schools: Business Manager & student survey
The Grand Forks School District has a new Business Manager. The school board selected Brandon Baumbach for the job last night. Baumbach is currently the Vice-President of Business Development with the...
Apr 26, 2022
GF eyes $1.6 million dollar road project
Another sign that the spring and summer season can't be too far off....road construction. The Grand Forks council last night gave preliminary approval to the reconstruction of seven blocks of Oak Stre...
Apr 26, 2022
Gas prices hold steady or fall slightly
The national average retail price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 3 cents in the past two weeks to $4.24 a gallon. According to the Lundberg Survey the total decline over six weeks now totals 19 cen...
Apr 25, 2022
Business News: GF jobs...GFK & tourism
Applications for unemployment benefits inched down this past week as the total number of Americans collecting aid fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years. Jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 184,00...
Apr 24, 2022