Bill Dubensky

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News Reporter at KNOX AM and FM

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Part of 24th Avenue South in Grand Forks to Close Monday

2 days ago | knoxradio.com | Bill Dubensky

(File image)(KNOX) – Crews in Grand Forks will begin a reconstruction project on 24th Avenue South from South Columbia Road to South 34th Street on Monday, June 9th. Phase 1 will involve work in the medians along 24th Avenue South. This will impact left hand turns in the work area. Phase 2 will be the reconstruction of the west bound lanes. During phase 2, 24th Avenue South will be closed to west bound traffic. East bound traffic will be open.
Governor Names Minot Attorney to Judgeship

2 days ago | knoxradio.com | Bill Dubensky

(Stock photo by Greenleaf123/Getty Images via the North Dakota Monitor)(B) – North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong appointed a Minot attorney to a judgeship in the North Central Judicial District covering Burke, Mountrail and Ward counties. The appointment of Steven Lautt is effective Aug. 4. The judgeship is chambered in Minot. Lautt, a Minot native, has been with the Minot law firm of Pringle and Herigstad since 2012.
North Dakota Adding Alerts for Missing Native, Endangered People

2 days ago | knoxradio.com | Bill Dubensky

North Dakota Highway Patrol Lt. Jenna Clawson Huibregtse, right. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) – Members of North Dakota law enforcement updated the public on new alerts that will go into effect Aug. 1 to help locate members of Native communities and other adults who are reported missing.
Grand Forks Fire Chief Under Consideration for Fargo Fire Chief

2 days ago | knoxradio.com | Bill Dubensky

(KNOX) – Grand Forks Fire Chief Gary Lorenz has been recommended as the new Fargo fire chief. A selection committee will recommend Lorenz. Lorenz was among three finalists for the job. Lorenz spent 28 years with the Fargo fire department before he was hired in grand forks in 2018. The city commission will consider the recommendation on Monday.
Ray Holmberg Has Been Transferred

2 days ago | knoxradio.com | Bill Dubensky

(File image)(KNOX) -Former state Senator Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks has been transferred to the federal medical center prison in Rochester, Minnesota. The 81-year-old is serving a 10-year prison term for traveling to Prague in the Czech Republic to have sex with underage boys 14 times between 2011 and 2021. Holmberg pleaded guilty and was sentenced in u-s district court in Fargo in late march. Holmberg was in the Sherburne county jail near the twin cities prior to and after he was sentenced.
Xcel Energy North Dakota Customers Could See $12.5 Million Through Nuclear Energy Tax Credit

3 days ago | knoxradio.com | Bill Dubensky

(Xcel Energy image)(KNOX) – Xcel Energy said that the company is moving forward with plans to deliver $12.5 million back to North Dakota customers on their bills through federal tax credits on the energy generated by the company’s nuclear fleet. This is the first time customers will see savings from the federal tax credit on nuclear energy generation, which the company advocated for in recent law.
Man Charged in Crookston Incident Makes Court Appearance

3 days ago | knoxradio.com | Bill Dubensky

(File image)(KNOX) – A man charged with attempted murder and assault while incarcerated in Crookston made a court appearance this week. According to court documents Henry Vold, of Mentor, Minnesota, was convicted for felony assault in 2014 and two counts of assault in 2018, and is accused of assaulting one correctional employee and strangling a corrections officer in 2023. He is facing charges of attempting to commit murder in the second degree and first degree assault of a correctional employee.
Realty Company Plans Development in Grand Forks

3 days ago | knoxradio.com | Bill Dubensky

(KNOX) – A realty company would like to develop land in Grand Forks. It would be located at corner of 17th Avenue South and South 42nd Street, to be developed over the next two to five years. The development near the Alerus Center is in the early process.
North Dakota Tribes Push for More Autonomy Amid Federal Cuts

3 days ago | knoxradio.com | Bill Dubensky

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Chairman Jamie Azure. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota tribal leaders highlighted uncertainty in federal funding, frustrations with the state Legislature and future economic development projects during the state’s seventh annual Government-to-Government Conference.
Job Corps Center in North Dakota Shutting Down

3 days ago | knoxradio.com | Bill Dubensky

Stephanie Evans, left, director of the Quentin Burdick Job Corps Center in Minot. (Tom Ross/Quentin Burdick Job Corps Center via the North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) – Less than a week after receiving word that Job Corps centers across the country will pause operations by the end of June, students, faculty and administrative staff in Minot have already begun packing up for the inevitable move off campus.