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Jul 27, 2024 | 
grandforksherald.com | Logan Anderson
EAST GRAND FORKS — The Polk-Norman-Mahnomen Community Health Board will be playing guinea pig for a new Minnesota environmental statute following a massive fine brought earlier this year against the American Crystal Sugar Company. Without precedent, the board must make it up as it goes along, according to Polk County Commissioner Joan Lee, who also chairs the health board. “We’re in uncharted territory,” Lee said.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
grandforksherald.com | Logan Anderson
GRAND FORKS — In Grand Forks, firearms are the preferred tool for murder, and the most recent deadly shooting — on July 4 at a downtown bar — is no exception. The Grand Forks Police Department includes shooting deaths in its count of murders, which along with other violent crimes have remained consistent over the past decade, according to GFPD Lt. Andrew Stein. “It seems like there have been large (incident) calls almost every year,” Stein said.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
grandforksherald.com | Logan Anderson
GRAND FORKS — Grand Forks County is experiencing an increase in new COVID-19 cases, but the number is not currently a cause for concern, according to a Grand Forks Public Health epidemiologist. Currently, nothing has indicated that this year’s COVID-19 spread is unusual or a cause for greater concern, epidemiologist Shawn McBride said. “We’re not concerned beyond what the typical concerns are,” McBride said.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
grandforksherald.com | Logan Anderson
GRAND FORKS — Despite an explosion of new apartment units in Grand Forks, the director of the local housing authority said housing is becoming less affordable. The Grand Forks Housing Authority provides residents of Grand Forks County with pathways to affordable housing, a need that has remained consistent in the community, according to Executive Director Terry Hanson.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
grandforksherald.com | Logan Anderson
GRAND FORKS – The Opal, an event space located just south of Gateway Drive on Grand Forks' north end, will relocate downtown this winter, expanding the amount of event space offered in the area. The event space is a property of 322 Hospitality Group, which also owns the Olive Ann Hotel, Cloud 9 Events and 322 Skies. According to Director of Marketing Allison Johnson, the new home for the space is an upcoming renovation project currently in the design phase.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
grandforksherald.com | Logan Anderson
GRAND FORKS – The new president and vice president of UND’s student body government are settling into their new positions and preparing their vision for the upcoming academic year. President Connor Feguson, who was vice president under the previous administration, said he’s looking forward to making the changes he’d like to see and what he hears other students would like to see. “Gosh, I have a running document just full of things I’ve heard,” Ferguson said.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
grandforksherald.com | Logan Anderson
GRAND FORKS — McDonald’s, Starbucks and other new developments are coming to South Washington Street in the next year as the corridor continues to see growth. The arrival of the new McDonald’s was facilitated by Crary Real Estate, one of the companies taking part in the development that's occurring on the city's south end. “The Washington corridor is really buzzing,” said Russel Crary, sales manager for Crary Real Estate.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
grandforksherald.com | Logan Anderson
GRAND FORKS — Crowds swelled at Sertoma Park to celebrate Independence Day at the Sertoma Club’s 2024 4th of July Festival with more than 20 different events and dozens of food trucks. Turnout was great this year, Sertoma Club Event Chairman Paul Waind said. “It’s huge,” Waind said. The festival, located on the corner of 34th Street and 11th Avenue South, was followed by the largest fireworks show the Sertoma Club has ever put on.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
grandforksherald.com | Logan Anderson
GRAND FORKS – UND is home to a flourishing LGBTQ community thanks to efforts from students, staff and faculty, though its future is shrouded in uncertainty as states across the country propose and enact bans against diversity, equity and inclusion at public institutions. Jeff Maliskey became the first director of UND’s Pride Center in 2022 after having steered it in an interim capacity since 2017. Under his stewardship, the LGBTQ community has taken an increasingly active role on campus.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
grandforksherald.com | Logan Anderson
EAST GRAND FORKS — The East Grand Forks School District is operating on a $372,198 deficit as the fiscal year comes to a close. Business Manager Karla Afshari on Monday presented the May budget report for the 2024 fiscal year, which began July 1, 2023 “It’s a little rosier than we actually are,” Afshari said during Monday's meeting of the School Board.
