GRAND FORKS, ND — The National Weather Service says with warming temperatures overland flooding is expected to increase over most areas north of the Wahpeton-Breckenridge area. The water will impact numerous rural roads and homesteads. Ice jams will increase on area streams and rivers. The Wild Rice and Red Rivers’ flow should break remaining river ice and build into Fargo-Moorhead through…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. — Grand Forks Mayor Michael Brown has signed a flood emergency declaration which follows one last week by Grand Forks County. Meanwhile, Cass County needs volunteers to help fill more than 300,000 sandbags. The county needs about 60 volunteers per hour to help complete their goal. If you’d like to help out, stop by the Cass County Highway…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, ND — A Grand Forks man is behind bars after a high speed chase south of the city, and it wasn’t the first time. A deputy spotted a suspicious vehicle around 2 Monday morning and 31-year-old Derek Fuglem took off. The nine-mile chase hit speeds of 110 miles per hour and ended when Fuglem drove over spike strips….
GRAND FORKS, N.D – The University of North Dakota will see a big star at its commencement ceremony, and he’s a familiar face in North Dakota. Actor Josh Duhamel will get an honorary degree from the university. Duhamel grew up in Minot and is known for sporting home-state attire in many of his movies. UND’s spring commencement will be Saturday, May…
Research from Business dot org shows North Dakota is a great state for women. The website names Fargo the fourth best city for working women and Grand Forks is sixth. Other Midwest cities in the top ten include Sioux Falls, South Dakota Rochester, Minnesota and Missoula, Montana. Business.org looked at the number of women from age 25 to 34 with…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Grand Forks police respond to a morning stabbing. It happened at 2012 7th Avenue North. A man called around 10 am, saying he has been stabbed by a woman in the house. That woman says it was self–defense. The man fled the scene and was later found by police. Both people were released. The two had…
BISMARCK – A Republican senator from eastern North Dakota has announced he’s resigning due to health reasons. Arne Osland of Mayville notified legislative leaders that he was stepping down. Colleagues say the 77-year-old retired farmer and businessman recently suffered a stroke and is convalescing in Arizona. Osland was serving his first term, representing District 20 that includes all of Traill…
GRAND FORKS, ND — A fire in a commercial laundry dryer at Expressway Suites on 11th Avenue South in Grand Forks causes $10,000 in damage. Fire crews were alerted by a water flow alarm at the hotel just after 4 a.m. Guests were safely evacuated from the building and no one was hurt. Crews arrived to find a light haze of…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Grand Forks Police are alerting the city of a level III sex offender moving to town. 31-year-old Steven Korb is living at 802 North Fifth Street. He was convicted of corrupting a minor in 2010 in Towner County and served a year in jail. A 14-year-old went to bed after being drunk at a party and…
Michael Sebjornson & Jeremy NelsonGRAND FORKS, ND — Two men in a stolen vehicle were arrested after a short pursuit in Grand Forks Monday night. 33-year-old Michael Sebjornson was arrested on a number of charges including fleeing and reckless driving. His passenger, 30-year-old Jeremy Nelson, was arrested for possession of meth paraphernalia. Officers first spotted the stolen vehicle in north Grand…
