show moreLittle Bangkok owner says he's not at fault in wage claim
Dave Scheer, the co-owner of Little Bangkok in East Grand Forks, said Friday that his restaurant has been found to be faultless in a wage claim investigated earlier this week by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.
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Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
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An East Grand Forks man made what sounded like a threatening call to the Grand Forks City Council President, prompting a police investigation Wednesday.
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When Grand Forks voters elect a mayor June 12, they likely will have a choice between the city’s longest-serving mayor, and its newest council member.
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One of three former UND football players charged with drug offenses following a search of their house late last year pleaded not guilty Friday in Grand Forks County District Court.
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A blanket of hoarfrost covers the campus at UND on Friday as students walk to class.
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UPDATE: Fog forces flight cancellations at Grand Forks International Airport
Airport director stresses checking flight status often
Fog forced half a dozen scheduled departure flights to be canceled Friday at Grand Forks International Airport. A Delta Airlines representative said that by 5 p.m., six outgoing flights, all headed for Minneapolis, had been canceled.
Crookston woman killed in head-on U.S. 2 collision near Fisher
Police reports indicate that weather conditions were foggy, with very limited visibility, at about 2:16 a.m., when a 2005 Pontiac G6 collided with a 1994 Ford extended cab pick-up that was stopped while facing westbound, the wrong way, in the eastbound lanes.
Hard-cooked egg recall includes Minnesota, North Dakota
A Minnesota food company said Friday it is recalling more than a million hard-cooked eggs distributed to 34 states, including Minnesota and North Dakota, after testing revealed some may be contaminated with listeria.
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Decision closer on UAS tests for Grand Forks region
The U.S. House of Representative and Senate on Tuesday agreed to a funding bill that requires six unmanned aircraft system test sites, and the Department of Defense and the FAA are working out selection criteria for test sites, the director of UND's UAS Center for Excellence said.
RELATED CONTENTN.D. oil patch accidents kill men from S.D., Texas
The South Dakotan died Jan. 28 when a boiler exploded near Keene, N.D. The Texan died Tuesday after being pinned between the ground and a trenching machine near New Town, N.D.
Lake of the Woods: Officers do follow-up work detail on the ice
Conservation officers for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources did a follow-up work detail Wednesday on Lake of the Woods and found fewer violations than Jan. 20-23, when 234 walleyes and saugers were seized for various violations.
RELATED CONTENTLatest online video hit: Sheep-herding Swedish bunny
The 5-year-old pet rabbit from the small village of Kal in northern Sweden shot to online fame last week, having garnered more than 700,000 YouTube hits so far, after a clip of his sheep herding skills surfaced on a blog.
RELATED CONTENTFAITH: EGF Bible conference today ... Unitarians film discussions .. Veggie Tales in Crookston
he Rev. Jerry Moan will speak on “It is Written,” at a Mid-Winter Bible Conference continuing today from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Christ the King Free Lutheran Church, 1913 Third Ave. N.W., East Grand Forks.
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Akeley, Minn., man found guilty of assaulting trooper
Authorities said the Minnesota state trooper was hit on the head with her own Taser as she tried to handcuff Elijah Knowles, 26, and then Knowles put the stun gun to the trooper's head and pulled the trigger, but the safety was on. Knowles later fled from deputies at speeds exceeding 100 mph before he was arrested after trying to ram two squad cars and crashing his car.
Twin Cities couple charged with prostituting runaway Iowa teen with developmental disorder
A criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County says police were called to a downtown St. Paul hotel earlier this week where they found the teen who has Asperger syndrome and the developmental level of a 13-year-old.
GREG DEVILLERS: Ranked Green Wave girls hockey team faces stiff competition in 8A
The Minnesota state girls hockey poll is a good news-bad news deal for East Grand Forks Senior High. The Green Wave have earned statewide respect, as indicated by their No. 18 ranking in this week’s Class A poll. The bad news? The Section 8A tournament begins next week, and three 8A teams are ranked higher than Senior High. Two-time defending state champion Warroad is ranked second, Thief River Falls is fourth and Crookston is 13th.
RELATED CONTENTWith Maturi's retirement, coaches bracing for U of M fallout
Joel Maturi's departure is creating a lot of nervousness around the university, and not just from the non-revenue programs who benefited from his support. Kaler has said there will be no contract extensions for coaches until a new athletic director is hired and does his or her own evaluations on the program, including men's basketball coach Tubby Smith.
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