Medina, N.D., rest area off Interstate 94 reopens 
The Medina rest area off westbound Interstate 94 has reopened.
RELATED CONTENTThe Kegs considered for National Register of Historic Places
It might not have the kind of national name recognition that Mount Vernon boasts, but a Tuesday vote by the Grand Forks Historic Preservation Commission put The Kegs restaurant one step closer to getting its own place in the history books.
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The usual suspects, LGA, relief from state mandates and bonding help for improvements showed up on the East Grand Forks City Council's wish list for the Legislature during its Tuesday strategy session.
RELATED CONTENTMaking spirits bright
Brightening the spirit of passers-by is a holiday tradition for Ron Larson. This year, like the past 20, Larson’s strung lights on the Christmas decorations, trees and buildings on his farm north of East Grand Forks. Larson also decorates the yard with hand-made snowmen, Santa Clauses and reindeer, which are wrapped in lights.
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‘Christmas in the Park’ spurs wedding proposal
As they had for the previous three years, Ross Van Eps and Alicia Egeland took a weekend evening drive through the Christmas in the Park light display at Lincoln Park.
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Shirley Reitmeier set out to raise money to fight cancer. The Crookston woman did, accumulating $10,000 last year and $12,000 this year. She also set out to raise breast cancer awareness. Well, she certainly accomplished that, too, probably on an even bigger scale than cash.
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A Reynolds, N.D., woman has been cited for driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing into a Valley Dairy convenience store in north Grand Forks.
EGF taxes, but not spending, may rise
The city of East Grand Forks won’t be spending more money in 2011. But property owners may see as much as a 7.8 percent tax increase, anyway. The culprit for that anomaly, as city officials have repeated in recent years, is the cut in local government aid by Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s unallotments.
Former N.D. work comp director demands new trial
Former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt should have his felony conviction for misspending public funds dismissed because prosecutors withheld evidence before his trial, Blunt's lawyer argued Thursday.
Conviction upheld in killing of Minn. state park worker
The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a man convicted of killing a worker at Blue Mounds State Park near Luverne.
Federal grants help struggling Red Lake schools
Officials on the Red Lake Indian reservation are using millions of dollars in federal grants to turnaround two of the state’s lowest-performing schools and shake off the lingering effects of a fatal school shooting nearly five years ago.
Teenage jet skier rescues swimmer floundering in Lake Bemidji
Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp announced the safe rescue of a boater Sunday by 14-year-old jet skier.
'He always cheered you up. Always.'
Judd Sondreal, president of McKinnon company and community activist, dies unexpectedly at 45
"People have been calling from Texas, from California, from all over the country. Every friend who’s called has said, ‘He was my best friend.’ "
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