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Area benefits and volunteer opportunities
Prairie Harvest Mental Health is collecting warm hats, mittens and undergarments through Dec. 15 to be given in gift packages for more 100 people for whom they provide supportive services and housing. Cash donations also will be accepted to purchase needed items. Donations are tax deductible. Call (701) 795-9143 for pick up or items can be dropped off at 930 North Third St., Grand Forks.By James R. Johnson , November 20, 2009
‘Crime Wave’ authors bring mystery writing to East Grand Forks library
Mystery writing may begin with a puzzle, but the genre is ripe for exploring the darkness of human nature and the issues of the day, if an author is willing to investigate his characters’ motives, three Minnesota mystery writers said Thursday night at East Grand Forks Campbell Library.
By Paulette Tobin , November 19, 2009
GGFYP to host Hoeven in first of speaker series
Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals will host the first session of four in their professional development series with registration at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Alerus Center. Gov. John Hoeven will be the keynote speaker.By Herald Staff Report , November 19, 2009
White Drug Pharmacy, Altru part ways
White Drug Pharmacy is leaving its location at the Altru Clinic and Family Medicine Center at 1380 Columbia Road. The Altru location will close Dec. 28. White Drug also has a location at 2475 32nd Ave. S. in Grand Forks.By James R. Johnson , November 19, 2009
GF Master Chorale presents concert
Grand Forks Master Chorale presents its fall concert “Gloria Patri: Sacred Music by Mendelssohn, Creek, and Sisask” at 8 p.m. Friday at St. Michael’s Catholic Church.By Herald Staff Report , November 19, 2009
New group aims to help GF-area vets
The Grand Forks Area Veterans Network met Tuesday for the first time, said Shelle Michaels, Soldiers’ Angels national communication officer and one of the local organizers.By Kevin Bonham , November 19, 2009
State of the University set for Dec. 1
UND President Robert Kelley will give the annual State of the University address at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 1, as part of the University Council meeting in the Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.By Herald staff report , November 19, 2009
'A month of downhill,' a day of hope: GF's Project Homeless Connect
Tia Trainer, 3, clutched her stuffed puppy close Thursday and gazed wide-eyed at all the people milling about the Grand Cities Mall. Her mother, Kristi, stood with Tia and 1-year-old Robert, tucked in a stroller with coats and bags and diapers, as dad Kevin Trainer got a haircut courtesy of Project Homeless Connect, a one-day coordinated effort by 30 agencies to reach out to a growing homeless and near-homeless population.
By Chuck Haga , November 19, 2009
GF schools receive district accreditation
The Grand Forks School District and the city’s 18 public schools received a five-year accreditation Wednesday night, highlighting both district strengths and important next steps for improvement.By Ryan Johnson , November 18, 2009
Caregiver gets jail time for ripping off vulnerable adult
Julie Amundson, 34, had stolen from a developmentally disabled man under her care. Her attorney said she had mental health issues.By Archie Ingersoll , November 18, 2009
AREA NEWS: H1N1 clinics, Holiday travel etc.
The H1N1 immunization clinic at 1 p.m. Saturday at Red River High School has added individuals ages 19 through 64 with chronic health conditions to its priority groups.By James R. Johnson , November 18, 2009
'Crossings' offers chance to see life through the eyes of teenagers
You can learn a lot about life from high school students, Shirley. I think too often we rely only on the stories of older people, and we don’t draw out the feelings and thoughts of the young people.
By Marilyn Hagerty , November 18, 2009
Task force to scrutinize Alerus Center
A Grand Forks City Council task force reviewing whether the city has to change the way it runs the Alerus Center will swing into action next month. At stake are issues such as how much risk the city-owned events center should take on major concerts and if it should still be run quasi-independently by a commission.By Tu-Uyen Tran , November 18, 2009
Alerus Center earns big profit in October
Grand Forks’ Alerus Center earned a hefty profit in October that cut the year’s losses up to that point by more than half.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , November 18, 2009
First Night will get a new venue, new name in 2009
It looks as though Grand Forks’ annual family-friendly, substance-free New Year’s Eve party will undergo some big changes this year — from a new name to a new venue.By Paulette Tobin , November 18, 2009
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OUR VOICES Bad month for Alerus Center
At the Grand Forks' City Council finance committee meeting today, the City Beat's ears perked up when I heard this exchange between Council President Hal Gershman, a big events-center supporter, and committee Chairman Doug Christensen, a sometimes supporter and sometimes gadfly of the events center:
Posted by: Tu-Uyen on Nov 18, 2009 at 11:01 PM | The City BeatOUR VOICES Good month for Alerus Center
Grand Forks' Alerus Center had a great month in October making a profit of $271,013.10. If you subtract the built-in subsidy from the hospitality tax, that's still $239,763.10, which is still pretty good. It's been a tough year though so one great month isn't enough to wipe out the losses. The city
Posted by: Tu-Uyen on Nov 18, 2009 at 10:21 PM | The City BeatOUR VOICES Good news and bad news about quiet railroad crossings
Update 10:49 a.m. Nov. 20, 2009: Earl Haugen from the MPO e-mailed me today to point out that, well, those stationary railroad whistles, mentioned below, are pretty much meaningless. First, they would have to be paired with flashing lights and railroad gates, so that's $75,000 for the whistles and
Posted by: Tu-Uyen on Nov 18, 2009 at 9:42 PM | The City BeatOUR VOICES Governance issues at the Alerus Center
By now, you'll have read the City Beat's story on how a small group of people at Grand Forks' Alerus Center made a big decision in secret to take all the risk of major concerts on the city. I was nudged by a source to do a story on the series of strange decisions -- detailed in this blog post -- th
Posted by: Tu-Uyen on Nov 8, 2009 at 10:33 PM | The City BeatOUR VOICES Alerus Center compromise
Just a quick update on that $175,000 the city says VenuWorks owes the city: Company President Steve Peters was in town yesterday to explain why the company doesn't owe that much money. Basically, he's saying whatever the city attorney's office says about the contract is wrong. The contract never in
Posted by: Tu-Uyen on Nov 5, 2009 at 12:29 AM | The City BeatOUR VOICES Restructuring the Alerus Center commission
Grand Forks City Council Mike McNamara said today at the finance committee that he'd like to get rid of the commission structure at the Alerus Center and have the city run the building the way it runs any other department. Council member Terry Bjerke, who's a frequent ally of Mac, emphasized that i
Posted by: Tu-Uyen on Nov 4, 2009 at 10:36 PM | The City BeatOUR VOICES Questions about the Alerus Center
This afternoon, the Grand Forks City Council's finance committee will be talking about the contract between the Alerus Center and VenuWorks. The City Beat has an inkling that what this will set off is some serious soul searching about what the city is doing with that facility and how it's
Posted by: Tu-Uyen on Nov 4, 2009 at 1:33 AM | The City BeatOUR VOICES A series of strange decisions
Update 5:39 p.m. Nov. 2, 2009: I added the original documents used for this story to my story online. You can read the explanations of the contract and open meeting laws by the city attorney's office yourself. The City Beat told you I was working on this story about interesting goings on at Grand
Posted by: Tu-Uyen on Nov 2, 2009 at 1:56 AM | The City Beat
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