GRAFTON
RYAN BAKKEN: Burger stand nets $1,600 bid for annual pre-opening day meal 
Friday’s price of the Wagon Master burger was not from days gone by. Tom Campbell was the lone customer Friday, 24 hours before today’s opening to the public. He paid $1,600 for Westside Drive-In’s version of the Big Mac.
By Ryan Bakken , May 10, 2013
Park River’s South Branch floods rural area west of Grafton
Park River’s South Branch meets the Middle and North branches a couple of miles before the river runs through Grafton, N.D. The river, which rose nearly a foot overnight Sunday, closed several rural roads and isolated homes in this portion of western Walsh County.
By Kevin Bonham , April 29, 2013
Former baseball commissioner Happy Chandler played once in Grafton
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It was Branch Rickey who signed Jackie Robinson to a professional baseball contract in 1946. It was then-baseball commissioner Albert “Happy” Chandler who gave approval to that contract being transferred to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, thus breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
By Greg DeVillers , April 27, 2013
Grafton area residents worry about quick melt, even with lower flood risk
Construction crews are working overtime to build an 18-foot levee along the Park River in Grafton, N.D., to prevent damage from what could be a record flood.
By Kevin Bonham , April 25, 2013
AREA PREP NOTEBOOK: Despite inexperience, Grafton ranked high
Six starters, as well as two of the top three pitchers, graduated from last spring’s state runner-up Grafton High School baseball team. And yet, when the preseason state coaches’ poll came out, the Spoilers were ranked second.
By Greg DeVillers , April 03, 2013
Area schools react after students complain about new rules combating childhood obesity
Standing in the lunch line at Hillsboro High School, Brandon Berg, 18, said Wednesday that the free second helpings the school started providing this week for the first time has been nice.
By Jennifer Johnson , March 29, 2013
Grafton offers housing solution for western North Dakota
Rising housing costs associated with the oil boom are putting the squeeze on the elderly and group home residents in western North Dakota, and officials here in the state’s northeast believe they have a solution.
By Kevin Bonham , March 17, 2013
Ardoch, ND, man cleared of drugging charge
A jury in Grafton, N.D., has acquitted Ricardo Sanchez of felony reckless endangerment in a case alleging he dosed a co-worker’s coffee with a sleep-inducing sedative.
By Stephen J. Lee , March 04, 2013
N.D. STATE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT: Best of friends, worst of enemies
With Blizzard Dolley rolling through the area Monday, Grafton-Park River forward Jade Miller was stranded in Grand Forks.
By Tom Miller , February 20, 2013
Walsh County auditor to retire
Walsh County will convert its county auditor job from an elected to an appointed position after current Auditor Sharon Kinsala retires at the end of March.
By Kevin Bonham , January 23, 2013
Grafton boys basketball: High expectations remain
Riley Lillemoen knew it wasn’t exactly a win-win situation for him when he took over as Grafton High School’s boys head basketball coach.
If the team wins, then he’s carried on the foundation laid by Mike Hanson, who resigned from the position last July. If the team struggles, then it’s on Lillemoen’s shoulders.
“It is what it is,’’ Lillemoen said. “I don’t feel any pressure."
By Greg DeVillers , January 14, 2013
BOYS HOCKEY: Red River takes 4-3 win over Grafton
Most of the second period was one to forget for the Grand Forks Red River boys hockey team on Tuesday night.The Riders responded to the flurry of penalties with a trio of goals at the end of the second period en route to a 4-3 victory over Grafton-Park River at Purpur Arena.
By Tom Miller , January 08, 2013
PREP FOOTBALL: Grafton line dominates in quarterfinal win
GRAFTON -- The dominant play of Grafton's offensive and defensive lines led the Spoilers to a 44-6 quarterfinal playoff win against Carrington on Saturday.
By Greg DeVillers, GF Herald , October 27, 2012
Camp Grafton hosts unique, nationally-known explosives course
A team of soldiers climbed quietly up the roof of a makeshift bungalow, secured an explosive charge, then moved to the other side of the pitch for cover. It’s real-world training for the urban warfare expected to dominate 21st century conflicts.
By Kevin Bonham , October 23, 2012
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