GRIGGS COUNTY
Griggs County Courthouse plans spark backlash
A group of Griggs County residents will begin circulating petitions this week for the recall of all five Griggs County Commissioners.
By Kevin Bonham , May 12, 2013
Griggs County to get new courthouse after all 
The Griggs County Commission has decided to build a new courthouse, despite voters rejecting the idea three times in a span of 14 months.
By Associated Press , May 01, 2013
N.D. baseball, softball landmark to quit hosting tournaments
Red Willow has hosted ball players of all ages since about 1950 on two diamonds. The resort area in Griggs County was also a staple for youth for generations. This year’s annual Labor Day tournament will be the last one played.
By Ben Rodgers , September 02, 2012
Griggs County may vote again on courthouse funding
The Griggs County Commission likely will decide today whether to put an estimated $1.5 million bond issue on the November ballot to build a new courthouse, replacing the historic, but hazardous building now in use.
By Kevin Bonham , August 01, 2012
REGION ELECTION ROUNDUP: Griggs County courthouse measure fails
In Griggs County, N.D., voters soundly rejected a $3.1 million bond issue Tuesday to renovate and expand the state’s oldest courthouse still used a courthouse.
By Herald Staff Report , June 14, 2012
Few choices await voters on local ballots
Voters in Griggs County will vote Tuesday on a $3.1 million bond issue to renovate and expand the historic county courthouse, the oldest such structure in North Dakota still used for county government.
By Kevin Bonham , June 10, 2012
Work begins on Minnkota line
250-mile project expected to be completed by end of 2013Construction is beginning this week on Minnkota Power Cooperative’s $312 million, 250-mile Center-to-Grand Forks transmission line. Construction work began Tuesday near Binford, N.D., in Griggs County, with crews working both east and west.
By Kevin Bonham , May 15, 2012
Opening arguments begin in murder trial of Cooperstown, N.D., native
During opening arguments in the murder trial of Wacht, 31, of Cooperstown, N.D., Spahr told jurors that Johnson, 54, was celebrating New Year’s Eve when Wacht snuffed out his life “as suddenly and quickly as the cork popping off a champagne bottle.”
By Mike Nowatzki , April 17, 2012
Decapitated researcher trial begins today
The first murder trial here in more than 80 years will feature a defendant with a machine-gun tattoo on his head and reported ties to a white supremacist gang, a victim whose severed head was found in the alleged killer’s basement and the oldest working courthouse in North Dakota.
By Mike Nowatzki , April 16, 2012
Nelson County authorities investigating streak of vehicle vandalism
The Nelson County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help in solving a series of vehicle windows being shot out between the late hours of March 25 and the early morning of March 26.
By Herald Staff Report , March 30, 2012
Griggs County voters to decide on courthouse bond in June
Griggs County voters will decide in June the fate of a $3.1 million bond issue to renovate and add onto the historic county courthouse in Cooperstown, N.D.
By Kevin Bonham , March 26, 2012
Binford, N.D., family accused in several burglaries and thefts
Griggs County authorities say Hector and Alina Concepcion and their son Mason were arrested earlier this month after officers searched their home and found items such as guns, batteries, tires and all-terrain vehicle attachments that were tied to burglaries.
By Associated Press , March 16, 2012
N.D. seatbelt enforcement effort yields 64 citations
A nine-day stretch of increased seatbelt enforcement yielded 64 seatbelt-specific violations the North Dakota Highway Patrol’s Southeast Region, the agency said Thursday.
By Herald Staff Report , February 02, 2012
A quiet N.D. deer opener
Longtime game warden Gary Rankin marks 35th deer seasonWith a work area that covers about 3,000 square miles and includes Grand Forks County and parts of Traill, Steele, Griggs, Walsh and Nelson counties, N.D. Game and Fish Department game warden Gary Rankin will log a lot of cab time in his unmarked pickup by the time deer season ends Nov. 20. Friday marked his 35th deer opener.
By Brad Dokken , November 04, 2011
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