Heavy rain spikes organic chemicals in rand Forks drinking water

If you live and Grand Forks and are wondering why your water tastes or smells a little funny, don’t worry: It’s perfectly safe. Heavy rains have stirred up a pair of organic chemical compounds that affect taste and odor in water.

• Water

Traffic stop leads to drug arrest in Grand Forks

An East Grand Forks resident faces drug charges after a vehicle stop Wednesday afternoon on DeMers Avenue in Grand Forks.

N.D. has many with student loans, but low debt loads

Although the number of people who have student debt in North Dakota is among the highest in the nation, the average amount borrowed is among the lowest, according to a recent report.

Weather, prices hurt industry, but American Crystal union members return to work

Heavy rains in the northern Red River Valley will further slow sugar beet planting and could allow American Crystal Sugar Co. growers to plant only 430,000 to 440,000 of the 458,000 acres originally planned, officials of the Moorhead, Minn.-based farmer-owned cooperative said.

• American Crystal Sugar Co.

7-year-old boy struck by car in Williston

A 7-year-old boy was struck by a car Wednesday just as school concluded for the day. Police, EMTs and witnesses surrounded the victim, who was placed on a body board before being loaded onto a stretcher in the ambulance.

• Students watch from the playground
• Williston police and paramedics work on a 7-year-old boy

N.D. state employees to see raise in 2013-15, but some unhappy

Mike Stebbins will see a raise in his salary during the next biennium thanks to the state Legislature. But, he said Wednesday, it could be a larger increase.

Body of 2nd child found in deadly St. Paul landslide

Authorities on Thursday recovered the body of a second child killed when a rockslide hit a group of fourth-graders in a St. Paul park a day earlier, and announced that the popular fossil-hunting area would be closed indefinitely.

• Rescue personnel work near the scene of a rockslide
• An emergency worker attends to a person on a stretcher
• 1 child dead, 1 missing in St. Paul landslide

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

Ex-Bison player denies he faked community service

A former football player at North Dakota State University denied Wednesday that he at one point faked the community service he was ordered to serve for pleading guilty to faking signatures on an election petition.

• Clockwise from top left: Darren (D.J.) McNorton, Aireal Boyd, Don Carter and Joshua Gatlin

AT THE MOVIES: New and returning movies for Grand Forks and East Grand Forks theaters

New and returning movies for Grand Forks and East Grand Forks theaters

• "Tyler Perry's Peeples"
• Tom Cruise
• J.J. Abrams on the set of "Star Trek: Into the Darkness."

GIRLS TENNIS: West Fargo earns first trip to state final, against Red River

Broken finger and all, Sammie Smith and West Fargo are playing for the state championship. It marks the first-ever trip to the state team championship for West Fargo, which will take on 11-time defending state champ Grand Forks Red River at 10:30 a.m. today.

• Red River's Maddie Anderson returns a volley

AUTO RACING: Pederson looking for second win of the season at RCS

Joey Pederson raced his new late model at River Cities Speedway last week. Before the night, he wondered if his new car was as fast and as good as the one he drove to a track championship in 2012. It’s early, but the answer so far is yes.

• River Cities Speedway logo

MARILYN HAGERTY: Life’s a beach for grads

This is the last day of school in Grand Forks. School year 2012-13 is history. The question is: What do people do with all that stuff the students bring home?

• Marilyn Hagerty

OUR OPINION: Charities sow early seeds of recovery

“American Red Cross volunteers had an emergency shelter open by 7 p.m. at the public school in Drayton, N.D.,” Wednesday’s Herald reported. Why are we not surprised to learn that before many people in the region even knew that Cavalier, N.D., had been evacuated, the Red Cross already had a shelter up and running?

• Our Opinion

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