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Flight for Change: UND working with FAA to get pilots mental health help following sophomore pilot's suicide

In a series of notes 19-year-old John Hauser left for his parents he wrote, "life without flying was not worth living."

Fufeng Group USA Chief Operating Officer Eric Chutorash meets with the Local Government Advisory Committee, which includes select members from all four of Grand Forks’ property-taxing groups Wednesday, in this photo from Jan. 12, 2022.Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald

Columns

Port: China's political aggression and human rights track record has to matter more than corn prices

The communists in China have made it clear they will use their country's economic clout to promote their interests. They have that clout in no small part because we give it to them.

January 26, 2022 06:00 AM

Northland Outdoors

Snow, bitter cold result in fewer birds during North Dakota midwinter waterfowl survey

The midwinter survey tallied 81,000 Canada geese and 7,000 mallards in North Dakota, compared with the 10-year average since 2012 of 123,100 Canada geese and 24,700 mallards.

January 24, 2022 01:57 PM

Columns

Port: Spouse of Grand Forks School Board member pleads guilty to meth charge

Last week Roberta Florence Hassett pleaded guilty to a charge of delivery of methamphetamine, a level B felony. She has been sentenced to six years in the corrections and rehabilitation system. She will serve 18 months before being eligible for parole.

January 24, 2022 12:14 PM

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Northland Outdoors

Slush hampering access on some western Minnesota lakes, DNR officers say

Numerous complaints were fielded about people with “RV”-style wheelhouses (on Upper Red Lake) who dump their sewage on the ice as they leave the lake.

January 24, 2022 11:09 AM

By Minnesota DNR

Letters

Letter: Re-program lights at corners on 32nd in south Grand Forks

I was just reading the article in the Sunday edition about all the dangerous intersections in Grand Forks.

January 22, 2022 10:00 AM

By Paul Kotaska, Grand Forks

Northland Outdoors

New field biology scholarship honors UND Professor Emeritus Robert Seabloom and wife Nikki

The Robert and Nikki Seabloom Field Biology Scholarship will provide a $1,000 scholarship to a qualifying UND biology student beginning with the fall semester of 2022.

January 22, 2022 07:30 AM

By Brad Dokken

Northland Outdoors

Outdoors Notebook: Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever names Felege to board of directors

The process required an interview with several board members, as well as CEO/President Howard Vincent, Susan Felege said, and she then received a unanimous vote to join the board.

January 22, 2022 07:05 AM

By Herald Staff Reports

Northland Outdoors

Twin Cities RV and camping show canceled, Vintage snowmobile show coming up on Outdoors Calendar

To get an event in the Outdoors Calendar, contact Brad Dokken at (701) 780-1148, (800) 477-6572 ext. 1148 or by email at bdokken@gfherald.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesdays.

January 22, 2022 06:45 AM

By Brad Dokken

Columns

Ahlin: Keying up the Legislature

"Because of the inflammatory rhetoric, UND was blindsided and put on the defensive," writes InForum columnist Jane Ahlin. "Grand Forks mayor Brandon Bochenski had a highly-publicized knee-jerk reaction, which he later retracted. Most importantly, Grand Forks Republican state legislators rushed into the fray, all but promising to rewrite laws to mollify the Catholic Conference."

January 21, 2022 01:20 PM

By Jane Ahlin

Northland Outdoors

Update: Pressure ridges force temporary closure of ice road across Lake of the Woods to Northwest Angle

In a text message Friday morning, Brett Alsleben of Points North Services said they are trying to get the road back open by the end of the weekend.

January 21, 2022 09:35 AM

By Brad Dokken

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Northland Outdoors

Dokken: Ice fishing from a limousine? Why not, eh? Limo fish house attracts attention on Rainy River

Vaughn Murray’s limo fish house, which is parked within casting distance of his dock on the Ontario side of the Rainy River, has four holes and electric heat.

January 21, 2022 07:05 AM

By Brad Dokken

Northland Outdoors

Other ice fishing events on tap across northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota

Listings here are based on permit info from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The Minnesota listings may be incomplete because of a backlog in processing tournament applications.

January 21, 2022 06:58 AM

By Brad Dokken