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The City of East Grand Forks is Declaring a Snow Emergency starting at midnight on December 14th

The City of East Grand Forks is declaring a snow emergency which will take effect at midnight on Wednesday, December 14th. T

By Press releases submission | Dec 13, 2022

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Open House on November 16th starting at 5pm

On Wednesday, November 16th from 5pm to 7pm here will be an open house in the East Grand Forks City Hall about the bicycle and pedestrian plan.

By Press releases submission | Nov 7, 2022

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Eastbound Highway 10 partially restricted to one lane in Moorhead for repair

By April Bamburg | Dec 11, 2020

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT) reopened the right lane of eastbound Highway 10 in Moorhead, but there is no timeline to reopen the left lane for traffic, its website reported.

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MDOT releases report in an effort to better serve businesses, manufacturers

By James Ledbetter | Oct 30, 2020

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MDOT) has delivered a report in an effort to help guide its future transportation efforts while focusing on better serving manufacturers and other freight businesses in the state.

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Northwest Minnesota voters disagree with fracking ban, reject Biden’s support of wind and solar energy

By Staff reports | Oct 12, 2020

An overwhelming majority of voters polled by NW Minnesota News are against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s proposals to emphasize wind and solar energy over fracking and the Democratic Party’s move to eliminate the fracking industry.

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Approximately 300,000 veterans call Minnesota home, report shows

By John Suayan | Sep 8, 2020

A New York City financial news and commentary website discovered that 6.8% of the population of Minnesota has served in the military.

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Equality between Black and white students low in Minnesota, study shows

By Kimberly James | Aug 19, 2020

Minnesota ranked second-lowest in a recent WalletHub study that evaluated equality between Black and white students in educational progress throughout the 50 states.

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Walz recognizes 23 cities, townships and counties in Minnesota as 'telecommuter-friendly communities'

By James Ledbetter | 4 years ago

Gov. Tim Walz made a recent announcement, toasting 23 cities, townships and counties in Minnesota as "telecommuter-friendly communities."

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Great Northern Transmission Line moves Minnesota Power closer to renewable energy goal

By Kimberly James | Jun 25, 2020

Minnesota Power's Great Northern Transmission Line is now functioning, providing renewable energy to two states and a Canadian province.

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Minnesota to energy companies: 'All hands on deck' for construction projects

By David Beasley | Jun 17, 2020

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has asked energy power companies to consider speeding up planned projects as a way to help the state pull out of the COVID-19 economic slump, MinnPost reported.

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Curfew for Polk County after Floyd protests run violent

By John Suayan | Jun 12, 2020

Following two nights of protests earlier this month that turned violent and yielded dozens of arrests, Polk County instituted a curfew.

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Minnesota ranks 41st in WalletHub's COVID-19 tourism survey

By Elle Johnson | May 22, 2020

A new study by WalletHub has ranked Minnesota's tourism industry as suffering the 41st highest in the nation from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Thousands of Minnesota employees claim they were illegally forced to pay union dues

By Kasey Schefflin-Emrich | 4 years ago

Roughly 8,000 public sector employees in Minnesota are being represented in a class action suit against two labor unions for forcing them to pay union fees as a condition for unemployment.

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Minnesota business owner wins fight for review of Army Corps of Engineers wetlands rulings

By April Bamburg | May 19, 2020

A family-owned business in Minnesota that run afoul of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for harvesting peat moss from nearby bogs for use in landscaping went on to win a victory in the Supreme Court.