East Grand Forks News

State Rep. Marty Seifert concluded his four day, 14-city tour of the state Friday afternoon in New Ulm.

Breezetta Etienne already was the focus of a months-long felony drug investigation when she tried to kill her two children and herself last summer in East Grand Forks, according to new charges filed against her in Polk County District Court last week.

A woman accused of exposing her barefoot daughters to subzero temperatures in Grand Forks has pleaded guilty to two counts of abuse or neglect of a child.

Minnesota's disabled veterans are able to use public transportation throughout Minnesota at no charge beginning Wednesday.

A Democratic candidate for Minnesota governor said Wednesday that Gov. Tim Pawlentya s proposed unallotments will mean property tax increases for outstate Minnesota cities and counties.

Less than one percent of the high school athletes in Minnesota make it to the State Championships and less than half of those athletes move on to the State Finals.

A local long jumper made her mark at the state Class a Aa track and field meet at Hamlne University in St.

A Ford Explorer stuck in mud for more than a month under the Mallory Bridge just east of East Grand Forks was set on fire late this afternoon, fire and police officials said.

Youa re lying in bed, reflecting on the pleasant day you spent in the outdoors when you feel something crawling across the back of your neck.

The Red River flood of 2009 is officially history. "We made it through to a happy ending," said National Weather Service hydrologist Mike Lukes.

Cool, wet conditions set back potato production in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota, but better weather in the second half of May is helping growers, and long-term effects on the crop were not expected.

Polk County's Drug Task Force, in its first year of operation, was responsible for almost 50 arrests in 2008, and some task force members expect to see more action in future years, particularly a resurgence of methamphetamine.

A participant in the Behind the Mask welding competition at Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls welds metal together during the competition, which took place on Thursday, April 23.

In an emotional hearing that included tears and hugs, a judge sentenced a woman charged in connection with a fire that gutted a Grand Forks duplex to four years in prison and four years of supervised probation.

While investigating recent residential burglaries in Grand Forks, police have recovered about $5,000 in stolen property.

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With other golf courses in the Red River Valley threatened by flooding, King's Walk Golf Course here is expecting a good year.

Cass County Auditor Mike Montplaiser says the flood of 2009 will cost the county a "small fortune." Montplaiser says he's been working through some preliminary numbers for some of the expenses from the first round of flood fighting.

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