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Former UND student sentenced to prison in two drug deaths

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Another former University of North Dakota student was sentenced this week to years in federal prison in the Grand Forks-based synthetic drug conspiracy blamed in the...

news / region Fri, Dec 14, 2012 - 2:59am

First defendant in GF synthetic drug case sentenced to 4 years

By Stephen J. Lee, Forum Communications FARGO — U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson today sentenced the first of nine people who have pleaded guilty in a synthetic drug ring blamed...

news / region Tue, Nov 20, 2012 - 11:55pm

Drug ringleader pleads guilty; investigation not over yet

By Stephen J. Lee, Forum Communications FARGO — Andrew Spofford, in a deal with prosecutors, pleaded guilty here Monday to making and distributing the hallucinogens that killed two teenagers in...

news / region Tue, Oct 30, 2012 - 1:38am

Grand Forks wind company lays off more than 300

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- LM Wind Power, one of Grand Forks’ largest manufacturers, announced that it would lay off more than 300, citing weak demand and uncertain political support for...

news Thu, Sep 27, 2012 - 4:17am

Trooper involved in injury accident near Fisher

FISHER, Minn. -- A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was one of two people injured Tuesday night when his patrol car was rear-ended by another vehicle along U.S. Highway 2, about...

news Thu, Sep 27, 2012 - 4:13am

Man pleads guilty in synthetic drug ring in ND, MN

FARGO — An East Grand Forks, Minn., man has pleaded guilty in what authorities say was a deadly synthetic drug ring in northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Twenty-seven-year-old Scott...

news Fri, Sep 14, 2012 - 9:05am

ND man pleads guilty in synthetic drug overdose

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota teen has pleaded guilty to dealing synthetic drugs that led to the overdose death of a Grand Forks teen. Wesley Sweeney, of Manvel,...

news Fri, Aug 31, 2012 - 12:30pm

GF man sentenced in child porn case

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A Grand Forks man was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison on charges of possessing and receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon’s office announced...

news Thu, Aug 16, 2012 - 9:15am

Grand Forks ready to help flood-ravaged Duluth

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- City officials in Grand Forks say they are willing and ready to provide assistance to their counterparts in the flood-ravaged Minnesota city of Duluth. Mayor Mike...

news Thu, Jun 21, 2012 - 9:53am

Student killed in railyard appeared to be taking short cut, Bemidji roommate says

Dan Frost of Bemidji says friend was 'day-brightener kind of guy'

news / education Tue, Mar 27, 2012 - 9:20am

UND student identified as man dead in Grand Forks railyard

Police have identified the man found dead Saturday morning in the BNSF Railway yard in Grand Forks as 20-year-old UND student Blake Christopher Ayling. The preliminary investigation showed that Ayling...

news Mon, Mar 26, 2012 - 1:43pm

Former President Clinton to visit Grand Forks March 17

news Thu, Mar 01, 2012 - 9:08am

Skybridge marketing firm looks to expand with up to 200 jobs in Bemidji

Bemidji tops several regional communities, including Fargo and Grand Forks, for call center

news / local / business Thu, Jan 19, 2012 - 8:00am

ND cities set new record highs Monday

The recent streak of unseasonably warm weather helped Grand Forks and Fargo set new records Monday. The National Weather Service reported its Grand Forks office near the UND campus recorded...

news Tue, Dec 27, 2011 - 8:28am

A final request from Iraq vet who took own life outside Grand Forks emergency room

Leaves message for emergency workers before shooting himself

news Thu, Dec 01, 2011 - 8:29am

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