Windmill blade maker LM Glasfiber announced today it will lay off more than 150 employees and halt production at one of its two Little Rock plants. The company says it is adjusting its workforce because the global credit crunch has made it harder for customers to place orders. LM Glasfiber also has a plant in Grand Forks. In December, Grand Forks plant manager Bill Burga said the company told him to prepare for a slowdown and possible layoffs.
A 21-year-old man accused of robbing a Fargo credit union last month sent a text message to his girlfriend confessing to the crime as police were interviewing her, court documents state.
The new Democratic-controlled Congress opened for business at the stroke of noon Eastern Time today, eager to join President-elect Barack Obama in tackling the worst economic crisis in generations.
“We’re alleging that it’s discrimination. It’s racial: He was singled out because he was black,” said attorney Tom Omdahl, referring to his client, Jason Hickman.
Making North Dakota airspace friendlier to unmanned aircraft will be at the top of the agenda for a new Grand Forks group headed by Mayor Mike Brown and County Commissioner John Schmisek.
Gov. John Hoeven's plan to earmark $300 million for school property tax cuts enjoys broad support in the Legislature, while his initiative to cut North Dakota's income tax is less popular, an Associated Press survey of lawmakers shows.
A 26-year-old Raymond, Minn., woman made her first court appearance Monday on a felony criminal damage to property charge for allegedly using her Cadillac to ram her boyfriend’s car 20 times, pushing it into a garage door and another vehicle.
Nearly 740,000 Americans have ordered passport cards, a new document being offered by the State Department to speed border crossings by U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Weak low pressure tracking south and east of the Grand Forks region today is expected to provide little or no snow accumulation, but there's a better chance of measurable snow late Thursday into Friday, although not from a huge weather system, the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks says.
Two-month recount ended Monday, but lawsuit looms. A state election board on Monday certified results of the two-month recount that gave Democrat Franken a 225-vote advantage over Coleman. "It ain't over," official says.
Pawlenty: 'It's not wise' To raise taxes or not to raise taxes — that is becoming the primary question for the 2009 Minnesota Legislature when it begins its 86th two-year session today. The state’s $4.85 billion deficit, which is expected to grow, is forcing the tax debate.
Game and Fish Department agrees to meet with Mountain, N.D., rehabilitator denied a permit Nothing’s official, but the North Dakota Game and Fish Department is reconsidering its position to phase out wildlife rehabilitators in the state.
Carl Pohlad, a billionaire banker whose Minnesota Twins won two World Series titles during nearly his nearly quarter-century as owner, died Monday. He was 93.
Rick Bye, operations manager, said the outage was an underground cable failure that has been isolated, and he hopes to have it fixed permanently sometime today. But it caused some tough work for his employees in the some of the coldest weather that happens around here. “People are really understanding,” Bye said. “We were out there at 25, 30 below and trying to fix it. But by the same token, their houses were getting cold.”
The trial of a Grand Forks man charged with attempted murder has been postponed until March 3.
Jury selection had been scheduled to start today in the case of Johnny Bob Mendez, but a judge delayed the trial after prosecutor Carmell Mattison requested a continuance because of the death of her father.
A Grand Forks woman charged with making and possessing meth the night of a November 15 fire that destroyed a duplex near downtown pleaded not guilty to the charges this morning in district court.
HOUSTON - The five-month slide in gasoline prices has come to an abrupt halt, with gasoline rising by several cents in recent days amid indicators that the national average could jump to $2 a gallon or higher this spring.
Nathan Bowie, spokesman for the department, said the death count last year was 424, down 16 percent from 2007 and the lowest since 1944 when 356 were killed.
The White Earth Nation acquired the former Episcopal Community Services Gilfillan Center in Bemidji last summer as the site for Oshki Manidoo. The tribe bought the 40-acre campus that includes five lodges, basketball courts, a sweat lodge and a lighted ski trail for $5.6 million, in part with money from the state Legislature with matching funds from the Mdewakanton Sioux and additional donations.
Snow pileup on corners makes it hard to see “Some of the snowbanks are awfully high, and I know that drivers are not really good at stopping before the crosswalk,” said Carma Hanson, Safe Kids Grand Forks coordinator at Altru Health System. “I just really want to heighten peoples’ awareness.”
'It looks like we’re going to proceed with demolition in mind' Tearing down the historic building in downtown Crookston will be discussed Tuesday at the Polk County Commission meeting.
A jury convicted Samantha Kematch, 27, and her common-law husband Karl Wesley McKay last month. Jurors heard that Kematch and McKay subjected Phoenix to months of horrifying abuse and cruelty, including regular beatings, choking her to the point of unconsciousness and shooting at her with a BB gun.
WASHINGTON — Consumers who apply for federal coupons to pay for converter boxes ahead of next month’s transition to digital television broadcasts are being placed on a waiting list and may not receive their vouchers before the switchover, the Commerce De-partment said Monday.
That’s 48 seasons, zero pro football championships The latest Vikings failure came Sunday, by a 26-14 score to the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the playoffs. On a fan heartbreak scale of 1 to 10, this was a 2.3. Oh well, Sundays are now free to blow snow.
Brad Childress did not address the media a day after Minnesota’s opening-round playoff loss to Philadelphia — he will give his wrap-up news conference Thursday — but Childress’ boss granted a brief interview and made it clear he’s happy with the direction of the franchise.
Carl Eller is alleging officers violated his civil rights, used excessive force and concealed videotape evidence when they subdued him during an arrest last April.
Young isn’t an excuse for mistakes any more in the boys basketball program.
The North Star High School boys basketball team has only two seniors on its roster. Only Rolette-Wolford of the remaining seven teams in District 8 has fewer seniors than the Bearcats.
Yet North Star is the lone unbeaten team remaining in the district with a 4-0 record.
The Associated Press warns about a “potential donnybrook” in the North Dakota Legislature. The cause is a move to allow cities to set their own rates for traffic fines.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was “bad and getting worse” and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach $300 billion. He predicted lawmakers would approve a mammoth revitalization package within two weeks of his taking office.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s gold-plated resume had never been tarnished as he moved up the political ladder from congressman and diplomat to governor. But a day after backing out of consideration for U.S. commerce secretary, Richardson faced a murky political future as a grand jury probed a possible pay-to-play deal involving one of his big political donors.
Police say a man found dead after a three-vehicle crash in Fargo apparently died of health problems and not the crash. Police identified the man as 63-year-old Paul Sande, of Moorhead.
An attorney for former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt wants a judge to throw out a felony conviction against him. Jurors convicted Blunt last month of misspending Workforce Safety and Insurance funds. The charge carries a possible 10-year prison term.
The new Congress plans to move aggressively against the tobacco industry in coming months by regulating cigarettes, raising per-pack sales taxes and ratifying an international anti-tobacco treaty, according to aides for key lawmakers and experts who expect the Obama administration to break a logjam on smoking issues.
FARGO — Julie Lovaas rented for years before buying a fixer-upper house on Fargo’s south side four years ago.
The 48-year-old Kmart cashier said making the $900 monthly mortgage payment wouldn’t be possible without the paycheck brought home by her husband, a welder and pipe fitter.
The North Dakota Public Service Commission will conduct a Zap the Gap wireless communication service hearing Jan. 19 in Hatton, N.D.
The hearing, which was postponed in December because of poor driving conditions, begins at 6 p.m. in the Hatton Community Center, 500 Railroad Ave. E.
Grand Forks had a “heat wave” 25 years ago Monday. The 42-degree reading on Jan. 5, 1984, broke the record of 39 degrees set in 1908. The Herald said more nice weather was in store for the Red River Valley.
Caroline Kennedy’s missteps and halting speech patterns have been replayed endlessly since she announced her bid to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate. None of it may matter.
That’s because she’s playing to just one voter — the Democratic governor with the power of appointment — who has plenty of reasons to pick President John F. Kennedy’s daughter.
Chrysler LLC’s December U.S. sales plunged by more than half and it sold 30 percent fewer vehicles in 2008 as consumers remained uncertain about the economy and their jobs, dwarfing the steep declines at the other major automakers. Toyota Motor Corp. reported a 37 percent slide and Honda Motor Co. said its sales tumbled 35 percent. Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. sales fell 32 percent in December. General Motors Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. both posted 31 percent declines.
The North Dakota Capitol in Bismarck is full of obscure public places and services that many visitors might not know about. A nursing mothers’ station. Special libraries and hidden lounges. Out-of-the way elevators.
Casey Larson is a big-time scorer, averaging 27 points a game. But it’s the defensive challenge Tuesday that he’s eagerly anticipating. That’s when Warren-Alvarado-Oslo plays a boys basketball game at Badger-Greenbush-Middle River. And the game within the game will be the matchup of Larson and B-G-MR’s Zach Creviston — two of the most prolific scorers in Minnesota Section 8A boys high school basketball this season.
NEW YORK — Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.
The search for Gina Anderson looks to go underwater later this month, her sister, Jackie Pagel, said Sunday. The Thief River Falls woman has been missing since she was seen by neighboring workers as she drove away from her house Oct. 23 in her bright yellow Pontiac Sunfire.
A fire Saturday night did an estimated $75,000 of damage to a rural Thompson, N.D., residence Saturday night, destroying the garage and its contents and causing heat damage to the house, a fence and gazebo, Sgt. Jon Simundson of the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Department said today.
No one was injured.
A fight breaks out, and both parties suffer injuries. Family members bring them to a nearby hospital, and those on opposite sides of the conflict find themselves sitting together in the same waiting area.
On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family. Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker suffered a fatal heart attack while working in his yard in Danbury.
Grand Forks-area Realtors had their third best year of home sales in 2008, a sign that the local economy remained an island of stability in a chaotic national economy.
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