The flood control system established in East Grand Forks after the devastating 1997 Red River flood was put to the test this weekend when the Red River crested at 49.85 feet – and passed with flying colors. East Grand Forks, MN (PRWEB) April 22, 2011 “Some of the closures had two to three-and-a-half feet of water against them,” said Scott Gravseth, Distribution Superintendent at East Grand Forks Water and Light.

By Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Aug. 1--June jobs: Grand Forks' unemployment rate was 3.4 percent in June, up from 2.9 percent the month before and 3.2 percent in June 2007, according to figures released Thursday by Job Service North Dakota.

By Ryan Schuster, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Jul. 19--Starbucks stores in Grand Forks will not be among the more than 600 underperforming company-owned locations that will close between now and March 2009.

By Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Jul. 6--Minnesota group would let disabled organize politically A group that promises to help people with developmental disabilities organize politically is expanding to northwest Minnesota.

By Kevin Bonham, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Jun. 25--WARREN, Minn. -- Authorities broke ground Tuesday on a $10.5 million rural flood-control project. The Agassiz Valley Water Resource Management project is designed to hold water back from the Snake River during times of flooding.