By Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Aug. 6--By Tom Johnson Why do we eat? This seems like a simple question. But when I asked several people, I received a variety of answers: "To nourish my body" or "because I'm hungry" and some far-out answers loosely related to the cosmos and our place in the universe.

By Ryan Schuster, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Aug. 5--The iconic Gold's Gym chain of fitness centers could soon open a Grand Forks location.

By Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Aug. 3--For the first time since the early 1900s, a pair of sandhill cranes has been documented as successfully breeding in northeastern North Dakota.

By Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Aug. 2--There is nothing useless, junky, abandoned or trifling about the scrap metal business these days, despite how the dictionary defines scrap.

By Ryan Schuster, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Aug. 2--Excel Dairy near Thief River Falls must curb the hazardous fumes that have forced some residents to temporarily leave their homes, a district court judge ordered Wednesday.