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Grand Forks city asks residents to voluntarily limit outdoor water usage Beginning on Friday, July 16, residents will be asked to limit their outdoor water usage, specifically watering of lawns, as part of phase one of the city’s Drought Management and Demand Reduction Plan. Residents are asked to limit watering their lawns to between 4 a.m. to 11 a.m., two days a week. 5:06 pm, Jul. 15, 2021 × The sun rises behind a water tower in Grand Forks. (Grand Forks Herald photo) The city of Grand Forks will soon ask residents to begin voluntarily limiting outdoor water usage...

(Grand Forks, ND)  --  Grand Forks County has taken all of its emails offline after a foreign country tried to hack them.  The county IT Department has notified all departments that their email server was hacked yesterday.  Grand Forks Public Information Officer John Bernstrom says the hack didn't affect the city server. Latest from WZFG

Contingent from city to head to Bismarck March 4-5. Written By: Sam Easter | × North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck. Special to The Forum Every two years, Grand Forks packs its bags and sends top leaders — from City Hall, UND and around the business community — to Bismarck. “Grand Forks Day,” as it’s called, is a biennial lobbying and hand-shaking extravaganza for Grand Forks leaders, who will spend about 24 hours across March 4-5 meeting with legislators, state administrators, Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford. It’s a trip that traditionally carries enormous impo...

Priority groups in Phase 1A have been vaccinated. Written By: Kim Wynn | × Dr. Matthew Viscito, Chief Medical Officer at Unity Medical Center in Grafton, rolls up his sleeve as LPN Kari Novak gives him one of the first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 22, at Unity Medical Center in Grafton. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald The Grand Forks Public Health Department and Altru Health System have completed vaccination of priority groups defined in Phase 1A per the North Dakota COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization Plan. Phase 1A included all health care workers in direct pa...

Highway 2 blocked by train following breakdown BNSF crews are working to resolve the issue, and a city spokesperson said he believes the train will be moving again sometime this afternoon. 3:43 pm, Dec. 14, 2020 × The North Dakota Mill in Grand Forks. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald A BNSF train has broken down near the North Dakota State Mill, blocking access to Highway 2, and drivers should plan to find an alternate route this afternoon. City spokesperson John Bernstrom said he was notified of the breakdown at about 3 p.m., and BNSF crews are working to reso...