East Grand Forks business owners make plea to Gov. Walz to let them reopen There have been talks there of a mass reopening after one restaurant defied Governor Walz s shutdown order. Written By: Matt Henson | × EAST GRAND FORKS Bob Moore sort of retired on the first of the year when he sold River Cinema to his kids. The pandemic ended that retirement. I ve worked my whole life to bring it here. I m not going to give it up, he said. The effect is felt across the hall at Hollywood Heroes, which is allowed to remain open. Coming in to the pandemic, 90% of the business at the comic book store was foot traffic from the movie theater.