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N.D. baseball, softball landmark to quit hosting tournaments

September 1, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Red Willow has hosted ball players of all ages since about 1950 on two diamonds. The resort area in Griggs County was also a staple for youth for generations. This year’s annual Labor Day tournament will be the last one played.
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Griggs County may vote again on courthouse funding

August 1, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The Griggs County Commission likely will decide today whether to put an estimated $1.5 million bond issue on the November ballot to build a new courthouse, replacing the historic, but hazardous building now in use. Continue Reading

REGION ELECTION ROUNDUP: Griggs County courthouse measure fails

June 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

In Griggs County, N.D., voters soundly rejected a $3.1 million bond issue Tuesday to renovate and expand the state’s oldest courthouse still used a courthouse. Continue Reading

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Voters Decline Griggs County Courthouse Renovation

June 13, 2012 in WDAZ

COOPERSTOWN, ND (WDAZ-TV) – An attempt to pass a referendum to renovate the Griggs County Court house has failed. Continue Reading

Few choices await voters on local ballots

June 10, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Voters in Griggs County will vote Tuesday on a $3.1 million bond issue to renovate and expand the historic county courthouse, the oldest such structure in North Dakota still used for county government. Continue Reading

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Voters to Decide on $3.1M Renovation to Historic Griggs County Courthouse

June 8, 2012 in WDAZ

COOPERSTOWN, ND (WDAZ-TV) – Next Tuesday Griggs County voters will decide whether to spend $3.1 million to renovate their courthouse.
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Work begins on Minnkota line

May 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

250-mile project expected to be completed by end of 2013Construction is beginning this week on Minnkota Power Cooperative’s $312 million, 250-mile Center-to-Grand Forks transmission line. Construction work began Tuesday near Binford, N.D., in Griggs County, with crews working both east and west. Continue Reading

Decapitated researcher trial begins today

April 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The first murder trial here in more than 80 years will feature a defendant with a machine-gun tattoo on his head and reported ties to a white supremacist gang, a victim whose severed head was found in the alleged killer’s basement and the oldest working courthouse in North Dakota. Continue Reading

Griggs County voters to decide on courthouse bond in June

March 26, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Griggs County voters will decide in June the fate of a $3.1 million bond issue to renovate and add onto the historic county courthouse in Cooperstown, N.D. Continue Reading

A quiet N.D. deer opener

November 4, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Longtime game warden Gary Rankin marks 35th deer seasonWith a work area that covers about 3,000 square miles and includes Grand Forks County and parts of Traill, Steele, Griggs, Walsh and Nelson counties, N.D. Game and Fish Department game warden Gary Rankin will log a lot of cab time in his unmarked pickup by the time deer season ends Nov. 20. Friday marked his 35th deer opener. Continue Reading