🌱 How a new mill plan could change Grand Forks County taxes
Grand Forks, North Dakota Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Grand Forks! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a new mill plan could change Grand Forks County taxes
- Grand Forks man gets 30 years in cross-state kidnapping case
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, heavy t-storms, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 53.
- Friday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Grand Forks County commissioners mostly opposed to removing minimum mill guarantees for some services (grandforksherald.com) — Grand Forks County commissioners advanced a November ballot measure that could consolidate county mills and change how property tax limits are managed, but rejected a proposal to remove guaranteed funding levels for ambulance services and the Senior Citizen Center. Commissioners also voted to end a contract requiring a dedicated mill levy for the Grand Forks County Historical Society, though its current-year funding remains intact. 
• Man Kidnapped At Gunpoint, Taken To MN In Drug Debt Plot: DOJ (patch.com) — A Grand Forks man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his role in a 2024 kidnapping tied to a methamphetamine debt that began in Fargo and ended in Moorhead, Minnesota. Prosecutors say he helped abduct the victim at gunpoint and worked as enforcer for a trafficking ring operating across the Red River Valley and Devils Lake areas.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- On the bus riding there was a child that got on the public bus she was headed to discovery school which is not on route ten or any other route.
Any school should be able to be reached by public bus. I'm actually scared for that child and the bus driver looked worried to I was googling… (Nextdoor Demers - 4th) - We need to find a good carpet installer!
We will soon have approximately 860 sq ft of carpet to install! We will be using our existing under foam. And recommendations will be very… (Nextdoor South Belmont)
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🗞 Nearby News
Casselton
- Grand Farm to grow a half-acre of corn & donate it to Churches United (am1100theflag.com)
- Early voting begins in Cass County (jackfmfargo.com)
Fargo
- Backers of Fargo wards petition say they collected more than enough signatures for special election (inforum.com)
- Raising a glass to Chub's Pub and 60 years in business (inforum.com)
- Curaleaf Production Technician in Fargo, ND (masslive.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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