Grand Forks

Christmas bells ring in many forms – church bells, jingle bells, sleigh bells – all bringing forth heart-warming holiday memories.Salvation Army bells…

On this date in 1895, it was announced that Jacob Aaron had been taken into custody by Canadian authorities. Aaron was wanted in Grand Forks for arson,…

Horse thieves have long been a staple in western movies and are notorious in Western lore. Stealing a horse on the western frontier very possibly doomed…

The first automobile to enter the state of North Dakota made its grand appearance on this date in 1897. The German-built Benz-Velo, appeared in Grand…

The Grand Forks Police Department will be out in full-force next week as part of the nationwide "Click It or Ticket" campaign. Prairie Public's Matt…

Fred Kenworthy had a big idea, an ambitious idea, a brave idea – he would take a small wagon, pulled by dogs, all the way around the world, starting in…

The Rev. C. Y. Snell, once a minister of the Baptist church in Grand Forks, took to farming, acquiring land near Inkster in Grand Forks County. He and his…

The invention of the automobile changed the way people lived and traveled. It brought a system of highways into being, and became a part of the American…

It was on this date in 2000 that the North Dakota Museum of Art concluded an exhibition of pieces from artist/photographer Susan Fenton. Fenton was born…

Women’s suffrage is a story older than North Dakota’s statehood, dating back to territorial times. It was a political and progressive issue, viewed as…