Jim Johnson

(KNOX) – John Stempinski of Valley Middle School is the Grand Forks County Teacher of the Year… as celebrated by the State Department of Public Instruction. Wendy Dafforn of Hatton Eielson School is the Traill County Teacher of the Year. Walsh County is represented by Trisha Cole at Park River…and Jill Wall from Lakota Elementary School is Nelson County Teacher of the Year.

Republic Services Inc. and Ravago Group are joint venture partners in Blue Polymers. It broke ground on its first facility in Indiana in November.

(KNOX) – Grand Forks and Fargo Fire Departments encourage residents to Light The Night For Fallen Firefighters this weekend by displaying red lights at their homes and businesses.

The company continues to be owned by private equity as the former majority owner retains a minority stake.

(KNOX) – Scott Berry… who coached Mayville State University Comets Baseball for 42 years…will deliver the Commencement address at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11 in the Lewy Lee Fieldhouse. The LaMoure, North Dakota native closed his coaching career with 1,196 victories and was the second-winningest active coach in the NAIA when he retired in 2023.

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(KNOX) – “Kidfluencers” are the target of legal protection from the Minnesota House.

(KNOX) – Karl Schmidt has been appointed as District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Seventh Judicial District by Governor Tim Walz.

(KNOX) – Former University of North Dakota wide receiver and return specialist Weston Dressler will join the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame. Dressler played at UND from 2004 to his senior season in 2007.. when he became the first North Central Conference player to earn first team honors as a receiver, return specialist and utility player. He graduated as UND’s all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdown catches with 38. Dressler played in 161 games for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers in his 11-year CFL career.

(KNOX) – A search warrant executed in Florence South Dakota turned up illegal guns and homemade bombs. Codington County Sheriff’s deputies found homemade explosive devices and evidence of a possible explosive manufacturing operation. They called in the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation.