(KNOX) – Grand Forks is seeing the bang for its buck from the Alerus Center.
The annual Joint City Council and Events Center Commission meeting heard that to date in 2024, Alerus Center events have generated close to $17 million in economic impact. The Center is ahead of projected budgets and income.
2024 will mark the first time the Alerus Center has hosted five concerts with more than 10,000 fans in attendance. Zach Bryan is slated for August 25 and 26, a Sunday/Monday weekend.
There are seven home football dates for the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks… among more than 150 events to finish the year.
The Alerus Center is 30% booked for 2025… when renovations are planned for the conference center and ballrooms.
Grand Forks Woman Charged With Distributing Drugs In a Correctional Center
(File image) (KNOX) - A Grand Forks woman allegedly distributed fentanyl to other inmates at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center. Court records said that Megan Thorsen, 31, is facing Class A felony delivery of a controlled substance inside a c...
Aug 29, 2025
Grand Forks Police Investigate Accident on South Columbia Road
(File image) (KNOX) - Late last week Grand Forks police were dispatched to the intersection of South Columbia Road and 24th Avenue South for a two vehicle accident with injuries. Multiple 911 calls were received indicating that the accident involved ...
Sep 01, 2025
Grand Forks Woman Charged With East Grand Forks Woman's Death
(File image) (KNOX) - According to court records a Grand Forks woman is accused of third-degree murder for 20-year-old's overdose death. Rachel Boswell, 44, was charged after East Grand Forks police responded to a reported fentanyl overdose. On the m...
Sep 04, 2025
Department of Environmental Quality Urges Caution During Smoky Conditions
(North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality image) (KNOX) - The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality is actively monitoring Canadian wildfires, which are expected to affect air quality across the state in the coming days. Sensitive ...
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