Fordville, ND

Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Joyce Marie (Greenwood) Hafner passed away peacefully on May 29, 2022, age 82 at Catholic Health Initiatives Mercy Hospital in Valley City, ND. Visitation will be held at St. Catherine Catholic Church, Valley City on Friday, July 1, 2022, from 5:00-7:00 PM. A prayer service will follow, beginning with the Rosary being prayed. The funeral Mass will be on Saturday, July 2 at 11:00 AM. Both services will be live streamed, then archived, and available to view along with her obituary at www.lerudmathias.com.

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Attorney General’s office is looking into a land transaction between a prominent Grafton, North Dakota, potato farming family and a trust associated with billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. In a letter dated June 21, 2022, and addressed to the Red River Trust,...

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE (KVRR) — Five Global Hawks at Grand Forks Air Force Base are divested and delivered to Grand Sky. The 319th Reconnaissance Wing moved the hawks across the flight line to its civilian partners. They will be outfitted with different sensor technology. Sen. John Hoeven...

An entity with ties to billionaire Bill Gates bought 2,100 acres of potato farmland in northern North Dakota — prompting the state’s top prosecutor to intervene after complaints from local residents. Public records cited by AgWeek show that the Gates-linked Red River Trust bought the farmland from the owners of Campbell Farms, a potato farming group that is headquartered in Grafton, North Dakota, which is about 50 miles from the Canadian border. North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring told KFYR that public reaction to the purchase has been largely negative. “I’ve gotten a big earful on this from clear across the state, it’s...