East Grand Forks OK’s protest of COVID-19 restrictions
Justin LaRocque, who owns The Spud Jr., is planning a protest of Gov. Tim Walz s COVID-19 restrictions. East Grand Forks City Council members agreed to close the street in front of LaRocque s restaurant for that protest, which is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. 6:58 pm, Jan. 5, 2021 ×
State Sen. Mark Johnson, R-East Grand Forks, at left; Rep. Deb Kiel, R-Crookston; Justin LaRocque; East Grand Forks Mayor Steve Gander, and City Council President Mark Olstad discuss Gov. Tim Walz s executive order in a tent set up in front of the Spud Jr. (Adam Kurtz / Forum News Service)
East Grand Forks to consider further COVID aid for businesses next week
East Grand Forks economic development authority has $260,000 to loan to nonessential city businesses hampered by Gov. Tim Walz s closure orders. The development authority s board is set to meet on Tuesday, Jan. 5, to formalize the program via which those loans would be distributed. 2:00 pm, Jan. 1, 2021 ×
East Grand Forks City Hall. File photo Brandi Jewett/ Grand Forks Herald
East Grand Forks’ economic development authority is set to next week consider a fresh round of COVID-19 business subsidies.
At a special meeting on Dec. 21, city leaders OK’d a $260,000 payment to the development authority to create a forgivable loan program for nonessential businesses that have been partly or completely closed by Gov. Tim Walz’s recent executive orders. The mandate, which was extended Dec. 16, prohibits bars and restaurants from serving customers in-person until the peacetime emergency h