I had made a late lunch stop in East Grand Forks last Sunday. I was at a three-way intersection…read morewith its City Hall staring right at me. It was an unexpected find, but it worked out well as I was heading over to Bernie's. On a Sunday, no one has any inclination to hit City Hall. It was the perfect opportunity for me to take a photo or two at a quiet intersection. I was staring at the main entrance. On the left was a parking lot with a lot of spots. This building was completed in 2001. It looked pretty spiffy to me. This summer, the roof is expected to be replaced after an assessment, so looks are rather deceiving at first glance. This building has a conference room that can accommodate thirty people. It also has smaller conference rooms that have a capacity between eight and twelve people. I am guessing that city council meets here regularly. It would be cool to visit it during regular business hours. I'm not sure how I would hold up watching city council debate issues while it is in session. It was great stumbling upon this building while in East Grand Forks for the first time. (75)

Update: There must be something genetically programmed into librarians that compels them to…read moreannounce EXACTLY WHEN the library will be closing. At EVERY library I've ever been to, there is a countdown orchestrated by a librarian that starts 30 minutes before the library is to close, with updates every 5 minutes. -------- **crackle** "The library will be closing in 30 minutes. Please check out all necessary items as soon as possible. I repeat... the library will be closing in 30 minutes. Thank you." **crackle** "The library will be closing in 25 minutes. I repeat..." etc. etc. etc... -------- The EGF library, however, takes this one step further. Because it is such a small place, they go around and tell each INDIVIDUAL person that the library will, in fact, be closing in X minutes. They do this multiple times until the library actually DOES close. This in itself doesn't bother me. They want to go home, and I understand that. What bothers me is that I AM THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, and they STILL feel the need to interrupt every 5 minutes to key me into the fact that the library WILL be closing in 30 minutes, 25 minutes, 20 minutes... etc. I KNOW what time the library closes, due in no small part to them telling me every single day. They know me, because I make a point to exchange a polite "hi" and "goodnight" to them every single day... and also because there are so few people that utilize the library. They know I've never EVER checked anything out, so it's not like I'm causing them extra work or cleanup at the end of the evening. If I must be out by 7:30, just say so, and I'll be out by 7:30. If you'd prefer 7:45, then say 7:45. But for the love of god, PLEASE don't subject me to the same nightly passive-aggressive conversation. I'm keeping the rating at 4 stars, in spite of this annoyance, because I really like BOTH this little library AND the cute old lady librarians who irritate me so. So, with this rant complete, I will sign off. Oh crap... here they come! "Uh, sir... the library will be closing..."

The City of Grand Forks. Ha! Laughable. I've been many places in my life, and this is one of the…read moremost dumpy places I've ever been. It's ugly, poorly set up, the cabs are slow, ugly and poorly maintained. International Airport? Really? That's absurd. What an awful, horrid little place. I truly hope I never ever set foot in this dump again. Ugh. If you can, avoid at all costs, everything about it is just ugh

Nice staff, friendly, the Sheriffs office is just upstairs on the 2nd floor. The Police Station is…read moreon the 1st floor of the building in downtown in Grand Forks. Clean and simple. A beautiful memorial board of a fallen officer from an active shooter incident and former military service member Cody Holte is also there for us to see. God bless Cody and his family. Thank you Grand Forks Police Department for keeping us safe!

I just went again 7/8/23 and enjoyed it so much. Too bad the lack of rain didn't produce corn for…read moreone of the farm stands there which I was looking forward to. Today was Japan fest and there were cultural shows and items and education. There were many vendors and artists and food samples given. A lot of fun and food trucks as well. The place was packed and the nice not hot Sun in Grand Forks made it really easy to enjoy the day from 9am to 1pm where the farmers market is held every Saturday starting 6/27/23. Go while the weather is still warm! It' ends in late September 2023 and will reopen next June 2024.

If you're ever interest in participated in nutrition research, keep you eye on this place. I work…read morewith some scientist here and they have great lab facilities and intelligent, friendly scientists. You need to have an escort to be in this place if you don't have a badge because it's a federal facility. Very cool all the same.