GRAND FORKS - After a day-long union meeting, employees of J.R. Simplot went on strike, picketing outside the potato processing plant in Grand Forks at about 6 p.m. Monday. The strike came shortly ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – After decades of trying to obtain a parcel of land owned by the J.R. Simplot Company, current and former East Grand Forks city officials alike are hopeful that the land exchange ...

Aug. 25—GRAND FORKS — The air was full with the scent of french fries, enhanced by the heady aura of success and celebration, as hundreds of people filled Town Square for "A Taste of Belgium" on ...

A strike at Belgium’s Clarebout Potatoes, which is in the throes of a takeover by US-based JR Simplot, has entered a fifth day. The industrial action across family-owned Clarebout’s four production ...