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 ...

The facility could bring back acreage lost over the past 30 years, say Gary Shields, executive director of the Northland Potato Growers Association, and Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski. This file ...

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 ...

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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 ...