[Construction Near the Alerus]

Not sure yet what is going up in front of Alerus. Construction down by 42nd/17th is a new office for a local potato sales company.

[Major Altru announcement]

Word is that a major announcement will be made on Monday about Altru Health System. I can't verify any of this but this is what I am hearing....Mayo is buying Altru. I'm not sure what that really even means, but that is what I'm told. Also, Altru will be introducing a new variation on its logo. I'm surprised that supposedly Sanford Health isn't involved with any of this.

BTW, what is up with that Aurora Hospital? Can we safely assume that it just isn't going to open for the foreseeable future? An unused hospital building that cost millions of dollars...what a waste...

[Canad Inns]

I hadn't seen these before (and don't see them in this thread):

3-D artist rendering (Windows media, large)

floorplan (pdf)

Features:

Tavern United British Pub (menu wine list)

Garbonzo's Pizza

Aalto's Garden Cafe

Playmaker's Gaming Lounge (this one confuses me -- I guess gaming licenses are easy to get in Canada, but Grand Forks?)

Grand Forks is starting to look very different than when I left.

Actually, Garbonzo's has been replaced with a new restaurant concept called "L Bistro". I talked about the floor plans on my "Grand Forks Life" blog. As far as the gaming license, I would assume that Playmaker's will offer charitable gaming. I haven't heard about any application for a gaming license yet.

[Want to own a newspaper?]

If you're interested in reading more about a possible Forum Communications buyout of the Grand Forks Herald, check out my Grand Forks Life blog. You'll find a link there to an interesting article in today's Duluth News Tribune about the possibility of Forum Communications buying out the Herald, the News Tribune, and the Aberdeen American News.