Grand Forks Herald

Grand Forks Herald logo
Grand Forks Herald street box
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
OwnerForum Communications
FounderGeorge B. Winship
PublisherKorrie Wenzel
Founded1879
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters3535 S 31st St, Ste 205
Grand Forks, ND 58201
CityGrand Forks, North Dakota
CountryUnited States
Circulation14,047 (as of 2024)
ISSN0745-9661
OCLC number1751382
Websitegrandforksherald.com
Grand Forks Herald
The remains of the former Herald building after it was destroyed by fire and floodwater
Grand Forks Herald is located in North Dakota
Grand Forks Herald
Location within North Dakota
Grand Forks Herald is located in the United States
Grand Forks Herald
Location within the United States
Location120-124 N. 4th St., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates47°55′33″N 97°1′58″W / 47.92583°N 97.03278°W / 47.92583; -97.03278
Arealess than one acre
Built1939, 1949, 1959
ArchitectWells, Theo. B.; Groz & Anderson
Architectural styleModerne
MPSDowntown Grand Forks MRA
NRHP reference No.82001326
Added to NRHPNovember 30, 1982
Nameplate of Grand Forks Herald on July 11, 1916

The Grand Forks Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper, established in 1879, published in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. It is the primary daily paper for northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.

History

On June 26, 1879, George B. Winship published the first edition of the weekly Grand Forks Herald. On November 1, 1881, the paper expanded into a daily. In August 1911, Winship sold the business to a syndicate organized by J.D. Bacon. At that time the Herald absorbed a rival paper called the Evening Times.

In June 1929, Melvin M. Oppegard and the Ridder brothers acquired the Herald. The Ridder family continued to operate the paper for decades. In 1933, Winship became one of the first two inductees in the North Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame. In August 1969, Oppegard died after publishing the paper for four decades, and in April 1972 was inducted into the hall of fame.

In July 1974, Ridder Publications merged with Knight Newspapers to form Knight Ridder. In April 1997, the paper's office was destroyed in a fire that occurred during a historic flood. In April 1998, the Herald won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the Red River Flood.

In March 2006, The McClatchy Company acquired Knight Ridder, and then sold the Herald and Duluth News Tribune to Forum Communications. In April 2020, the paper switched from carrier to postal delivery and reduced it's printed schedule to two days a week: Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Grand Forks Herald Building

The Grand Forks Herald's historic building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is a two-story Art Moderne brick commercial building built in three parts, in 1939 (designed by Theodore B. Wells), 1949 and 1959.

Notable staff

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota Newspaper Directory 2024" (PDF). Minnesota Newspaper Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Grand Forks Herald" (PDF). Minnesota Newspaper Association Directory. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Salutatory". Grand Forks Herald. June 26, 1879. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Salutatory". Grand Forks Herald. November 1, 1881. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "George B. Winship Sells Out | Syndicate Buys Grand Forks Herald and Times". The Oakes Times. Oakes, North Dakota. August 24, 1911. p. 3.
  7. ↑ "Grand Forks Herald Sold To M.M. Oppegard Of St. Paul". Grand Forks Herald. June 16, 1929. p. 11.
  8. 1 2 "Knight, Ridder Agree To Merge". The Macon News. Macon, Georgia. Associated Press. July 11, 1974. p. 22.
  9. ↑ "Honor Paid To Black, Winship | Members of Newspaper Craft Dedicate Press Hall of Fame". The Fargo Forum, Daily Republican, and Moorhead Daily News. Fargo, North Dakota. January 21, 1933. p. 2.
  10. ↑ "M.M. Oppegard Was Forks Publisher for 40 Years". The Forum. Fargo, North Dakota. Associated Press. August 21, 1969. p. 15.
  11. ↑ "Memorial tribute to M.M. Oppegard: Former Herald publisher inducted into hall of fame". Grand Forks Herald. April 22, 1972. p. 1.
  12. ↑ "Grand Fork Herald mourns the loss of extensive archives". The Billings Gazette. Knight-Ridder Newspapers. April 21, 1997. p. 4.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Dirk (April 26, 1997). "Much of Grand Forks' history went up with newspaper fire". Casper Star-Tribune. New York Times. p. 5.
  14. ↑ "Grand Forks Herald Wins Its First Pulitzer Prize". The Alliance Times-Herald. Alliance, Nebraska. Associated Press. April 15, 1998. p. 5.
  15. ↑ Seelye, Katharine Q.; Sorkin, Andrew Ross (March 13, 2006). "Newspaper Chain Agrees to a Sale for $4.5 Billion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  16. ↑ "McClatchy releases sale prices of five former KR papers". Citizens' Voice. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. June 13, 2006. p. A24.
  17. ↑ Wenzel, Korrie (April 17, 2020). "Herald to cut print publication days to twice per week". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  18. ↑ C. Kudzia; Norene Roberts; Joe Roberts; Gary Henrickson (1981). "North Dakota Cultural Resources Survey: Grand Forks Herald". National Park Service. Retrieved January 5, 2018. With four photos from 1981.

47°55′34″N 97°02′00″W / 47.925999°N 97.033284°W / 47.925999; -97.033284 (D: Grand Forks Herald)