Grand Forks Sobriety Checkpoint Friday

If you’re planning to be in the Grand Forks area on Friday, keep this in mind.  The North Dakota Highway Patrol, Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office and Grand Forks Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in the county.  Besides the sobriety checkpoint, there will also be extra patrols in Grand Forks County on Friday and Saturday.  The North Dakota Highway Patrol says as of last week, there were 31 fatal crashes in the state causing 35 deaths.  Of those deaths, six were alcohol-related.