Grand Forks Herald media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Grand Forks Herald one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 22 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Grand Forks Herald biased?
The rating organisations do not give Grand Forks Herald one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Grand Forks Herald left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Grand Forks Herald one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Grand Forks Herald reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Grand Forks Herald are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Grand Forks Herald has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Grand Forks Herald’s own report linked underneath.
The Department of Justice has requested a federal court keep a search warrant for Rep. Ilhan Omar's home sealed. Prosecutors argue that releasing the warrant could jeopardise an ongoing immigration fraud investigation. A coalition of media organisations is petitioning to have the warrant unsealed.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asJosh Hammer: Two visions for justice and the rule of law (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
Federal officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and FBI Director Kash Patel, announced a crackdown on fraud in Minnesota. Multiple law enforcement agencies executed warrants and raided locations across the Twin Cities.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asTrump officials Bessent, Patel to make announcement on fraud in Minnesota today (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
Republican Representative Michelle Fischbach met with The Forum Editorial Board in September to discuss her accomplishments and stances on key issues ahead of the November election. She is seeking re-election in Minnesota's 7th Congressional District.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asRep. Michelle Fischbach talks trade, fuel prices, immigration in bid for reelection (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
Jackie Flavin and Mike Moyski, whose daughter Harper was killed in the Annunciation shooting, endorsed Amy Klobuchar for governor. They accused Republican nominee Lisa Demuth of lying about allowing a vote on gun safety legislation.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asHarper Moyski's parents back Klobuchar for governor, say Demuth lied to them (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
Federal authorities are investigating a series of suspicious letters containing an unidentified white powder sent to election and government officials across the United States. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is leading the inquiry into the connected incidents.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asMinnesota Democrats among those targeted with threatening letters containing suspicious substances (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
Mike Lindell, a Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, announced he will endorse Lisa Demuth. He also said he encouraged former President Donald Trump to back Demuth and plans to sue voting machine companies.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asMike Lindell to endorse Lisa Demuth for Minnesota governor, drop primary recount challenge (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
Minnesota State is weighing a plan to move up to $25 million each year for four years from its two-year colleges to financially challenged universities. The proposal aims to address a systemwide deficit and is set for a Board of Trustees vote on October 14.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asMinnesota State weighing plan to transfer money from 2-year colleges to shore up struggling universities (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a temporary stop to Minnesota’s AI “nudification” law, which bans realistic nude images of identifiable people. The injunction follows xAI’s lawsuit claiming the ban infringes constitutional free speech, and follows a prior ruling by Judge Donovan Frank on the case.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asFederal appeals court pauses Minnesota’s AI nudification technology ban (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans for South Korea to invest $200 billion in U.S. projects. The investments would include the Alaska LNG pipeline, eight nuclear power plants, and a Texas power generation facility, according to White House officials.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asTrump expected to announce $54 billion South Korea investment in Alaska LNG, sources say (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
The unsolved death of Joli Truelson in 1972 is being re-examined. An exhumation may provide new answers, with the case recently featured on The Vault podcast.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asExhumation could bring answers in 1972 unsolved death of Joli Truelson (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
Record-high diesel prices have prompted Republican Senator Chuck Grassley to call for an embargo on exports. Farm state Republicans are pressuring the White House to stop exports, citing the impact on farmers and truckers.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asRecord diesel prices hit North Dakota farmers at the wrong time (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
Over 250 current and former members of Congress have urged the US Supreme Court to deny a request to pause a ruling blocking parts of a USPS mail-in voting rule. They argue the rule and a related executive order unconstitutionally infringe on Congress's authority over federal elections.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asPort: ND secretary of state among officials asking Supreme Court to block Trump's mail ballot order (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged with making false statements about the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis of assaulting an officer, but dropped charges after video evidence emerged.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asReports: Federal prosecutors charge ICE agent with false statements in Minnesota shooting (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
A coneflower exhibiting a two-headed mutation is a result of environmental triggers, according to reports. This phenomenon was covered across multiple outlets, with reader questions about gardening also noted.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asTwo-headed coneflower is a mutation triggered by environment (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
A federal judge has refused to order Texas to extradite ICE officer Christian Castro to Minnesota, where he faces assault and false reporting charges. Castro is accused of shooting a man in the leg through a home's front door.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asTexas judge denies Minnesota request, clearing way for release of ICE agent charged in Minnesota (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
A series of reports and the first episode of a podcast about Harvey Carignan, a serial killer born in North Dakota, have been released. The content is available in e-editions and online.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asA closer look at Harvey Carignan (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a new nationwide initiative to improve search-and-rescue responses for missing people with autism. The program seeks to establish an autism-specific alert system to quickly disseminate critical information.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asIn Rochester, HHS Secretary Kennedy announces national safety initiative for autistic kids, adults (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
The US Agriculture Department plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, removing logging restrictions on over 40 million acres of national forest. The move, announced by Secretary Brooke Rollins, aims to reduce wildfire risks but is opposed by environmental groups who say it will increase them.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asTrump administration moves to allow logging in 62,000 acres of Superior National Forest (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
A federal judge dismissed the Department of Justice’s 2025 lawsuit against Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, ruling the demand for the state’s voter rolls amounted to a 'fishing expedition'. The case was one of 23 similar lawsuits filed by the DOJ.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asFederal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit seeking Minnesota’s voter rolls (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
Several US counties are reviewing contracts with Flock Safety after privacy breaches, including misidentified plates and unauthorised tracking. The company is tightening rules for law enforcement use, while cameras have been vandalised in Colorado. Opposition includes abortion activists, though no left-rated outlet covered the story.
Grand Forks Herald reported it asFlock camera protest in Fargo ends abruptly after fights break out (opens Grand Forks Herald in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Forum CommunicationsMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Canada
- Official site
- grandforksherald.com
- Seen publishing on
- grandforksherald.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 22
- Reports listed
- 22
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
22 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 5 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Grand Forks Herald ran the story anyway.
Across the 22 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Grand Forks Herald’s on 5 of them. Overall it filed a median of 22 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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