Editing Grand Forks, North Dakota (section)

==Government==
[[Image:Grandforkscityhall.jpg|right|thumb|Grand Forks City Hall]]
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|+ '''City government:'''<ref name="citycouncil">{{cite web |url=https://www.grandforksgov.com/government/city-leadership/city-council |title=City Council |access-date=May 26, 2023 |work=City of Grand Forks, North Dakota}}</ref>
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| '''Mayor''' || [[Brandon Bochenski]]
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| '''Ward 1''' || Danny Weigel
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| '''Ward 2''' || Rebecca Osowski
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| '''Ward 3''' || Tricia Berg
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| '''Ward 4''' || Tricia Lunski
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| '''Ward 5''' || Mike Fridolfs
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| '''Ward 6''' || Dana Sande
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| '''Ward 7''' || Ken Vein
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{{See also|List of mayors of Grand Forks, North Dakota}}
Grand Forks has a [[mayor-council government]]. The mayor, who is elected every four years, oversees the administration of city government and works directly with department heads to ensure the proper provision of services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grandforksgov.com/gfgov/home.nsf/Pages/Mayor's+Office |title=Mayor Brown |access-date=June 5, 2007 |work=City of Grand Forks, North Dakota |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108103756/http://www.grandforksgov.com/gfgov/home.nsf/Pages/Mayor's+Office |archive-date=November 8, 2006 }}</ref> The mayor of Grand Forks is former [[NHL]] hockey player and real estate developer [[Brandon Bochenski]]. Bochenski defeated Michael Brown in the June 9, 2020, mayoral election.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/government-and-politics/6529150-Bochenski-wins-Grand-Forks-mayor-election-ending-Browns-long-tenure-in-office |title=UPDATED: After Grand Forks mayoral win, Bochenski spends day sorting messages. 'It feels great,' he says |access-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113153239/https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/government-and-politics/6529150-Bochenski-wins-Grand-Forks-mayor-election-ending-Browns-long-tenure-in-office |url-status=live }}</ref> Brown served as mayor from 2000 to 2020.

The city is divided into seven wards, with each ward electing a council member to a four-year term. The council meets twice a month and its two main committees, the Finance/Development Committee and Service/Safety Committee, each meet twice a month.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tran|first=Tu-Uyen|title=Council reform not quite new |work=Grand Forks Herald|date=April 13, 2010}}</ref> All these meetings are broadcast on a local cable channel.<ref name="citycouncil"/>

===Crime===
{{Infobox UCR
|city_name= Grand Forks
|year= 2023
|violent_crime= 157
|homicide= 0
|rape= 37
|robbery= 13
|aggravated_assault= 107
|property_crime= 1,609
|arson= 3
|burglary= 297
|larceny_theft= 1,225
|motor_vehicle_theft= 84
|source_url= https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend
|source_name= 2023 FBI UCR Data
|notes= 2023 population: 58,921
}}

According to the [[Uniform Crime Report]] statistics compiled by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) in 2023, there were 157 violent crimes and 1,609 property crimes per 100,000 residents. Of these, the violent crimes consisted of 0 murders, 37 forcible rapes, 13 robberies and 107 aggravated assaults, while 297 burglaries, 1,225 larceny-thefts, 84 motor vehicle thefts and 3 acts of arson defined the property offenses.