The Klaus Thiessen Award has been in existence since 2014, but it had never gone to an agribusiness — until this year.

BOISE Idaho J.R. “Jack” Simplot, the founder of restaurant-industry supplier J.R. Simplot Co. and a key figure in the early growth of quick-service chains like McDonald’s, died peacefully at his home ...

GRAND FORKS, ND, UNITED STATES, April 1, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Grand Forks Region Economic Development ...

GRAND FORKS - After a day-long union meeting, employees of J.R. Simplot went on strike, picketing outside the potato processing plant in Grand Forks at about 6 p.m. Monday. The strike came shortly ...

Oct. 7—MOSES LAKE — The Association of Washington Business stopped at the J.R. Simplot factory in Moses Lake on Friday, during day three of their eighth-annual Manufacturing Week bus tour. "We're out ...

Property purchased by the city of East Grand Forks in a land exchange with the J.R. Simplot Company is already receiving ...

To settle a lawsuit brought by Idaho ranchers, the J.R. Simplot agribusiness company has taken ownership of cattle allegedly harmed by a phosphate pipeline rupture. At the request of the parties ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – The East Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Commission found a recent land trade between the city and the J.R. Simplot Company is in compliance with the city’s 2050 Land Use Plan, ...

The Ronald McDonald House has served families for years as a home away from home when their children have needed longer term care in area hospitals. You can help with the J.R. Simplot Memorial golf ...