FARGO (KVRR) – A group that wants to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota has filed a ballot measure petition and plans to start collecting signatures to place the issue on the general election ballot. New Approach North Dakota needs more than 15,582 valid signatures by July 11 to qualify the measure for the election in November. The proposal would…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo School Board member Jennifer Benson, who has been disciplined and censured by her fellow board members twice during the second of her two terms, is running for the Fargo City Commission. Benson joins a crowded field of 13 candidates who have filed for the two spots up for election on the commission. The filing deadline for the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Legislature has rushed through $1 million in emergency funding to bolster the fight against bird flu. The highly contagious disease has cost the state’s turkey farmers more than 1 million birds so far. Senate Agriculture Chairman Torrey Westrom pointed out before the unanimous vote in the Senate and the 129-1 vote in the House…
MINOT, N.D. – A Ward County Jail inmate is charged with felony terrorizing after he was accused of calling in a bomb and assassination threat to prosecutors and judges. Authorities say 38-year-old David Diaz called from the jail Thursday and threatened the Ward County State’s Attorney Office and judges. The courthouse and the administration building were evacuated and temporarily closed….
BISMARCK, N.D. – A former North Dakota oilfield executive whose false claims about his company’s value resulted in more than $886 million in shareholder losses has been sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay back $406 million. The government had asked for a 20-year sentence for 61-year-old Joseph Kostelecky before his sentencing hearing. Kostelecky, of Dickinson,…
Mark J. Lindquist (left) helps load supplies for Ukrainian refugees in PolandWARSAW, POLAND (KVRR) – An Air Force veteran from Moorhead, Minn. who suspended his congressional campaign to do humanitarian work in Ukraine has a message for Americans back home. Mark J. Lindquist has been helping Ukrainian refugees pouring into Poland to escape the war. Lindquist says the Ukrainians, often…
GWINNER, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Auditor’s Office says the Gwinner Rural Fire Protection District used public funds to purchase alcohol and groceries for its staff and volunteers. From 2015 until 2020, $28,080 was spent on alcohol, groceries, and golf outings. The audit also found that the fire district had no documentation for 12 expenditures, totaling $26,416. “This is an…
Cody Plumlee reacts after being found not guilty in his murder trial. FARGO (KVRR) – A Fargo man has been acquitted of murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend. A jury in Fargo found 29-year-old Cody Plumlee not guilty of murder, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. Plumlee was convicted of reckless driving, theft of property and giving false…
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota health officials say routine childhood immunization rates have declined during the coronavirus pandemic. The Department of Health says the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination rate for North Dakota children from 19 months to 35 months decreased more than 6% between December 2019 to December 2022 to about 78%. The meningococcal meningitis vaccination rate for North…
Al CarlsonFARGO (KVRR) – Former North Dakota House Majority Leader Al Carlson is running for the Fargo City Commission. Carlson spent 26 years representing District 41 in the legislature, the last 10 years as majority leader. The Republican lost his reelection bid in 2018. Carlson says he believes his experience will help him “be an outstanding Fargo City Commissioner, representing all…
