Author: Jim Monk

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Local News, North Dakota News

Former UND women’s soccer head coach suing university for retaliation, Whistleblower Act violation

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Chris LoganGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The former head coach of the University of North Dakota women’s soccer team has filed a federal lawsuit against the university, claiming it retaliated against him and violated the state’s Whistleblower Act. Chris Logan was the team’s head coach from December 2016 until last November when his contract was not renewed. According to the…

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Local News, Minnesota News

Commissioners invite White Earth Nation to discuss proposed casino near Moorhead

A DRAFT LETTER OF SUPPORT SAYS A TRIBAL CASINO "would be an economic and social benefit to the City of Moorhead"
Jim Monk,

Proposed casino location near I-94 & Highway 336 MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Clay County Commission has invited representatives from the White Earth Nation to attend a meeting next week to discuss plans for the tribe’s recent land purchase near Moorhead. The tribe recently acquired about 280 acres near the junction of I-94 and State Highway 336. Tribal officials have…

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Clay County Sheriff’s Department employee injured in south Fargo motorcycle crash

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The Highway Patrol has released the names of the people involved in a south Fargo crash between a motorcycle and car Friday night, and Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting confirmed the motorcyclist is an employee of his department. Avery Quiner, 20 of Moorhead, suffered serious injuries when his motorcycle crashed into a car at the intersection of…

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Update: Police identify victim in Moorhead homicide; Two arrests made in Michigan

Jim Monk,

UPDATE (4:08 P.M.) — The male victim from the Moorhead homicide on April 13 was positively identified by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office as 39-year-old James Hamilton. He died from multiple gunshot wounds. Along with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, police were able identify a location where the suspect was hiding north of Ishpeming, Michigan. Thomas III and…

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Fire departments from several communities battle fire in downtown Perham, Minnesota

Jim Monk,

PERHAM, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO)—Fire crews battled a massive fire in Perham, Minnesota. The fire was reported shortly before 4:30 a.m. Friday. Police said the fire appears to have started in a large commercial building with shared businesses located in the 300 block of West Main Avenue. It was engulfed in flames. Mutual aid from several area communities were called in to…

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DOGE cuts will not target FM Flood Diversion Project

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – One of the largest federally funded projects in North Dakota will apparently not be targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency. The White House recently canceled about $20 million in federal grants that were previously approved for North Dakota infrastructure improvements. Those cuts did not include the $3 billion FM Area Flood Diversion–and there’s no indication that…
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Keystone Pipeline rupture spilled 147,000 gallons of oil

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The company that manages the Keystone Pipeline has estimated that 3,500 barrels of crude oil leaked from the pipeline near Fort Ransom in southeastern North Dakota. That’s about 147,000 gallons. The North Dakota Division of Environmental Quality says the pipeline was shut down almost immediately. The oil was contained to a farm field. A small stream near the…

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Cabinet members, federal agents, others attend funeral for Clint Hill

Hill was born in North Dakota. He was 93 when he died in February
Jim Monk,

Funeral for Clint Hill 4/8/2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) – Presidential cabinet members and the law enforcement community attended the funeral for former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill at Washington National Cathedral Tuesday. Hill grew up in Washburn, North Dakota, attended Concordia College in Moorhead and served in the Army before joining the Secret Service. Television host Mike Rowe, a close…
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Update: 3,500 Barrels of Oil Spilled After Keystone Pipeline Rupture near Fort Ransom

AN UNKOWN AMOUNT OF CRUDE OIL SPILLED. THE CAUSE IS BEING INVESTIGATED
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The nearly 2,700-mile Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning after it ruptured in North Dakota, halting the flow of millions of gallons of crude oil from Canada to refineries in the U.S. and potentially leading to higher gasoline prices. South Bow, a liquid pipeline business that manages the pipeline, said it shut down the pipeline after…

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