Duluth fireDULUTH, Minn. – Fire crews continue to fight a large fire that broke out early Monday morning at the Esmond building in subzero conditions. Fire officials say the roof of the old Seaway Hotel in the Lincoln Park Craft District has collapsed and all firefighters have been pulled out of the building. Some residents and workers in adjacent buildings,…
FARGO – A federal judge says defense attorneys cannot use intellectual disability as a factor in the second death penalty debate for a man convicted in the 2003 kidnapping and killing of University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin. Judge Ralph Erickson last year overturned Rodriguez’s death sentence. In a 232-page ruling, Erickson ordered a new sentencing phase after ruling…
Susan BalaFARGO (KVRR) – A federal appeals court has upheld a federal bankruptcy judge’s ruling against Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem in his lengthy battle with the owner of a Fargo horse betting business. Iowa-based federal bankruptcy judge Thad Collins ruled against state claims in the complicated legal odyssey that began in 2004 against Susan Bala. Collins wrote “enough is enough”…
BISMARCK (KVRR) – A video on social media shows Gov. Doug Burgum purchasing a furbearer license to go “Bobcat hunting” before Saturday’s FCS Championship game between the NDSU Bison and the Montana State Bobcats. Burgum is involved in a wager over the outcome of the game with Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte. If the Bison win, Gianforte has agreed to give…
Will ThompsonFARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A second candidate has joined the race for Fargo City Commission. Will Thompson says his campaign will be about a new generation forging a sustainable future. Thompson is a 2016 graduate of Davies High School and a 2021 graduate of the University of Minnesota. He works part-time at KFGO and Boulger Funeral Home. Thompson’s father, Vern, is…
.@SenatorTester thinks he has a pretty good football team in the @MSUBobcats. Well, I happen to know we have a better one in the @NDSUfootball. Ahead of the #FCSChampionship this weekend, we placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the game. #GoBison 🦬 ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/vuux5aTlCq — Sen. Kevin Cramer (@SenKevinCramer) January 7, 2022 FARGO (KVRR) – A “whole bunch”…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – West Fargo city snow plows will not be clearing maintenance zones Friday due to the extreme cold. The Public Works Dept. will continue to plow West Fargo roads using the maintenance zone schedule beginning Monday. This will include any zones that may have been missed due to this week’s winter weather. The maintenance zone schedule…
Gov. Kristi NoemSIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota lawmakers have approved Gov. Kristi Noem’s new rule that makes it more difficult to get abortion pills. The rule requires women to return to a doctor to receive the second of two drugs used to carry out a medication abortion. Usually women receive both drugs in one visit, but take the second…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Dangerously cold temperatures enveloping North Dakota have pushed wind chill readings down to -59 degrees in at least one city Thursday. According to the National Weather Service, Bowbells, the county seat of Burke County in northwestern North Dakota, recorded that wind chill temperature while Mandan was at -45 and Bismarck was -41. The arctic air surged into…
FARGO (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum will deliver his 2022 State of the State Address in Fargo. Burgum’s presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 10:00 a.m. at the Reineke Fine Arts Center on the NDSU campus. Burgum is North Dakota’s 33rd governor. He took office in 2016. The governor’s address will be livestreamed on KVRR’s Facebook page and…
