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…
MINNEAPOLIS – Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in George Floyd’s death will go on trial Jan. 20. The trial date was given Thursday in a docket filing, with proceedings to be held in St. Paul. Court records in November showed that juror summonses had gone out for that date, but the new filing was…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – Someone in North Dakota won $100,000 during Wednesday’s Powerball drawing. The ticket was purchased at Horizon Market in Bismarck. The lucky player matched four numbers and the Powerball, with the “Power Play” option. Meanwhile, the sales and marketing manager for the North Dakota Lottery says people continue to play the Lottery games. Ryan Koppy says unaudited…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – A federal judge in North Dakota has sentenced a Flint, Michigan man to two years in prison for social security fraud, health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft. U.S. Attorney Nick Chase says 77-year-old Robert McKee, also known as William Patrick O’Hara, was also sentenced to 3 years supervised release and ordered to pay a $400…
