BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-Prairie Public) – North Dakota lawmakers are back in Bismarck today to deal with items that were added to the Office of Management and Budget bill during the regular session. The North Dakota Supreme Court recently ruled that portions of the budget bill are unconstitutional because the bill violates the “one subject per bill” clause in the state…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Just over three years ago, Craig Melton’s roommate reported him missing from Fargo. Melton’s co-workers at Kroll’s Diner said they saw him with two men in the restaurant’s parking lot on September 17, 2020. Melton said the men were homeless and he was giving them a ride. A friend saw Melton later that night, armed with an…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Junkyard Brewing’s West Fargo location will officially open next Wednesday, Oct. 25. Owner Michelle Juhnke says it’s taken months of preparation to make the 1970’s bank building look and feel like a comfortable and enjoyable place to gather. The taproom features two patios, three bars, and plenty of seating. The bank’s vault door will remain to…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum issued an executive order today convening a special session of the Legislature. State lawmakers will convene on Oct. 23 to address the portions of a budget bill that was recently ruled unconstitutional by the North Dakota Supreme Court. Burgum’s executive order sets the scope of the special session as addressing the…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Authorities say a Fargo woman was arrested after leading Clay County deputies on a chase in a stolen vehicle. Sheriff Mark Empting says on Saturday night, the Red River Regional Dispatch Center informed officers of a vehicle that was stolen from Casey’s Convenience Store in Dilworth. The vehicle was located a short time later and deputies…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A semi carrying lumber crashed east of Moorhead Monday morning, closing the left lanes of both east- and westbound Interstate 94 for over two hours. The crash happened just after 6:30 a.m. at mile marker 7, three miles east of Moorhead. The Minnesota State Patrol says the eastbound semi-truck ran off the road into the median…
MORTON, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Crews on the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation are using industrial hemp to build new housing. Project manager Danny Desjarlais said a product called “hempcrete” replaces insulation and drywall during construction. “It is just a lime-based binder mixed with some hemp hurd,” Desjarlais said. “The inside woody core of the stock looks like little pieces of wood…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Minnesota Supreme Court says former President Donald Trump’s campaign did not follow proper procedure and cannot intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to keep him off next year’s ballot because of his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. An activist group called “Free Speech for People” led in Minnesota…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Cass County Highway Department says County Highway 17 between 52nd Avenue South and 64th Avenue South near Horace is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday. The road will be reopened after five months of construction. Phase one of the project involved building a roundabout at the intersection of 64th Avenue South and County Highway 17, which was completed…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Some members of a West Fargo church group who’d been stuck in war-torn Israel are back home after a long journey from the Middle East. The group from Holy Cross Catholic Church made their way through Jordan, Chicago, Minneapolis and Rochester before arriving home early Thursday morning. Father Phil Ackerman says the trip provided…
