BISMARCK, N.D. – A group that wants to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota turned in more that 25,000 signatures to the secretary of state Monday in an effort to place the matter before voters in November. New Approach North Dakota, needed 15,582 signatures to get the measure on the ballot for the general election. The organization’s campaign manager, David…
FARGO (KVRR) – Authorities say a Fargo police officer shot a person after law enforcement responded to a call about two people slumped over in a van that turned out to be stolen. Police say the driver of the vehicle was shot by an officer Friday morning after driving out of a garage at an apartment complex and is hospitalized…
DULUTH, Minn. – A program that allows people to cross into remote areas of Canada without reporting to border officials is expected to resume in the coming days. The Canada Border Services Agency says the program will restart soon and that the reopening date will be posted on its website once it has been confirmed. Resuming the program that was…
OMAHA, Neb. – The nation’s largest food distributor has joined other businesses accusing the four largest meat processors of working together to inflate beef prices. Sysco recently filed a federal lawsuit in Texas accusing Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill and National Beef of price fixing. The lawsuit said those companies have conspired to suppress the number of cattle slaughtered to help…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Red River Women’s Clinic has filed a lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of a North Dakota law that will prohibit nearly all abortions, now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. The 19-page lawsuit was filed in state court in Bismarck. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley and Cass County State’s Attorney Birch Burdick are co-defendants….
Rep. Ilhan OmarTAMPA, Fla. (AP) – A federal court judge sentenced a former Trump supporter to three years probation for an emailed threat to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and three other congresswomen. Sixty-seven year old David George Hannon of Sarasota, Florida also must pay a $7,000 fine, undergo mental and substance abuse treatment and have no contact with…
Peter GroenhoffWATERTOWN, S.D. (KVRR-KWAT) – A Canby, Minnesota man who attempted to kidnap a young girl from a Watertown, South Dakota store more than four years ago was sentenced to 15 years in the South Dakota Penitentiary with three years suspended. Thirty nine year-old Peter Groenhoff was convicted by a jury of Second Degree Kidnapping in January. He was arrested…
MANDAN, N.D. – A man sentenced to life in prison for killing four people at a North Dakota business is appealing his conviction. An attorney for Chad Isaak argues the man’s conviction should be reversed because of errors during jury selection and violations of Isaak’s right to a public trial. Prosecutors have until July 30 to file a response. A…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Two websites that serve Job Service North Dakota have now been offline for nearly a week due to what the department is calling a vendor service issue. The database that allows job seekers to search for jobs, as well as the site which houses labor market information are affected by the outage. The outage, which began…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Authorities say a Tennessee man has been arrested in North Dakota on a charge that he killed a man at a Memphis motel earlier this year. According to the district attorney’s office in Shelby County, Tennessee, 24-year-old Michael Ray Tillman was indicted on a first-degree murder charge after he was arrested in Bismarck. Tillman is accused…
