Author: Jim Monk

700 animals seized following complaint in Rolette County

ROLLA, N.D. (KVRR) – About 700 farm animals have been seized following an anonymous complaint in Rolette County. Sheriff’s deputies went to a property with a search warrant in early June. Deputies said they found numerous dead cattle and an insufficient amount of feed for hundreds of other animals. The conditions of about 500 head of cattle were documented.  Deputies monitored…

Wrigley will personally oversee investigation of police-involved shooting in Fargo

Attorney General Drew WrigleyFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley has rejected calls to release body camera footage and announces he will personally oversee the investigation into the shooting death of Shane Netterville by Fargo police officer Adan O’Brien. The state Bureau of Criminal Investigation took over the case at the request of Police Chief Dave Zibolski. “We…

Minnesota judge strikes down state abortion restrictions

Judge Thomas GilliganST. PAUL, Minn. – A judge has declared many of Minnesota’s restrictions on abortion unconstitutional, including the state’s mandatory 24-hour waiting period and a requirement that both parents be notified before a minor can get an abortion. Ramsey County Judge Thomas Gilligan on Monday also struck down Minnesota’s requirements that only physicians can perform abortions, and that abortions…

Signatures gathered to place pot legalization on ballot

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…

Sysco accuses 4 largest beef processors of price fixing

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…

Red River Women’s Clinic sues to block state abortion ban

The lawsuit claims North Dakota's abortion ban is unconstitutional under the state Constitution. 

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….