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Fargo man charged with making $75K worth of unauthorized purchases on company credit card

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – A Fargo man is charged with felony theft after Fargo Police say he made over $75,500 in unauthorized purchases with his employer’s company credit card. Court records say Levi Mayo worked for A&R Drywall and used the company credit card to make authorized purchases like gas and building materials, but was supposed to turn in all…

Snowy owl rescued from car grille by Minnesota woman who saved another bird hours earlier

AP via Annabelle WhalenDULUTH, Minn. (AP/KVRR) — Annabell Whelan woke up Tuesday and frantically checked on her holiday overnight guest — Nowl the snowy owl, who she rescued from the grille of a car the day before. Whelan was out with her boyfriend’s family Monday in Duluth, Minnesota, when she saw the owl “just hanging out there, literally” after car…

UPDATE: Fargo Man Changes Plea to Guilty of Raping Boy He Met On Social Media App

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – A Fargo man charged with repeatedly raping a 12-year-old boy has changed his plea to guilty. According to court records, Dominic Lilly had the boy to his home between 10 and 15 times. There, he would give the boy alcohol and marijuana to the point of unconsciousness. The boy told law enforcement that the two would…

Pipeline owner joins lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline

CANNON BALL, ND – DECEMBER 06: An activist fights the wind as while walking along Flag Road in Oceti Sakowin Camp as blizzard conditions grip the area around the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 6, 2016 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Native Americans and activists from around the country have been at the camp for several months trying to…

A court ruling could tip the majority to Republicans in the Minnesota House

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota House Republicans could start the 2025 legislative session in the majority after a judge ruled Friday that a Democratic candidate didn’t meet the residency requirements for his suburban district. Ramsey County Judge Leonardo Castro ruled that Curtis Johnson didn’t live in the Roseville-area district for the required six months ahead of the election and…

Higher education board wades into details of tenure policy

State Board of Higher Education members Kevin Black, left, and Casey Ryan. (Photos provided by North Dakota University SystemFARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor/ KVRR) — The North Dakota Board of Higher Education is going through a painstaking process of updating its tenure policies, covering such details as the frequency of faculty reviews. “We have to look at modernizing our employment…

$7.8 million needed for replacement of Capitol windows

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor/KVRR) — The North Dakota Legislature may be asked to provide more than $4 million to replace the windows at the Capitol in Bismarck, with the total project costing nearly twice that amount. The Capitol Grounds Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend moving forward with a $7.8 million window replacement project. The 21-story building has…

The Latest: Suspect in United Healthcare CEO’s killing charged with weapons, forgery, other charges

Police arrested a “strong person of interest” Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon and writings linking him to the ambush. The 26-year-old man had a gun believed to be the one used in the killing and writings suggesting his anger with corporate America,…