FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two people involved in a crash between a car and a pedestrian. Dispatchers received a call just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, about the crash on County Highway 1 south of Fergus Falls. The driver, 47-year-old Yullveny Quijada, called 911 and said she hit…
Veterans Robert Olzweski, Paul Sundquist, Scott Langemo and bugler Dale Hurt, members of the Bismarck AMVETS Post 9 Honor Guard, participate in the Flag Sojourn 250 ceremony at the Burleigh County Courthouse on March 19, 2026. The flag will be raised in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., as part of America’s 250th birthday celebration. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota…
(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)(AP) – Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy — sparking internet parodies and adoration from presidents — has died at 86. Norris died Thursday, in what his family described as a “sudden passing.” “While we would…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Senate discussed SF 3880, a resolution urging the federal government to not pass the Border Lands Conservation Act. The act would allow the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to inventory roads within federally-owned land near the U.S. border, and to create more roads as needed to “gain operational control of the southern border and…
Jamestown Regional Airport. Courtesy: Jamestown Regional Airport Facebook.JAMESTOWN, N.D. — TSA may have to close some smaller airports due to agents and screeners across the country calling in sick during the partial government shutdown. The director of the airport in Jamestown says that they don’t foresee that airport closing due to the shutdown. She also says the reopening of a…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – An immigration judge determined that the asylum claim for Liam Ramos and his family was insufficient and ordered them to be removed from the country. The family’s attorney, Danielle Oxendine Molliver, said they plan to appeal the decision. If the appeal fails, the family will be deported back to Ecuador. Molliver, with Nwokocha & Operana Law Offices, confirmed that…
A residential natural gas meter from Northern State Power, now part of Xcel Energy. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — Natural gas customers of Xcel Energy in North Dakota will see their rates go up more than 10% on April 1. The North Dakota Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved an interim rate increase while a…
Joe Morrissette, director of the North Dakota Office of Management and Budget, speaks during a Budget Section meeting on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota state revenues remain on target for now amidst unpredictable oil prices, but budget officials urged caution. “There’s really a perfect example of North Dakota’s volatile…
North Dakota League of Cities Deputy Director and Attorney Stephanie Dassinger-Engebretson talks about how the new 3% cap on annual property tax increases is impacting North Dakota communities during a March 17, 2026, legislative committee meeting in Bismarck. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota can expect a key property tax relief program to…
PIERRE, S.D. (KVRR) — South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden has signed a bill into law that makes it a felony crime to create, possess or share computer-generated “deepfakes”. They are images of unwilling people in states of nudity or engaging in pornographic acts. It was proposed by Attorney General Marty Jackley. Two years ago, he successfully pushed for a bill…
