Gabriel Ostler was born and raised in California, but fell for the Midwest when attending college in Indiana. He developed a taste for journalism while trying to figure out why some people insist that Indiana is not part of the Midwest. When not chasing down stories, Gabriel is bowling, sampling crab cakes, and explaining in painstaking detail how his emotional…
FILE – President Donald Trump appears with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Sept. 7, 2018, in Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (CNN) – President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to two people familiar with the selection. Noem will be tapped to take over…
WALKER, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A 27-year-old man from Walker was hurt when he was struck by a minivan south of Walker Monday night. The State Patrol says the man was under the influence of alcohol and walking in a traffic lane of Highway 371 at Shingobee Road when the minivan sideswiped him. It happened shortly before midnight. The man suffered…
Brig. Gen. Mitchell Johnson, right, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard, views the All Veterans Memorial on Nov. 11, 2024, after a Veterans Day ceremony in Bismarck. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota federal and state leaders marked Veterans Day by highlighting the service and sacrifice of the state’s military. Brig. Gen. Mitchell Johnson, adjutant general…
The North Dakota Supreme Court heard oral arguments via Zoom Sept. 9, 2024, in a case involving Mitchell Sanderson of Park River and state Sen. Janne Myrdal, R-Edinburg. (Screenshot taken from livestream)BISMARCK, N.D. (Amy Dalrymple – North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota Supreme Court has sided with state Sen. Janne Myrdal, R-Edinburg, who was sued by a constituent after she…
Chris Stark (contributed)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A GoFundMe has been created for a Fargo man who was electrocuted while working near Argusville last Tuesday, Nov. 5. Chris Stark was electrocuted after grabbing a live power line. Stark is an equipment operator, and grabbed the wire after an excavator dug it up. Stark’s company had been told the line was not active…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Three people were injured in an alcohol-related crash in northwest Minnesota Sunday. The crash happened at the intersection of Highways 2 and 220 just southeast of East Grand Forks around 4:30 p.m. The state patrol says 54-year-old Vicente Gomez of San Antonio, Texas was driving an SUV south when the vehicle crashed into an…
Summit Carbon Solutions plans to build a 2,500-mile network of CO2 pipelines across the Midwest to capture carbon produced by ethanol plants and then sequester it underground in North Dakota. (Courtesy of Summit Carbon Solutions)FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) An administrative law judge report recommends that Minnesota approve a small segment of the massive Summit Carbon…
Fire crews at 509 29th Ave N. FargoFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo fire crews were called to an apartment fire in the 500 block of 29th Avenue N. around 6:15 a.m. Monday. Battalion Chief Joe Mangin says firefighters could see smoke and fire from a first floor unit when they arrived. He says the occupant of the unit was outside, but…
NORMAN CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man was shot in a hunting accident north of Perley, Minnesota. First responders were called just before 10:45 a.m. Saturday. The 37-year-old hunter had a single gunshot wound. Norman County Sheriff Ben Fall says the man was taken by ambulance to a Fargo hospital with a non-life threatening injury. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News…
