PHOTO/KERRY RING GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND ATHLETICS) – With a mid-December winter storm closing in, it sure felt like March inside the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on Wednesday night and a packed house of over 3,000 will remember the evening for a lifetime. Junior guard Treysen Eaglestaff orchestrated a career-night scoring 40 points to reach 1,000 for his career and…
The Maah Daah Hey Trailhead at Rough Rider State Park at Medora. There is a proposal to designate 11 areas along the trail as a national monument. (Amy Dalrymple/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — In his last week as governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum lamented a “surprise national monument” by the Biden administration that he said could…
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply and sovereign rights. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)WASHINGTON, D.C. (North Dakota Monitor) — A federal judge this week allowed 13 more Republican-led states…
David CorneliusenROSEAU, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A 65-year-old Warroad man has been sentenced to more than 21 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife. David Corneliusen shot 65-year-old Mary Corneliusen in their home near Warroad on August 23, 2023. She was shot with a handgun during an argument. Corneliusen entered a Norgaard…
Kevin Wright (Cass County Jail)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Fargo man is facing felony charges after allegedly fighting with officers who were trespassing him from the downtown Fargo library. Court documents say a librarian called police because Kevin Wright, 35, had urinated in the elevator. Officers told Wright he was being trespassed, but he would not leave. He was told he…
Holiday display created by the Minnesota Satanists at the Minnesota State Capitol. (FOX 9)ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – The latest holiday display at the Minnesota State Capitol was created by a group of satanists. What we know: According to a permit granted by the state, the display was set up last Friday and will remain on display until next…
Gov. Kelly Armstrong, center-right, speaks to reporters next to Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden, right, after holding his first Cabinet meeting in the governor’s conference room at the Capitol on Dec. 16, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong signaled a possible shakeup at the Department of Health and Human Services after his…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The tattoo community came out this weekend to support a parlor that is already soaring in popularity. The Inked Huntress on Main Avenue in Fargo opened in 2021 but the owner knew just three years later that the business was outgrowing its original space. She closed on the new property at 1010 Main last month, and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — You may be accustomed to having Santa fly through the sky accompanied by his reindeer, but sometimes the jolly old man gives the animals a rest and comes in via helicopter. Fargo Air Museum hosted its “Santa Fly-in” on Saturday. He touched down shortly after 10 A-M, greeted by an eager crowd of families with excited…
FARGO (KFGO) – The Salvation Army says when volunteer Kathy Swenson was sorting donations received in Red Kettles in Fargo last week, she found a treasure. Someone left a 2016 Australian Gold Kangaroo 1 oz. gold coin. One side of the coin features Queen Elizabeth II and the other has a picture of a kangaroo. The coin has a face…
