WASHINGTON — Senator John Hoeven is announcing 108 million dollars in federal money will be going to help bring water to the eastern North Dakota The 108 million is for the Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply, or ENDAWS project. The money was allocated as part of the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill that was passed last year. The…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Deer Creek, Minnesota man is accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl. 18-year-old Joshua Larson was arrested on Friday for having a sexual relationship with a minor from August 2025 until January of this year. Larson is charged criminal sexual conduct, soliciting a child and engaging in electronic communication relating to sexual…
FARGO (KFGO) – Fargo’s police chief is defending his department’s investigation into a bank fraud case as city leaders prepare for a potential lawsuit from 50-year-old Angela Lipps, a Tennessee woman who spent nearly six months in jail after being mistakenly identified as a suspect. Police Chief Dave Zibolski said in an interview with KFGO News, the case was reviewed…
Minnesota legislators introduced a bill Tuesday March 17, 2026, to ban “prediction markets” such as Polymarket, where people can bet on events. (Photo by Alyssa Chen/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Jonathan Ross getting charged for killing Renee Good before the end of the month is a less likely event than Jesus Christ’s return before the end of the…
(Rusty Halvorson/KFGO News)BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – The Industrial Commission today allocated an additional $100 million to support Bank of North Dakota’s 2026 Farm Financial Stability Loan Program. This brings total support to producers, including the 2026 Grain Inventory Loan Program, to $500 million. “Producers are facing an unusual convergence of challenges, from severe weather last summer to high input costs,…
Oil pumpjacks operate in Williams County in September 2024. A North Dakota agency is ending public notices of oil and gas lease auctions in local newspapers. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota agency responsible for managing state-owned minerals is changing how it keeps the public informed, prompting concerns about a…
Participants discuss current and future issues impacting agriculture and rural communities at a roundtable held by North Dakota News Cooperative with PolicyLink representative Josh Kirchenbaum, seated left from Sabrina Halvorson (NDNC CEO, in orange). Photo Rusty Halvorson.BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota News Cooperative) — North Dakota farmers and ranchers with several generations on the land want people to know that this…
MOORETON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the driver of a car suffered serious injuries after he crossed the center line of State Highway 13 about a mile west of Mooreton shortly 2 Sunday afternoon and collided with a pickup. The pickup was driven by a 52-year-old Wahpeton woman. She had a passenger, a juvenile. Both suffered…
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR) – A house in rural New York Mills, Minnesota is possibly a total loss after a weekend fire. Crews from New York Mills and Perham Fire Departments responded around 5 a.m. after receiving a report of a structure fire. Two people and several animals in the house were able to escape without injury while crews…
Eilert Geitz, an engineer-in-training for Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, takes of photo of a copper water pipe in the basement of a home in Mandan on March 6, 2026, while surveying for lead. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s public water systems have spent several years creating vast inventories of their service…
