Sen. Brad Bekkedahl, R-Williston, and Legislative Council budget analyst Allen Knudson listen to a presentation on the Rural Health Transformation Program on Oct. 14, 2025. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A committee of North Dakota lawmakers this week began sifting through an ocean of recommendations for how to spend a $500 million federal rural…
Candy and sugary drinks are displayed at a gas station in Bismarck on Oct. 14, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Some foods such as soda and candy may soon be prohibited purchases in North Dakota through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, officials said Tuesday. The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services…
MOORHEAD (KVRR/KFGO) – An investigation is underway into a fire that caused extensive damage to a south Moorhead mobile home. Fire crews were called to the 1700 block of 3rd Avenue S. around 2:20 a.m. Wednesday. “When I arrived on scene, there were flames coming from the side of the house right about where the furnace and water heater area…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A large law enforcement presence was seen on Roberts Street in downtown Fargo between 1st and 2nd Avenues. This video by KVRR was taken Tuesday night just before 9 p.m. Fargo Police, North Dakota Highway Patrol and unmarked vehicles were on scene. Officers could be seen going through numerous vehicles and some were wearing masks. North…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Housing board has approved more than four million dollars in grants for affordable and workforce housing in towns across the state. Thirty-three cities with populations below ten thousand in greater Minnesota have been awarded the grant. Funded through the state legislature, the Greater Minnesota Small Cities Housing Aid Grant Program can be used to…
The Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce event featured a panel discussion on employee retention. Oct. 14, 2025.FARGO — Business and community leaders meet to talk about the challenges of employee retention at a Chamber event called “Pulse of Talent Retention”. Keeping people in the community was the theme of the event put on by the Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo…
FARGO (KFGO) – So far, a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming the government shutdown on Democrats is not showing at Hector International Airport in Fargo. Airport Authority Executive Director Shawn Dobberstein says the airport does not have equipment for such videos. He says TSA and the Department of Homeland Security have the ability, but has thus far…
Alex Nisbet, a regulatory policy specialist for Xcel Energy, speaks during a public input session hosted by the North Dakota Public Service Commission on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A proposed electric rate increase would cost North Dakota State University about $1 million a year, a representative of the college told…
MEDORA, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Public lands advocate Walt Dabney joined a group of North Dakota conservationists in the Badlands on Sunday to see how federal funding cuts are affecting public lands in the state — and how members of the public are stepping up in the government’s place. Dabney, a former National Park Service ranger, is in North…
MOORHEAD (KVRR-KFGO) – Moorhead Police have released surveillance photos of an SUV in connection with a shots-fired call. They’re seeking information about the driver of a 2002-2010 white Ford Explorer. The call, in the 900 block of 17th Street South, was on September 23. Police have not given any additional information on their investigation. Anyone with information is urged to…
