Kodi Pinks, director of Non-Infectious Disease Surveillance and Data Management for the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, presents data on unintentional overdose deaths to lawmakers on the Health Services Committee on Sept. 16, 2024. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota)(North Dakota Monitor) Unintentional drug overdose deaths in North Dakota have increased since 2019 but fell last year, according to preliminary…
GRAND FORKS (KVRR-KFGO) – A Grand Forks man is facing charges after assaulting both his current wife and ex-wife early Monday. Police responded to a home just before 2 a.m. Monday for a report of a domestic assault. Court documents say when officers arrived, a woman outside told them she’d been hit in the head by her ex-husband. She told…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A motorcyclist was run over Monday evening while the eastbound lanes of I-94 between University Drive and the Red River Bridge were backed up because of road construction. North Dakota Highway Patrol says around 8:40 p.m. a motorcycle driving by a 39-year-old Fargo woman had just caught up in the standstill and had slowed down when the…
GLYNDON, Minn. (KVRR) — The green flag is about to drop again at Interstate Raceway in Glyndon. Rolie Racing LLC has taken over the racetrack and are planning to bring events back, including drag racing. The Rolie brothers have been into racing since they were kids, and they’re hoping to share that passion by offering driver lessons and junior drag…
GRAND FORKS (KFGO) – A Grand Forks man is facing charges after assaulting both his current wife and ex-wife early Monday. Police responded to a home just before 2 a.m. Monday for a report of a domestic assault. Court documents say when officers arrived, a woman outside told them she’d been hit in the head by her ex-husband. She told…
A farmer pulls a roller across a field in Stutsman County on May 16, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) Two of North Dakota’s largest farm groups are taking opposite stances on a ballot measure that could bring major changes to how farmland is taxed and how local governments are funded. North Dakota Farm Bureau announced last week that…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Polk County on Sunday. Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash on Polk County Road 41 in King Township near McIntosh around 3:30 p.m. First responders found a vehicle in flames. Alcohol is believed to be a factor. The body was sent to UND Forensic…
DASSEL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Authorities in Meeker County are investigating a weekend explosion that left a man from Dassel dead. The sheriff’s office says Jeffery Holmquist, 46, was the victim of a gas explosion inside a fish house that caused severe burns to his body. Deputies say Holmquist was airlifted to the Hennepin Healthcare Burn Center Saturday morning, where he…
Troy Seibel testifies at a meeting of House Judiciary Committee, Feb. 8, 2021 (North Dakota Monitor via Bismarck Tribune)MANDAN, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Funeral services are set for former North Dakota Deputy Attorney General Troy Seibel, who died September 3. An obituary says family and friends will gather Saturday, Sept. 21 at 11 a.m. at Dawise-Perry Crematory in Mandan. The obituary…
The North Dakota Capitol looms over a sea of new residential developments in north Bismarck. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota residents with questions or concerns about their property tax estimates have a few weeks to say their piece before local governments finalize their budgets. County treasurers are required by law to send the tax estimates to property…
