FILE – Bronze medalist Lindsey Vonn of the United States hold the Stars and Stripes during the flower ceremony for the Women’s super-G at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Sen. Mitch McConnell into a key position as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. Thune, who is 63 and in his fourth Senate term, has promised to work…
Alisha Jagar, Aerige Majhi, Joel Rodriguez (Photo: Cass County Jail)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo police officers responded to a report of suspicious activity around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gate City Bank in the 3900 block of 13th Avenue South. Officers determined that multiple individuals attempted to illegally use another person’s identifying information. The investigation resulted in the arrest of three people…
CANNON BALL, ND – DECEMBER 06: An activist fights the wind as while walking along Flag Road in Oceti Sakowin Camp as blizzard conditions grip the area around the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 6, 2016 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Native Americans and activists from around the country have been at the camp for several months trying to…
Republicans Rep. Mike Lefor, left, and Sen. David Hogue have been reelected as majority leaders for the 2025 legislative session. (Photos provided by North Dakota Legislative Assembly)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) House Majority Leader Mike Lefor and Senate Majority Leader David Hogue will maintain their leadership roles for the upcoming North Dakota legislative session. Lefor, of Dickinson, and Hogue, of…
Former Epic Companies CEO and Founder Todd BerningHILLSBORO, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The former CEO and founder of Epic Companies and his wife of 15 years are getting divorced. A marital termination agreement in Traill County says Todd Berning will retain a condominium in Minot while Carolyn Berning will keep their marital home in West Fargo. The filing says irreconcilable differences…
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…
