BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Native American tribe in North Dakota will soon grow lettuce in a giant greenhouse complex that when fully completed will be among the country’s largest, enabling the tribe to grow much of its own food decades after a federal dam flooded the land where they had cultivated corn, beans and other crops for millennia. Work…
UPDATE: Authorities have identified the victim as Sterling Buchholz, 24, of Fargo. His condition is still unknown. DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Becker County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a report on Saturday at 3:26 PM that a 24-year-old man had been swimming from shore and had gone under the water in the area of Zorbaz, or the 400…
NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago gobbled down 58 hot dogs to win his first men’s title Thursday at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, taking advantage of the absence of the event’s biggest star. Bertoletti won in a tight, 10-minute race where the leader bounced back and forth. The 39-year-old Bertoletti defeated 13 competitors…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/NorthDakotaMonitor) — A person in North Dakota died after consuming recalled microdosing candies. The death is under investigation by state agencies, the poison control center and FDA. The FDA published a recall on June 28 of some Prophet Premium Blends Diamond Shruumz products. They are marketed as containing a proprietary blend of mushrooms. As of July 1, 48…
Joshua DahlWEST FARGO (KFGO) – A West Fargo assistant principal who was placed on administrative leave in April will return to the school this fall under a plan of improvement. Osgood Elementary School began an internal investigation after parents of two students accused Joshua Dahl of physically moving their children during a program in early April. A report obtained by…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fergus Falls man is sentenced to over 6 years in prison after pleading guilty to 3rd Degree Murder. 23-year-old Frankie Reed III admitted to selling M30 pills to Matthew Millsop who died of an overdose in March 2023 at a transitional housing facility. According to Reed, he had purchased the pills in Fargo and…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Around 40 members of 10 different unions rallied outside Edgewood Healthcare headquarters in downtown Grand Forks in solidarity with union workers in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They included members of United Steelworkers, allied unions, labor councils and community members. North Dakota AFL-CIO supplied video of the rally and say workers represented by the United Steelworkers at Edgewood…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO UPDATE 8PM) — Court documents are revealing details from a Fargo shooting that left one man dead. Fargo Police were called to the Arbors apartment complex in the 2200 block of 6th Ave S around 10:15 p.m. on June 24. Officers found Zion Brooks, 20, with a serious wound to his face in the parking lot. Court documents…
(NDSU Athletics/Ryan Workman)SAN ANTONIO (NDSU Athletics/KVRR) – Former North Dakota State men’s basketball standout Tyson Ward will play for the San Antonio Spurs in the 2024 NBA Summer League. The Spurs are scheduled to play three games in Sacramento, Calif., from July 6-9, before playing four additional games in Las Vegas from July 13-19. Ward played his first three professional…
Leonard PeltierWASHINGTON – Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole. The U.S. Parole Commission said in a statement Tuesday announcing the decision that he won’t be eligible for another parole hearing until June 2026. His attorney, Kevin Sharp,…
