Courtney Williams #10 of the Minnesota Lynx celebrates during the game against the New York Liberty during Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Finals on October 10, 2024 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of…
South Central Judicial District Court Judge Bruce Romanick listens to arguments in a lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s abortion ban on Oct. 10, 2024, in Bismarck. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)(Mary Steurer – North Dakota Monitor) A district court judge denied a request by the state Thursday to suspend his decision striking down the state’s abortion ban while the case goes to…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Since the City of Fargo’s new ordinance banning camping within 100 feet of critical infrastructure or public paths went into effect last month, Fargo Cass Public Health staff have been working with the homeless to relocate them. Harm Reduction Division Community Liaison Chandler Esslinger says the response from people has been positive. Eesslinger says Harm Reduction staff…
Stub’s Dining & Gunpowder Bar in Battle Lake after damaged by fire Sept. 16. (Eric Bolin KVRR)BATTLE LAKE, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The police chief in Battle Lake says an investigation has determined that a fire that destroyed Stub’s Dining & Gunpowder Bar last month was not suspicious. Police Chief Eric Dison says the conclusion was reached after an investigation by…
MINNEAPOLIS (MLB/KVRR) – The Pohlad family, who have owned the Minnesota Twins for over 40 years, has announced their intentions to sell the MLB franchise. This was the statement from Joe Pohlad, the executive chair for the Twins: “For the past 40 seasons, the Minnesota Twins have been part of our family’s heart and soul. This team is woven into…
Former Fargo city commissioner Tony Gehrig and Charlene Nelson represented proponents of Measure 4 during a discussion in Hillsboro Oct. 8, 2024. (Cory Erickson/Hillsboro Banner)(Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) HILLSBORO, N.D. — To Tony Gehrig, a former Fargo city commissioner, North Dakota’s Measure 4 property tax reform proposal eliminates an unfair tax structure and stimulates growth in the state….
Members of the North Dakota Legislature listen as Secretary of State Michael Howe speaks on efforts to improve access to voting on tribal reservations at a Tribal and State Relations Committee at Prairie Knights Casino on Oct. 9, 2024. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)FORT YATES, N.D. (Mary Steurer – North Dakota Monitor) – The North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office addressed…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is the federal agency charged with enforcing nursing home regulations. (Photo by Getty Images; logo courtesy of CMS)(Clark Kauffman – North Dakota Monitor) The state of Iowa, where nursing homes have compiled one of the nation’s worst records for staffing-level violations, has joined 19 other states in suing the Biden administration to block…
WILLIAMS CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A South African man who died due to a western North Dakota wildfire over the weekend was planning to return to his wife within weeks in time for the birth of their first child. 26-year-old Nicolaas van Eeden died Saturday due to smoke inhalation after he was driving home to Tioga when the smoke became…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A 29-year-old man from St. Michael has pleaded guilty to child abuse in the death of a one-year-old on the Spirit Lake Reservation. In February 2023, Collin Delorme’s co-defendant called 9-1-1 to report a child was not breathing. The child died at the hospital in Devils Lake. The medical examiner determined the cause of death was battery…
