Author: KVRR Staff

North Dakota joins states challenging transgender health care protections

Attorney General Drew WrigleyBISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota has joined a coalition of seven states challenging a rule by the Biden administration that would preempt state restrictions on gender-affirming care. The legal challenge, which is led by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, was filed in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Wednesday….

Riverview Dairy reaches out to potential new neighbors with open house in Halstad

HALSTAD, Minn. (KFGO) – Officials with Riverview Dairy are reaching out to potential neighbors to talk about a proposed new 25,000 head dairy operation in Traill County, North Dakota. On Tuesday, Riverview LLP, based in Morris, Minnesota, hosted an ‘open house’ at the old school gym in Halstad, Minnesota, to talk with community members about the proposed dairy operation in…

State Rep. Reaches Plea Deal in DUI Case in Grand Forks

State Rep. Claire CoryGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Grand Forks lawmaker arrested for misdemeanor DUI in May has reached a plea deal. Republican Rep. Claire Cory pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving. Cory received a suspended sentence of 12 days in jail, which she won’t have to serve if she completes the requirements of the agreement including…

Marshfield Clinic To Merge With Sanford Health

Would Combine 56,000 Employees and 56 Hospitals

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Marshfield Clinic Health System has reached a memo of understanding to merge with Sanford Health. Should the merger go through, the combined system would bring together nearly 56,000 employees and 56 hospitals. Sanford Health would serve as the parent company and the headquarters would remain in Sioux Falls. Marshfield Clinic Health System based in Wisconsin…

Biden tells Democrats he ‘declines’ to step aside, says it’s time for drama ‘to end’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, in a letter to congressional Democrats, stood firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy and called for an “end” to the intraparty drama that has torn apart Democrats since his dismal public debate performance. Biden’s efforts to shore up a deeply anxious Democratic Party came Monday as lawmakers are returning to Washington…

Drowning rescue on Little Detroit Lakes

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…