The Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in downtown Saint Paul, Minn. (Ellen Schmidt/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Bryan is weighing sanctions against the top Department of Justice official in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, for the federal government’s failure to promptly return the belongings of…
The Bank of North Dakota is awarding employee performance bonuses as a way to improve retention. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — State officials have approved new staff performance bonuses to improve retention at the Bank of North Dakota, with the first installment totaling about $772,000. The North Dakota Industrial Commission, which oversees…
Aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) that are operating in support of the war in Iran. (U.S. Navy via AP)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, as Washington and Israel intensified their bombardment Wednesday of Iran’s security forces and other symbols of power. As…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR/FOX) — The Pentagon has identified four Army Reserve soldiers killed in a drone strike on a command center in Kuwait, bringing the total U.S. deaths in the Iran operations to six. One of those soldiers is from Minnesota. 39-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor lived was from White Bear Lake. She enlisted in the National Guard in…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Cando, North Dakota woman is accused of breaking into an apartment in Grand Forks and assaulting a woman. Grand Forks Police arrested Marsha Counts on Saturday night after the victim reported that Counts and several others came into the apartment when she was sleeping. Police say there is video evidence showing Counts hit the…
Lawmakers on the Joint Appropriations Committee study legislation during a January special session convened to budget the first two years of the state’s Rural Health Transformation Program funding. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The federal government has approved most of North Dakota’s nearly $200 million plan implementing the first year of a massive rural…
The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks. UND staff, including two obstetrician-gynecologists, were commissioned by the state to create a new abortion laws training that is mandatory for doctors who perform abortions in North Dakota. (Photo courtesy of University of North Dakota)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A new training commissioned by the North…
Native American Commission Chair Ashley Littlewolf presents transition plan to the Fargo City Commission on March 2, 2026FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Fargo City Commission has unanimously approved a transition plan for the Native American Commission. The board’s chair, Ashley Littlewolf, says they will continue their work under a broader, community-based governance model without using city staff or funding. “The…
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty (center)MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/FOX9/AP) – Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says her office is prepared to file new lawsuits to get access to evidence in the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. She provided those details while unveiling a new system to document potential abuses of power by federal officers. The new Transparency and Accountability Project…
Federal agents block an alley near 35th Street and Chicago Avenue while they break a car window to detain a man and his young daughter Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Emerging statistics on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge to Minnesota — $203.1 million in damage in Minneapolis, $106 million…
