Author: KVRR Staff

Minnesota Supreme Court dismisses ‘insurrection clause’ challenge and allows Trump on primary ballot

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot under a constitutional provision that forbids those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. The state’s high court declined to become the first in history to use Section Three of the 14th Amendment to prevent someone…

NDSU partners with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to host Who Stewards Our History? discussion

  FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – With November being Native American heritage month, NDSU partnered with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to host the Who Stewards Our History discussion. They talked about contested artifacts from the Holocaust and American Indian History. The speakers discussed the return of disputed objects from Jewish victims of the Holocaust and from Indigenous populations in…

Judge to rule on temporary block of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota district judge said Tuesday he’ll decide soon on whether to temporarily block the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for children, among the latest in a series of similar lawsuits playing out across the U.S. Three families and a pediatrician are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in September. They want a temporary restraining order and…

Man Falls 25 Feet from Billboard Platform Near Mapleton

MAPLETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man is hurt after falling from a billboard west of Mapleton. Cass County Sheriff’s deputies and first responders were called out Monday night around 6:30. They say the man fell 25 feet from the billboard platform. He was stabilized and conscious when Sanford AirMed arrived to take him to the hospital. A sheriff’s office spokesman…

Bobcat to build new plant in Mexico; not expected to impact jobs in North Dakota

WEST FARGO (KFGO) – Bobcat is building a new manufacturing plant in Mexico. The West Fargo-headquartered skid steer and compact loader company has confirmed that it is expanding to Monterrey, Mexico. Doosan-Bobcat North America President Mike Ballweber said it will not mean the loss of jobs at the plants in Gwinner or Bismarck. “We don’t anticipate that happening at all,”…

Fargo School Board Approves New Teacher Contract

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo School Board and Fargo Education Association have been in negotiation discussions since February. The two parties met twenty times prior to reaching the state-imposed impasse deadline of July 1st. The FEA completed the ratification vote of its members on November 3, 2023, and the Agreement has been accepted by a majority of the FEA membership….