WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family. “For decades, Dick…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Tuesday is election day and Minnesota School Boards Association says 70 school districts have referendums on the ballot, amounting to $1.6 billion in potential tax levies. The association points to a number of factors behind the rise in school referendums including inflation, state Paid Family Leave requirements and uncertainty over federal funding. Among the school districts…
The Great Plains Food Bank, which works with food pantries across North Dakota, is getting money from the state of North Dakota to buy food in light of uncertainty over federal nutrition programs. Some of that food is expected to benefit tribal nations. (Photo courtesy of Great Plains Food Bank)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe,…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Fargo man who ran from officers and sparked a police search in the Bennett Elementary School of south Fargo Sunday night is in the Cass County jail. Around 11:30 p.m., officers were called to the 5900 block of 24th Street S. for a report of a domestic dispute. Fargo Police say investigators learned that Alvin Logan,…
Wade Kadrmas, a career and technical education teacher at Horizon Middle School in Bismarck, sits with a student during a class project on Oct. 8, 2025. Students were using computer-aided design (CADD) technology to build a virtual cabin. Although the school’s CADD program does not currently use artificial intelligence, Kadrmas says it likely will be implemented in the future. (Photo…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension now says DWI breath tests administered with equipment that had data errors were accurate. Nearly 450 cases across the state were put into question after the BCA discovered errors in September while installing gas cylinders in DataMaster instruments. BCA lab forensic scientists have now mathematically verified that all identified DWI evidentiary…
HANSKA, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) – Authorities say two people were killed early Sunday morning in a shooting in southwestern Minnesota, and a suspect was arrested in Iowa after a manhunt. Brown County Sheriff’s Office received a report at about 4:22 a.m. from a juvenile witness that his mom’s ex-boyfriend broke into their house on the 100 block of Blessum Street West in Hanska and…
Republican State Rep. Lisa Demuth of Cold Spring sworn in as House SpeakerST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) — Minnesota Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth is jumping into the crowded field of Republicans running for governor. The 58-year-old from Cold Spring represents District 13A in central Minnesota which includes the cities of Cold Spring and St. Joseph. She was named speaker back…
Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy (9) passes during the first half of an NFL game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, November 2, 2025 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) DETROIT (AP) — J.J. McCarthy threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score in his return from an ankle injury, leading the Minnesota Vikings to a 27-24 win over the…
BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to pay for SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown. The judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island gave the administration leeway on whether to fund the program partially or in full for November. That…
