Author: KVRR Staff

Rick Becker pauses campaign activities due to son’s injury

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – Rick Becker is pausing campaign activities due to a family emergency. Becker told KFGO that his son was riding an electric skateboard when he crashed, and sustained a skull fracture and a brain bleed.  He’s hopeful that his son keeps improving and can be discharged from the hospital in the next few days. Becker will resume…

Bison Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Oral Roberts

PHOTO/BEN COHEN FARGO, N.D. (NDSU ATHLETICS)– Garret Hill smashed a walk-off home run in the ninth inning of game two to help lift the North Dakota State baseball team to a 7-6 win and a doubleheader split with Oral Roberts on Saturday afternoon at Newman Outdoor Field. The Bison (11-22, 8-6 Summit) dropped the opening game of the doubleheader, 10-3,…

A Three-run Double from Mariah Peters and Complete Game Shutout by Makaela Carr Lift Fighting Hawks to Sweep of Bison

PHOTO/RUSSEL HONS GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND ATHLETICS)– The North Dakota softball team got back into its Summit League schedule Saturday, taking on North Dakota State in twinbill. In game one, NoDak came back from a 4-1 deficit to win 5-4 and in the second game Makaela Carr kept the Bison off the scoreboard and Cassie Castaneda got the game winning…

Timberwolves take down Suns 120-95 in Game 1 behind 33 points from Anthony Edwards

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 18 of his 33 points in the third quarter and had nine rebounds to carry the Minnesota Timberwolves in a tone-setting 120-95 victory over the Phoenix Suns to start the first round of the NBA playoffs on Saturday. Karl-Anthony Towns added 19 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 18 points on 7-for-12 shooting and Rudy Gobert…

Jury convicts Fargo man of illegal possession of machine gun

FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – A Fargo man has been convicted of illegally having a machine gun and an unregistered silencer. Patrick Opdahl, 24, was found guilty after a three-day trial in US District Court in Fargo. The US Attorney’s Office says law enforcement was called to the home of Opdahl’s parents last February. They were told that he pulled a gun…

First Lady Burgum Speaks at UND About Stigma and Shame of Addiction

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/UND) — North Dakota First Lady Kathryn Burgum continues to work to eliminate the stigma and shame of addiction. She was the featured speaker at the 10th annual Women for Philanthropy Luncheon at UND. North Dakota started a statewide stigma survey in 2018 to evaluate the baseline attitudes people have toward addiction and recovery. A 2021 survey…

NDSU Athletics Establishes Graduating Champions Award for Academic Success

NDSU AthleticsFARGO (NDSU Athletics/KVRR) – The North Dakota State University athletic department will begin distributing educational-related financial awards to student-athletes in the 2024-25 academic year, NDSU director of athletics Matt Larsen announced Thursday, April 18. Awards from the NDSU Graduating Champions Fund are made possible by a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in NCAA v. Alston. At NDSU, the awards…