Author: KVRR Staff

Former Bison pitcher named to American Association All-Star team

(NDSU Athletics)FARGO (KVRR/NDSU ATHLETICS) – Former North Dakota State University pitcher Parker Harm was selected to the American Association All-Star Game to be held at Newman Outdoor Field next week. Harm, a left-handed pitcher from Mandan, N.D., is in his second season with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and his fifth year of professional baseball after pitching for NDSU from 2017 through 2021. He will…

Governor questions scope of Ethics Commission authority

North Dakota Republican Gov. Kelly Armstrong gestures during a meeting at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong expressed concerns Monday that a recent Ethics Commission advisory opinion effectively created a new law without input from the Legislature. The advisory opinion, requested by Sen. Josh…

Man charged with robbery, assault in Target shoplifting case

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A man was arrested after police say he tried to shoplift from Target and assaulted two Target employees. Fargo Police were called to Target on 13th Ave. S. just before 3 p.m. Friday for a shoplifter who had a weapon. Officers found two men fighting in the entryway. Loss prevention employees told officers they had tried to…

Man accused of trying to steal beer from Fargo bar

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A man is facing a felony charge for allegedly trying to steal a case of beer from a Fargo bar. Police were called to Chub’s Pub on University Drive North just before 11 a.m. Thursday for a report that a man walked into the bar, took a case of beer and left. Court records say a bartender…

Red River Valley Fair draws near-record attendance

WEST FARGO (KFGO) — This year’s Red River Valley Fair in West Fargo was the second best attended in the fair’s history. The fair says 143,740 people attended. Lauren Daigle and Josiah Queen and Nick Hall, presented by Pulse ND, drew a crowd of 12,800 people to close out the fair on Sunday. Sarah Bunyea, a spokesperson for Pulse North Dakota, called…

North Dakota Corrections working on 4 ‘mini prisons’ to relieve crowding

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is working to add as many as 300 additional beds to its overburdened prison system over the next year. “We’re literally trying to lift up about, as far as I’m concerned, four mini prisons across the state all in the same year,” Department of Corrections and…

Trump appears at FIFA Club World Cup final on anniversary of Pennsylvania assassination attempt

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the Club World Cup final soccer match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)(FOX NEWS) President Donald Trump made an appearance at the Club World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday – one year after an assassination attempt…

Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s trial to begin Monday in Detroit Lakes after several delays

Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, MNDETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) — The burglary trial of Sen. Nicole Mitchell, which was rescheduled after the shooting of the Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, begins Monday in Detroit Lakes. Mitchell, who represents Woodbury, faces first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools for allegedly breaking into her stepmother’s home in 2024. Her trial will begin…

Fallout over Epstein files cascades, roiling relations between AG Pam Bondi and FBI’s Dan Bongino

WASHINGTON (AP/KVRR) – The Justice Department and FBI are struggling to contain the fallout and appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump’s base after the administration’s decision this week to withhold records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation. The move, which included the acknowledgment that one particular sought-after document never existed in the first…