Author: KVRR Staff

Watch: Minnesota restaurant raided by ICE and Border Patrol

HIBBING, Minn. – (KVRR/FOX21) – A Mexican restaurant in Hibbing was raided by federal agents on Wednesday. According to officials, Hibbing police officers assisted the Lake Superior Drug Task Force with executing a warrant in town. A FOX21 crew who happened to be on scene also witnessed multiple Enforcement and Removal Operations(ERO) agents, along with Border Patrol, participating in the…

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St. Louis County Commissioner Ashley Grimm poses for a portrait outside the St. Louis County District Courthouse Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 in Duluth, Minnesota. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)DULUTH, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Leaders in small Minnesota communities are helping big tech companies dot the state with gigantic computers used to power AI, often under the cloak of code names…

Federal workers receive nearly $1 million in emergency loans through state, community bank programs

Don Morgan, president of the Bank of North Dakota, speaks during a meeting of the Industrial Commission on Oct. 27, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Furloughed federal workers received nearly $1 million in emergency relief loans for missed paychecks from North Dakota banks since the start of the federal government shutdown. The Furloughed Federal…

Ag commissioner lukewarm on Bank of North Dakota’s foray into stablecoin

Gov. Kelly Armstrong, center, speaks during a meeting of the Industrial Commission next to Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, left, and Attorney General Drew Wrigley on Oct. 27, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — One of the state officials responsible for overseeing the Bank of North Dakota is urging caution as the financial institution begins…

North Dakota tribal treatment programs hindered by ‘archaic’ regulation, leaders say

Bill draft to address need for Medicaid, Medicare waiver

The Good Road Recovery Center in Bismarck is a licensed substance abuse disorder treatment program owned and operated by the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is looking to the North Dakota Legislature to address a major “impediment” to health care access on the…

Family and friends identify victim of fatal crash in Houston as former NDSU football player Jamar Champ

HOUSTON (FOX 26) – Two men are dead after a crash on I-10 Katy Freeway Tuesday morning, where one man was going the wrong way and crashed into the other man’s vehicle. Sergeant Rebecca Dallas stated they received scalls around 12:05 a.m. about a vehicle going the wrong way near the 6600 block of I-10 Katy Freeway just before the…

Fargo man arrested in fatal shooting investigation

UPDATE: Around 10:45 a.m., Levi Larteh, 26, Fargo, was arrested at a gas station in Barnesville by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. The arrest was made very shortly after probable cause was established. Larteh was booked into the Clay County Jail with a charge of Murder.   FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police revealed more details on the ongoing investigation…

Bank of North Dakota planning debt refinancing program to help ag producers

Farm workers load beans into a grain truck Sept. 28, 2025, in Wells County, N.D. (Photo by Lora Wobbema/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The Bank of North Dakota is developing a disaster relief program to help agricultural producers in the state survive the current crisis in the industry. The program will work with local banks…

Environmental group challenging permit for 25,000-cow North Dakota dairy

Riverview’s Campbell Dairy in Wilkin County, Minnesota, on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)HILLSBORO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A North Dakota environmental group has filed a lawsuit over a giant dairy under construction in Traill County. The Dakota Resource Council filed the suit against the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality and Riverview ND LLP in…

Committee still at impasse on North Dakota Ethics Commission vacancies

Sen. Kathy Hogan, from left, Gov. Kelly Armstrong and Sen. David Hogue hold an Ethics Commission selection committee meeting Sept. 23, 2025, at the Capitol. (Photo by Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The state officials responsible for selecting the next three members of the North Dakota Ethics Commission remained deadlocked Friday. Gov. Kelly Armstrong remains steadfast…