Author: KVRR Staff

Ethics Commission highlights time management in annual report

Rebecca Binstock, left, executive director of the North Dakota Ethics Commission, Logan Carpenter, center, general counsel for the Ethics Commission, and Alisha Maier, right, operations manager for the Ethics Commission, listen during a committee hearing on Jan. 31, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A new report shows that Ethics Commission complaints that don’t…

LISTEN: Mayors of Fargo, Harwood spar over $3B AI data center project

(L) Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney, (R) Harwood Mayor Blake HankeyFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Mahoney says Applied Digital Corporation first approached Fargo about its plan to build a multi-billion dollar artificial intelligence data center and the city was working behind the scenes to accommodate the company’s needs. At some point, Mahoney says that all changed. “We had a great discussion,” Mahoney said….

Children killed in Annunciation Church shooting remembered as loving and bright

Fletcher Merkel (left) and Harper Moyski were killed in the shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025. (Photos provided by the families)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — The two children killed in the mass shooting at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis on Wednesday are 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, their families shared with the public…

Minnesota Democrats call for ban on assault weapons following deadly church shooting

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (right) call for a ban on assault rifles and high capacity magazines at a news conference with fellow Democrats and gun safety advocates in Minneapolis City Hall on Aug. 28, 2025. (Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Federal, state and city Democratic lawmakers joined gun safety advocates…

North Dakota Supreme Court allows landowner challenge to CO2 storage law to proceed

North Dakota Supreme Court Justices, from left, Douglas Bahr, Daniel Crothers, Jon Jensen, Lisa Fair McEvers and Jerod Tufte hear arguments Dec. 18, 2023, in a case involving Summit Carbon Solutions and landowners. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to take another look…

Fargo seeks to annex land near Harwood where proposed AI data center may go

The planned data center near Harwood, North Dakota. (Courtesy of Applied Digital)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The City of Fargo has taken action to annex land near Harwood where the $3 billion Applied Digital artificial intelligence data plant may go. During the Aug. 4 city commission meeting, commissioners voted unanimously to begin the annexation process, without any mention of the AI data…

West Fargo man life-flighted to Fargo after being found in ditch following motorcycle crash

KENT, Minn. (KFGO) – The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says a West Fargo man was life-flighted to Fargo after being found in a ditch between Kent, Minnesota and Abercrombie, North Dakota late Tuesday morning. A 911 caller called dispatch and reported 58-year-old Jon Brogren had been in the ditch since around 6:30 p.m. Monday after his motorcycle had a possible…

School resource officers will be back in Moorhead Area Public Schools

MOORHEAD (KFGO) – School resource officers are returning to Moorhead Area Public Schools. Moorhead Police Department and school district say the officers will be back in district buildings on Tuesday, the first day of the new school year. Two officers will be on-site, one assigned to Moorhead High School and one at Horizon Middle School. Later this fall, a third…

Primary election held for candidates vying to fill Nicole Mitchell’s state senate seat in District 47

Nicole MitchellWOODBURY, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) — A special primary is underway as candidates battle for the Minnesota Senate seat once held by Nicole Mitchell in Woodbury. The primary is for the DFL since there are two candidates: State Reps. Ethan Cha and Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger. There is only one Republican running for the Senate District 47 seat, St. Paul teacher Dwight Dorau…