Joseph PuckettUPDATE: The Pine County Sheriff’s Office has canceled the missing person alert for Joseph Puckett. He has been found safe PINE COUNTY (KVRR) — The Pine County Sheriff’s Office, located in eastern Minnesota, is asking the public’s help in locating a missing man. 39-year-old Joseph Keith Puckett was last known to be in the Fargo area on August 19th….
New York Attorney General Letitia James. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. James was indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia on one count after a mortgage fraud investigation, said the person, who…
South Central Judicial District Judge Jackson Lofgren presides over a trial to determine the constitutionality of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors on Feb. 3, 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A judge has upheld a North Dakota law that bans gender-affirming care for minors. South Central District Court Judge Jackson Lofgren wrote in…
Gov. Kelly Armstrong, left, speaks Oct. 8, 2025, during a press conference after launching a loan program for federal workers during the government shutdown with Attorney General Drew Wrigley, center, and Rick Clayburgh, president of the North Dakota Bankers Association. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota is offering an estimated 9,200 federal workers…
FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — Oil producer Chevron is laying off more than 100 workers in North Dakota after acquiring Hess Corp., a greater impact than initially expected. Chevron notified Job Service North Dakota that it would lay off 111 workers — 63 in Minot and 48 at Tioga — beginning Sept. 26. Chevron completed its merger with Hess July…
Don Morgan, president of the Bank of North Dakota, speaks at Bismarck State College on Oct. 8, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The Bank of North Dakota announced Wednesday plans to launch the Roughrider coin, the state’s first stablecoin. Stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency that can facilitate instant money transfers, streamline bank-to-bank…
GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — Walsh County Sheriff say the inmate that died in custody is the man accused of setting fire inside a home and cutting gas lines. The inmate is identified as 39-year-old Patrick Aune, of Park River. He was jailed in Walsh County on Saturday for arson, contact by bodily fluids, criminal mischief, preventing arrest and reckless endangerment….
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Kirsten Baesler, North Dakota’s state superintendent of public instruction, has been confirmed to serve in the U.S. Department of Education. Baesler will serve as assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education. President Trump nominated Baesler in February. Her role as assistant secretary will have her overseeing federal offices that shape and support K-12 education policy across…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo police responded to a crash at the Main Avenue-2nd Street roundabout shortly before 6 Tuesday morning that involved a passenger vehicle and a moped. The vehicle failed to yield to the moped, causing the moped driver to lay the moped down, injuring the driver. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene of the crash without…
Emerson’s mug shot from the Cass County jail.BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says a $6,000 reward is now offered for information leading to the return of money and personal documents taken in a burglary at a farm south of Barnesville last December. A Fargo man, Benjamin Emerson, 37, was arrested. Investigators say they believe others took…
