GWINNER, N.D. (KFGO) – An arrest has been made in the theft of a historic bell in southeastern North Dakota. Sargent County Sheriff Travis Paeper says Paul Vincent, 39, of Gwinner, is in the Richland County Jail in Wahpeton on a charge of possessing stolen property. The bell was stolen from White Stone Cemetery northeast of Gwinner between last weekend…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man is sentenced to 12 years in prison for the drug overdose death of another Fargo man. 26-year-old Tristin Monsebroten pleaded guilty in the death of the 25-year-old last May. The charge was distribution of fentanyl, resulting in death. Monesbroten was arrested after police responded to a medical assist call. The victim was found…
WAUBUN, Minn. (KVRR) — Early Tuesday morning, 17-year-old Cash Tibbetts was found dead on 310th Street, northeast of Waubun, Minnesota. Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene around 8:30 a.m. and found a pickup on its side. They say Tibbetts was driving at a high rate of speed and lost control on a curve. The Waubun teen was…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/AP) — XP Lee has won the special election for House District 34b, that is the district represented by the late Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman. She and her husband were fatally shot in June in a politically motivated assassination. Lee, a Democrat, is a former Brooklyn Park city council member. “I am honored to have been elected…
Display copies of updated tribal textbooks detailing the history and culture of the five Native nations that share land with North Dakota. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor/KVRR) — The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction has released the first of a series of updated textbooks on the five Native nations that share land with North Dakota. The…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday he will seek a third term in the 2026 elections, hoping to beat the odds to become the longest-serving governor in a state where voters have usually said two terms were plenty. In a campaign video posted on YouTube, Walz said he’s running because his work is not done…
President Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Robert Redford in the White House, Nov. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)(AP) – Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89. Redford died “at his home at…
GWINNER, N.D. (KFGO) – A piece of history in southeastern North Dakota has been stolen. Thieves have taken a 600 lb. bell from White Stone Cemetery northeast of Gwinner. Sargent County Sheriff Travis Paeper says the bell was reported missing over the weekend by the cemetery’s groundskeeper. He last saw the bell over the Labor Day weekend. Paeper says more…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Jamestown man is facing charges for allegedly asking a co-worker to hack into his brother’s security system so he could kill him. Court records say Kelly Spivey believed his brother is stealing from their father. The co-worker told police he wanted access to his brother’s security system to find out when he was home alone…
Agricultural economist John Newton, right, answers questions from Don Wick of the Red River Farm Network at the Big Iron farm show in West Fargo, North Dakota, on Sept. 10, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)WEST FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota soybean growers rely heavily on exports to China, but with harvest on the horizon, those…
