MINOT, N.D. (KVRR) — A truck crashed head on into a tree, leaving a juvenile passenger with serious injuries and the driver with a DUI charge. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 2:48 p.m. in Cross Ranch State Park, just north of Sanger. Authorities say the truck was headed north through the park when the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — More than 180 local households will see significantly lower energy bills after the solar array atop Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s new parking ramp powers up later this year. Abbott Northwestern — Twin Cities’ largest private hospital — will enjoy similar savings while hosting Minneapolis nonprofit Cooperative Energy Futures’ newest community solar garden for at least…
REVA, S.D. (KVRR) — A 58-year-old Frazee man has died after the pickup he was driving ran off the road and overturned near Reva, South Dakota. According to the Harding County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred at around 6:30 in the morning on Friday, July 25. Officials say Brian Keith Huber, from Frazee, Minnesota, was driving a truck towing a…
MAPLETON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Fargo man and Valley City woman are in the Cass County jail after deputies found drugs in their vehicle and the man ran from a traffic stop over the weekend. The Sheriff’s Office says deputies stopped the two in Mapleton for expired vehicle tags. After finding the drugs, deputies removed the pair from the vehicle…
Rep. Nathan Toman, R-Mandan, chair of the Legislative Task Force on Government Efficiency, speaks during a subcommittee hearing of the Budget Section on June 25, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s version of DOGE is poised to begin work this week, but members say it won’t be just like the federal government version that…
A drone flies over a farm field as part of a Grand Farm project to use drones to scout for weeds. A North Dakota Department of Agriculture grant will help continue the work. (Courtesy of Grand Farm)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A state-funded program will use drones and artificial intelligence to scout for noxious weeds in five North Dakota…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Scheels is planning a new 250,000-square-foot sporting goods store to be opened in Blaine, Minnesota. Blaine will be the company’s second location in the Twin Cities metro and sixth in the state. The store is expected to open in the spring of 2028. “Minnesota has always been a proud part of the Scheels story, and we’re thrilled…
Energy Transfer attorney Trey Cox, center, and other attorneys for the Dakota Access Pipeline developer speak to media March 19, 2025, outside the Morton County Courthouse. (Amy Dalrymple/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline has asked a North Dakota judge to stop Greenpeace from counter-suing it in the Netherlands. Energy Transfer says…
Wheat stands in a field in Richland County, North Dakota, on July 10, 2025. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — An annual industry tour of the wheat crop in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota projects lower yields than a year ago but an overall good quality crop. The Wheat Quality Council tour projects an average yield of 49…
MINNEWAUKAN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Benson County commission is appointing a commissioner as acting sheriff after the county’s chief deputy was charged with multiple felonies and its current sheriff is resigning. Commissioner Dick Horner will take over sheriff duties at the end of business Friday. Horner says the resignation of Sheriff Ethan Rode is not related to the arrest and…
