BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — With the recent revelations in the Ray Holmberg case, North Dakota legislators are looking making law to make reporting similar incidents mandatory. State Senator Tim Mathern, of Fargo, held a press conference along with other fellow legislators to announce a bill that would require elected officials and those employed in higher education to report incidents of…
Ray Holmberg (left) & Wayne StenehjemBISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Newly released call logs show the late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem communicated with former Sen. Ray Holmberg as the lawmaker was being investigated for sex crimes, including calls the day Stenehjem sat for a law enforcement interview. Yet Stenehjem only told law enforcement about one phone conversation with Holmberg,…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Frazee man who shot and killed a person in a mobile home park in Frazee has been sentenced. 32-year-old Willis McDonald has been sentenced to two months in the Becker County jail and two years probation. A district court jury found him not guilty of manslaughter, but found him guilty of knowingly shooting the…
Bruce Gjovig at UND in 2017. (UND photo) GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Bruce Gjovig has released a statement after a North Dakota BCI report was released that shows Ray Holmberg communicated with him and high-profile North Dakotans. A statement released by Gjovig’s attorney, Cash Aaland, says Gjovig was unaware of Holmberg’s criminal activities. Gjovig says he was interviewed by…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo Fire Marshal Ryan Erickson says the investigation into two school bus fires at Valley Bus late last month are closed. The first fire on March 27 started below the dash of a bus near the steering column from an undetermined cause. The second fire the next day which destroyed a bus, was traced to the…
(Gov. Kelly Armstrong signs bill requiring that students not use their phones during the school day.)BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Gov. Kelly Armstrong said Friday as he signed a bill requiring K-12 public schools in North Dakota to adopt phone-free school policies that it may be the most impactful legislation of this session. The house bill requires all personal electronic communication…
FBI Director Kash Patel (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)MILWAUKEE (AP) — The FBI on Friday arrested a Wisconsin county judge accused of helping a man avoid immigration enforcement, Director Kash Patel said. Patel made the announcement in a post on X and said his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her…
Rep. Ben Koppelman, left, R-West Fargo, asks a question to Rep. Mike Nathe, R-Bismarck, on the House floor on April 24, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota House overwhelmingly rejected an Education Savings Account bill Thursday night, a day after the governor vetoed a similar bill. House members voted 78-14 against Senate Bill 2400, which…
Gov. Kelly Armstrong signs a bill that seeks to prevent insurance prior authorization from blocking patients’ access to care in an April, 23, 2025, ceremony at the Capitol. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — New legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Kelly Armstrong aims to protect patients from care-delaying snags in the health insurance prior authorization process. Prior…
Our thoughts are with Tony Oliva, Kent Hrbek and their families as they recover from recent strokes. Get well soon, Tony and Kent 🙏 pic.twitter.com/sIY9jPXIUW — Minnesota Twins (@Twins) April 24, 2025 MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Minnesota Twins announced Thursday that former players and now team ambassadors Kent Hrbek and Tony Oliva recently suffered strokes, and both are expected…
