MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Six people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 59 south of Mahnomen shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday. The Minnesota State Patrol says an SUV was northbound when it collided with a southbound SUV. The driver of the northbound vehicle and three passengers and the driver and a passenger in the second vehicle had…
Isaac Teegarden (photo: Cass County jail)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Fargo man who fled from West Fargo Police at high speed last summer will spend 28 days in jail. Last June, an officer tried to make a traffic stop after seeing Isaac Teegarden quickly accelerate and screech the tires of his vehicle on Main Avenue. Teegarden drove away from the officer at…
Landowners are compensated for the area needed for oil well pads, but there are sometimes disputes about the amount of compensation. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Bismarck attorney Derrick Braaten says clients have paid him millions of dollars for court battles against oil and gas company Continental Resources over surface damages in North Dakota….
Rebecca Phillips of Ecological Insights, shown in July 2024 in Burleigh County, conducts agriculture research in North Dakota but is awaiting federal payments on some of her work. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)HAZELTON, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota ag and conservation researcher is unsure if she will be able to complete some projects — or start new ones…
PHOTO/UND ATHLETICS GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND ATHLETICS) – University of North Dakota Director of Athletics Bill Chaves announced on Sunday that a change is being made in the leadership of the North Dakota hockey program. Brad Berry, who just completed his 10th season behind the bench, will not return next season. “Coach Berry has had a tremendous decade run at his alma mater,”…
PHOTO/Nick Foreman VERMILLION, S.D. (UND ATHLETICS)– North Dakota softball rallied with a four-run sixth inning in the second game of Saturday afternoon’s doubleheader at South Dakota and the Fighting Hawks completed the comeback with a two-run ninth inning to split the day’s Summit League-opening action with the Coyotes. USD shutout UND in the opener 7-0, but the Hawks responded with…
PHOTO/Rick Claus KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NDSU ATHLETICS)– North Dakota State softball wrapped up the opening weekend of Summit League play with a 4-2 win on the road at Kansas City in the rubber match of the series Saturday afternoon. The Bison took an early lead in the top of the first as Amai Hanta singled to lead off the game, stole second…
PHOTO/Ben Cohen GREELEY, Colo. (NDSU ATHLETICS)– The North Dakota State baseball team came up short at Northern Colorado, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon at Jackson Field. Both teams worked through three scoreless innings before Jake Schaffner broke through for the Bison (5-16, 3-2 Summit) with an RBI single to make the score 1-0. Dante Smith then scored two more runs with a two-run single into…
U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak speaks in the North Dakota Senate chamber on Feb. 18, 2025, as Lt. Gov Michelle Strinden presides over the session. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Republican U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak announced she will hold a telephone town hall on Tuesday evening. The tele-town hall will begin at 6:30 p.m. Central Tuesday. Participants…
Sen. Sean Cleary, R-Bismarck, introduces a floor amendment on false political advertisements on March 19, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) —A bill that expands North Dakota law against false political advertisements via social media, text messages or phone calls passed the Senate on Wednesday. House Bill 1204, sponsored by Rep. Mike Schatz, R-New England, passed on…
