ST. MICHAEL, N.D. (KVRR) — A shooting in St. Michael, North Dakota has left three members of Spirit Lake Tribe dead. The tribe was notified of the shootings around 9:30 a.m. by Bureau of Indian Affairs and the suspect was taken into custody around 1:20 p.m. The suspect’s identity has not been released. The tribal council has issued administrative leave…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota News Cooperative) — North Dakotans strongly support the job President Donald Trump has done in his first month of office but are less enthusiastic about early efforts closer to home from state lawmakers, according to a new statewide poll. The poll of 500 likely voters across North Dakota showed a majority of 52% approved of the…
Julie Leno of Bismarck reads aloud to her children outside of the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Library March 1, 2025, as part of a demonstration showing opposition for a bill that would force libraries to remove and relocate content considered to be obscene. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) —About 1,000 silent protesters read from their books in front…
BIG STONE CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A man rushed to Fargo after his pickup went through the ice on Big Stone Lake near Lagoona Beach has died. Big Stone County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man as 62-year-old Rodney Gustafson of rural Big Stone City. They say Gustafson went through the ice just after 9 a.m. on Sunday. First responders…
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrive at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — Gov. Tim Walz says he’s open to running for president in 2028. The Democrat made the comments to editor David Remnick on the New Yorker Radio Hour podcast….
LIDGERWOOD, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A man died after the pickup he was driving broke through the ice of Grass Lake, northwest of Lidgerwood. Richland County Sheriff Gary Ruhl says deputies responded Sunday morning. He says the victim was supposed to meet friends to fish when he didn’t show up. Members of the Lidgerwood Fire Department on ATVs then saw open…
DAPL protest (Morton Co. Sheriff)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Greenpeace provided supplies, intel and training to demonstrators who spent months camping near the Dakota Access Pipeline river crossing in south central North Dakota, employees said in video testimony played to a Morton County jury on Friday. The organization brought supplies like tents, power tools, a van equipped with solar…
Exterior of the Morton County Courthouse in Mandan on Feb. 27, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Greenpeace has asked the North Dakota Supreme Court to move its Dakota Access Pipeline defamation case out of Morton County, arguing the jury is incapable of rendering a fair verdict. The request is the culmination of multiple unsuccessful attempts…
The POW/MIA flag waves in the wind outside of the Capitol in Bismarck on Feb. 27, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota News Cooperative) — The North Dakota Legislature is handling a number of bills to honor veterans this session, including seven to name roads and bridges after fallen North Dakota soldiers, and others that highlight current military…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Sen. Janne Myrdal likes to point out that everything North Dakota exports, from energy to food, starts from a gravel road. That’s why she and other rural lawmakers banded together this session to share information on how they can better serve their communities. The rural caucus, about 50 lawmakers from both chambers, amounting up…
