Alex Nisbet, a regulatory policy specialist for Xcel Energy, speaks during a public input session hosted by the North Dakota Public Service Commission on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A proposed electric rate increase would cost North Dakota State University about $1 million a year, a representative of the college told…
MEDORA, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Public lands advocate Walt Dabney joined a group of North Dakota conservationists in the Badlands on Sunday to see how federal funding cuts are affecting public lands in the state — and how members of the public are stepping up in the government’s place. Dabney, a former National Park Service ranger, is in North…
MOORHEAD (KVRR-KFGO) – Moorhead Police have released surveillance photos of an SUV in connection with a shots-fired call. They’re seeking information about the driver of a 2002-2010 white Ford Explorer. The call, in the 900 block of 17th Street South, was on September 23. Police have not given any additional information on their investigation. Anyone with information is urged to…
COTTONWOOD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – Drinking was not a factor in a crash late last month in southwestern Minnesota that killed a passenger in a fire truck near Cottonwood. Initially, the State Patrol said it believed that drinking was involved in the September 26 rollover during homecoming festivities at Lakeview High School. Following further investigation, the patrol has ruled out alcohol…
Riverview’s Campbell Dairy in Wilkin County, Minnesota, on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — An international organization that seeks to protect water quality in the Red River will conduct a review of two large dairy projects underway in North Dakota. The provincial government of Manitoba announced in a news release that the International…
MOORHEAD (KVRR) — A conference was held on Friday, Oct. 10, in Moorhead and across Minnesota to explore themes of inclusion and belonging. The racial equity conference was held in 14 locations across Minnesota. The focus of this year’s event was on the lived experiences of people in rural communities. It was organized by the groups Inclusive Moorhead and the…
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum points to a map of Alaska as he speaks before President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON, D.C. (Associated Press) — Congressional Republicans have voted to roll back restrictions on mining, drilling, and other development in three Western…
Joseph PuckettUPDATE: The Pine County Sheriff’s Office has canceled the missing person alert for Joseph Puckett. He has been found safe PINE COUNTY (KVRR) — The Pine County Sheriff’s Office, located in eastern Minnesota, is asking the public’s help in locating a missing man. 39-year-old Joseph Keith Puckett was last known to be in the Fargo area on August 19th….
New York Attorney General Letitia James. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. James was indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia on one count after a mortgage fraud investigation, said the person, who…
South Central Judicial District Judge Jackson Lofgren presides over a trial to determine the constitutionality of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors on Feb. 3, 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A judge has upheld a North Dakota law that bans gender-affirming care for minors. South Central District Court Judge Jackson Lofgren wrote in…
