Author: KVRR Staff

Hebron Brick expands into Rochester with acquisition of Cemstone and Twin City Concrete

Hebron Brick Supply in Fargo.FARGO — A segment of North Dakota’s oldest manufacturing business is expanding. Hebron Brick Supply is acquiring the assets of Cemstone Concrete Products and Twin City Concrete Products in Rochester, Minnesota. The company’s eighth supply store and showroom will open in January. The other locations are in West Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot, Rapid City, Sioux…

Southern Valley Fire & Rescue seeks $7 million from City of Fargo claiming illegal annexation

Southern Valley Fire & RescueHORACE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Southern Valley Fire & Rescue (SVFR) in Horace has filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Fargo over land and tax revenue. In a complaint filed in East Central District Court in Cass County, Southern Valley Fire & Rescue says, as the City of Fargo continued to grow south of 52nd…

Budget shortfall will reduce North Dakota child care assistance for some families

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services is reducing some of its child care subsidies for working families as the program faces an unexpected $35.5 million funding deficit. The state set aside $124.7 million for the program for the 2025-2027 budget cycle. Due to increased enrollment, however, the department now anticipates needing…

State-owned minerals projected to generate $8 billion in future royalty payments

Oil pump jacks operate in Williams County, North Dakota, in September 2024. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — State-owned minerals are projected to generate $8.4 billion in future oil and gas royalties over the life of North Dakota oil production, benefiting K-12 education, according to an annual analysis. The projected royalties’ benefit to…

Ethics Commission member withdraws application to serve another term

Commissioner Murray Sagsveen, right, of the North Dakota Ethics Commission, speaks during a commission meeting at the Capitol next to Cynthia Lindquist, chair of the commission, on Nov. 19, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota Ethics Commission member Murray Sagsveen has withdrawn his application for another term after a selection committee deadlocked…

North Dakota Farmers Union elects next president

Matt Perdue, North Dakota Farmers UnionBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Matt Perdue has been elected to lead North Dakota Farmers Union as its next president. Delegates to the 99th annual convention in Bismarck selected him as just the tenth individual to take the reins of the state’s largest general farm organization and the youngest at 33 years of age. Also seeking the…

FOX 11 LA: Rob Reiner, wife Michele, found dead in Los Angeles home, TMZ reports

LOS ANGELES – Filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle Singer Reiner were both reportedly found dead inside their Brentwood mansion on Sunday. LAPD is on scene investigating.  The couple died of apparent knife wounds, according to reports from TMZ, ExtraTV and PEOPLE. Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call near the intersection of South Chadbourne Avenue…

North Dakota lawmakers weigh impact of free school meal proposal

Cost of program tough to predict, making it challenging for state to plan for potential ballot measure

Lynelle Johnson, director of child nutrition and food distribution for the Department of Public Instruction, speaks about the cost of a free school meals program during a committee hearing on Dec. 10, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota legislators are preparing for the impact of a free school meals program that could…

Legislation rescinds Biden-era resource management plan in North Dakota

WASHINGTON (KFGO/KVRR) – North Dakota’s congressional delegation is celebrating President Donald Trump’s signing of the Congressional Review Act, legislation that rescinds former President Biden’s resource management plan to close off 45% of potential federal oil and gas acreage. The plan would have closed off leasing of nearly 99% of federal coal acreage in North Dakota. Senators John Hoeven, Kevin Cramer,…

Grand jury indicts Spirit Lake Reservation man for murder and manslaughter

Death of his brother and his missing girlfriend

D’Angelo HuntFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A federal grand jury has indicted 26-year-old D’Angelo Hunt of St. Michael, North Dakota, with ten federal felonies including murder and manslaughter. On November 17, Hunt was charged by criminal complaint with second degree murder of his brother, Isaac Hunt. His remains were found last month on Spirit Lake Reservation after going missing in March…