PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (KFGO/CBS) – A judge in the Dominican Republic ruled on Tuesday a Minnesota college student, who is presumed to be the last person to see missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki alive, should be freed from police surveillance. However, 22-year-old Joshua Riibe’s return to the U.S. remains unclear as there was no immediate decision about returning his…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A bill that would have required one percent of money in North Dakota’s state treasury to be invested in gold and silver bullion has been rejected. The Senate voted 13-34, killing the House bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Daniel Johnston of Kathryn. He says gold has appreciated greatly in recent decades while the U.S. dollar loses…
Gov. Kelly Armstrong speaks in support of a property tax bill during a Senate committee hearing on March 17, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A property tax bill backed by Gov. Kelly Armstrong received a unanimous do pass recommendation Monday immediately following a Senate committee hearing. House Bill 1176, sponsored by Rep. Mike Nathe, R-Bismarck,…
MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Energy Transfer Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren claimed in court testimony he traveled to North Dakota in December 2016 to discuss a settlement with then-tribal chair David Archambault II to end protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. “I said, ‘David, I’m here to make a deal with you,’” Warren said in a video deposition shown…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) — Minnesota Republican lawmakers want the state to add “Trump derangement syndrome” to its definition of mental illness. The bill was introduced by five Republican lawmakers in the Minnesota Senate. The bill defines the syndrome as “acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J….
MOORHEAD (KVRR-KFGO) – Five people were hurt in a single vehicle rollover crash north of Moorhead early Sunday morning. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says alcohol is believed to be a factor. Around 2:40 a.m., emergency crews were sent to 80th Avenue and 2nd Street N. where a car went off the road and through a field before hitting the…
A cow feeds inside the barn at the North Dakota State University dairy research facility in Fargo on March 14, 2025. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s struggling dairy industry could get a boost from a new milk processing plant and state incentives for more processing. As North Dakota House Agriculture Committee members heard testimony…
Oil well pump jacks operate near Killdeer, North Dakota on Feb. 1, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Nearly half of North Dakota oil wells now qualify for a tax exemption as low-producing wells, contributing to a reduction in tax revenue projections for the upcoming budget cycle. But even if technology advancements lead to higher oil…
Joe Morrissette, director of the Office of Management and Budget, gives a presentation on the March budget forecast to members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on March 13, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) —North Dakota lawmakers building the state budget will work with a more conservative revenue forecast, driven by a projected drop in…
WOLVERTON, MINN. (KVRR/KFGO) – There was a large fire Thursday night in Wolverton, Minnesota. The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call shortly before 6 p.m. on a report of a garage on fire with propane tanks located nearby at 409 1st Street. Deputies and the Sabin Fire Department responded and a short time later, the Barnesville and Christine…
