The Liberty Memorial Building on the Capitol grounds in Bismarck has housed the State Library in two separate periods of its existence. First, from 1924-1970, and then from 1982 onward after the building underwent renovations. (Photo provided via North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Trump administration orders to slash funding across the country have put the future of…
State Board of Higher Education Chairman, Tim Mihalick. (Photo provided by North Dakota University System)GRAND FORKS, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota University System says it is reviewing records for violations of policy or law related to sex crimes committed by former state lawmaker Ray Holmberg. State Board of Higher Education Chair Tim Mihalick read a statement at the start…
Jim PoolmanGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Jim Poolman has resigned from the University of North Dakota Alumni Association and Foundation board of directors and Forever UND campaign committee. The Tuesday night resignation comes one day after the Fargo businessman and former state Insurance Commissioner distanced himself from disgraced former state Sen. Ray Holmberg after a picture of the two began circulating on…
Attendees listen to a presentation by podcaster and author Kate Bowler organized by Humanities North Dakota in Fargo in 2024. (Photo provided by Humanities North Dakota)NORTH DAKOTA (North Dakota Monitor) — Humanities North Dakota has received $300,000 in private donations to keep its doors open after it learned earlier this month all its federal funding had been terminated. That figure includes…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Bobcat plant in Gwinner, North Dakota will shut down production for a week over the Memorial Day holiday. The company says the scheduled downtime at certain North American factories is designed to align production with anticipated market projections. Doosan Bobcat has its North American headquarters in West Fargo. In November of 2023, Bobcat confirmed…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – After a series of crashes in the rain and wind on Monday on I-94, the North Dakota Highway Patrol is reminding people to slow down and drive without distractions in the inclement weather. According to the Highway Patrol, while much of the state was receiving much-needed rain, a stretch of I-94 near Jamestown saw four crashes…
OTTER TAIL CO.,Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says a woman involved in a pursuit died when she crashed into the back of a semi near Fergus Falls. He says the chase with the St. Francis, Minnesota woman began in Grant County in western Minnesota on Monday. The crash happened on I-94 southeast of Fergus Falls last night…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — With the recent revelations in the Ray Holmberg case, North Dakota legislators are looking making law to make reporting similar incidents mandatory. State Senator Tim Mathern, of Fargo, held a press conference along with other fellow legislators to announce a bill that would require elected officials and those employed in higher education to report incidents of…
Ray Holmberg (left) & Wayne StenehjemBISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Newly released call logs show the late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem communicated with former Sen. Ray Holmberg as the lawmaker was being investigated for sex crimes, including calls the day Stenehjem sat for a law enforcement interview. Yet Stenehjem only told law enforcement about one phone conversation with Holmberg,…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Frazee man who shot and killed a person in a mobile home park in Frazee has been sentenced. 32-year-old Willis McDonald has been sentenced to two months in the Becker County jail and two years probation. A district court jury found him not guilty of manslaughter, but found him guilty of knowingly shooting the…
