FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The Red River Valley SWAT Team assisted Fargo police and the Metro Street Crimes Unit with a high-risk, knock-and-announce search warrant at an apartment building within the 1700 block of 40th St. S shortly after 2 p.m. Friday. Due to the criminal history of the suspects, the SWAT Team was was to serve the search warrant and…
Collin Newberry, operations manager, at the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, prepares a commercial drone for launching during test procedures on the Vantis system. (Photo by Kacy Meinecke, courtesy of Northern Plains UAS Test Site)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota News Cooperative) — A freshly approved $11 million legislative appropriation to integrate North Dakota’s unmanned aerial system into Federal Aviation Administration airspace…
BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) – More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant. He maintains his innocence in the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975 and sees his newfound freedom — the result of a commutation from former President Joe Biden — as the beginning of…
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrate outside of the North Dakota Capitol in August 2016. A trial brought by pipeline developer Energy Transfer against Greenpeace is underway in Mandan. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A coalition of media organizations, including the North Dakota Monitor, petitioned the state Supreme Court Thursday seeking expanded access…
University of North Dakota President Andy Armacost, left, and North Dakota State University President David Cook. (Photos provided by North Dakota University System)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota University System gave four college presidents raises Thursday, in part because of the University of North Dakota’s rise to top-tier status for research institutions. The State Board of Higher…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — Making Minnesota schools safer is the idea behind the Shield Act. The bill is sponsored by Republican Rep. Elliott Engen of White Bear Township. He says it would provide funding for schools to set up security plans using technology like bullet-proof windows and doors, lockdown systems, and direct communication with law enforcement. Engen wants the grants…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Detroit Lakes couple is accused of not filing state income or sales taxes for several years. Randy Wold, owner of Northern Wild Taxidermy, and Alisa Wold, owner of Misty Maple Golden Kennels, are each charged in Becker County District Court with failure to file and pay individual income taxes and state sales taxes between…
Greenpeace attorneys and staff pose for a group photo outside the Morton County courthouse Feb. 26, 2025, after the first day of trial in a case brought by Energy Transfer. The judge in the case has denied media requests to photograph the trial. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — An attorney representing the developer of the Dakota…
oters cast ballots at the Hillside Aquatic Complex in Bismarck on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. The secretary of state is reviewing a petition for a constitutional ballot measure that could go to voters next year if it’s approved. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A petition for a ballot measure related to transparency of lawmaker records,…
Frederick Wallace Quam (Hanson Runsvold)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The oldest man in North Dakota has died at 108 years old. Frederick Quam was born in Fargo on Oct. 2, 1916. He enlisted in the air force in 1941, and later joined the North Dakota Air National Guard where he served as an aircraft mechanic. Quam retired from the military in 1976….
