The following schools are two hours late on Wednesday due to cold weather conditions: Ashby, Breckenridge, Campbell-Tintah, Parkers Prairie, Rosholt. Browns Valley will start at 10 a.m. Underwood will start at 10:30 a.m. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News, North Dakota News, South Dakota News Tags: Cold Weather, SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
ST. PAUL (KFGO/WCCO) — Minnesota Senate Republicans announced they are filing new and updated ethics complaints against embattled state DFL Senator Nicole Mitchell. “Senate Republicans have been very clear,” says Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson. “Her actions have damaged the integrity of the Senate, and distracted us from the important work that we need to be doing here.”Senator Mitchell is…
BELCOURT, N.D. (KVRR) — Native American activist Leonard Peltier is out of prison after nearly 50 years and has just returned to North Dakota. Peltier arrived in Belcourt around 6 p.m. Tuesday to begin serving his home confinement after being given clemency under President Joe Biden. KVRR’s Alex Bertsch is there and filed this report. See his continuing coverage on…
North Dakota House ChamberBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRRNorth Dakota Monitor) — House members vote down a concurrent resolution that would proclaim Jesus Christ’s kingship in North Dakota. The vote was 31 for the resolution with 59 against. It was introduced by embattled Republican Rep. Nico Rios of Williston who was officially denounced by the state GOP over statements he made about the…
BARNES CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Jamestown man is facing several charges stemming from a number of incidents that allegedly occurred in Barnes County last year. 33-year-old Spencer Elliott is facing one count of felony gross sexual imposition, seven counts of felony corruption of a minor, and three felony drug-related charges. Elliott was arrested last Thursday and is in Barnes…
North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission Executive Director Brad Hawk participates in a commission meeting Feb. 28, 2024, at the Capitol in Bismarck. A new bill would require the Indian Affairs Commission to consult with tribal leaders on any proposed legislation affecting tribes. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A group of lawmakers says the state should be…
GALCHUTT, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Six vehicles were damaged when metal pipes fell from a semi trailer on Interstate 29 Monday night. It happened around 11:45 p.m. about five miles north of the Highway 13 interchange. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the semi was southbound when the driver lost control trying to avoid a deer. The semi crossed the median…
Prairie Public Broadcasting’s offices in downtown Fargo. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota members of the House on Monday voted to defund Prairie Public Broadcasting, with one lawmaker citing it as in line with federal cost-cutting. The House Appropriations Committee had recommended continuing to fund Prairie Public with $1.2 million for the biennium. But House Bill 1255, sponsored…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A proposal to establish a North Dakota version of the federal Department of Government Efficiency advanced in the House Monday. House Bill 1442, supported with an 88-2 vote, would create a new task force of legislators and executive branch officials to review state programs and recommend areas to cut costs. “This task force is…
Leonard Peltier, shortly after his release from federal prison in Florida on Feb. 18, 2025. Photo by Angel White Eyes SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison Tuesday morning based on former President Joe Biden having commuted his life sentence for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, a decision that elated Peltier’s supporters while…
