The University of Minnesota announced Western Michigan Head Coach PJ Fleck is the new head football coach for the Golden Gophers. Sources close to the situation say Fleck agreed to a deal for 5 years and close to $21 million dollars. A news conference is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. (cst) Friday afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium. Minnesota athletics director Mark Coyle fired…
The Altru Main Clinic in Grand Forks will be replaced after a 16 inch beam in the building failed last week. Officials say the process could take about two years. A clinic built in the mid 1970’s is starting to show its age. “We’ve made a determination that with safety in mind, we cannot, in good conscience, ask our patients…
Water at Horizon Middle School in Moorhead was tested after several students fell ill from suspected copper poisoning after drinking from a fountain. Some of the students were able to return to school this morning. Moorhead Public Service tested their water system that feeds into the school and found copper levels were normal. “We’ve never seen an incident like this…
NDSU President Dean Bresciani finds himself in the spotlight once again. He’s announced that he’s a finalist for another job. Just two months after his contract was extended at NDSU, Bresciani is a finalist to be president at Ohio University. Bresciani has been leading NDSU since June of 2010. His extension takes him to June of 2018. “We felt that…
A $42 million railroad underpass project south of Moorhead High School is included in Governor Dayton’s bonding bill. A city council member says this project is crucial to maintaining public safety. A big concern is that emergency crews come from Fargo and get delayed when a train is rolling through town. This project would separate the traffic between trains and…
An article coauthored by MSUM’s President Anne Blackhurst has been published in the prestigious Chronicle of Higher Education. The article talks about the success of Minnesota colleges and universities achieving well above the national average in their rates of female presidents. The article said just shy of 50% of all Minnesota schools are run by women. The article tries to…
A judge has declined to issue a gag order in the wrongful death lawsuit of NDCSC college student Andrew Sadek. John and Tammy Sadek are suing Richland County and the director of a drug task force that their son had agreed to work with. Their attorney argued that a jury pool could be tainted by news reports about the case….
Watch the video to see highlights from Thursday’s EDC boys’ basketball game between Sheyenne and Valley City, as shown on KVRR Sports. Categories: High School, KVRR Sports Extra, Top Sports Headlines Tags: Carter Bonnema, EDC, Hiliners, Mustangs, Sheyenne, Valley City
Courtesy UND North Dakota held on to win its Big Sky home opener, knocking off Northern Arizona 68-63 Thursday at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Senior Quinton Hooker scored a game-high 20 points and sophomore Conner Avants added 17 points and equaled his career-high with nine rebounds to pace the Fighting Hawks (7-6, 2-1 BSC). The Lumberjacks (3-12, 0-2 BSC) got 19 points from…
NDSU Athletics The North Dakota State men’s basketball team stayed unbeaten in Summit League play with a 93-89 victory over IUPUI on Thursday evening in the Scheels Center on campus. NDSU (11-5, 3-0 Summit) scored more than 50 points in the second half for the third straight game, outscoring the Jaguars 51-48 after halftime. The Bison overcame 22 offensive rebounds…
