LISBON, N.D. (KFGO) – The owner of a child care center in Lisbon, North Dakota, is accused of slapping a child. The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services issued a correction order to Buzy Beez Childcare LLC at 1018 Main Street on April 2. An investigation was conducted by Child Protective Services and law enforcement. They reviewed camera footage that…
Minnkota Power executive Brendan Kennelly speaks with an attendee of a Public Service Commission hearing in Fargo, North Dakota on a powerline project north of the city. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — The cost of the powerline and substation needed by a data center north of Fargo has risen from $75 million to $110 million,…
A crowd fills the seats of the North Dakota Supreme Court in Bismarck during a hearing on a the constitutionality of a resolution that would create a ballot measure to change legislative term limits on April 2, 2026. (Pool photo by Tanner Ecker/Bismarck Tribune)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday over whether proposed…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – A Silver Alert has been issued by the North Dakota Highway Patrol and Bureau of Criminal Investigation at the request of Wahpeton Police Department. Alfred Odden of Wahpeton is a 73-year-old white male. He is 5’11,” weighs between 160-180 pounds, and has short grayish hair and green eyes. Officials say he was said to be going…
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – The City of Moorhead is putting out a call to its residents for artistic designs – and they need a lot of them very quickly. The works of art are meant to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America and will be printed onto banners that will hang on the streetlights in downtown…
FARGO – The Fargo Police Department is notifying the community of two high risk sex offenders that have registered addresses in Fargo. Damion Winter Orton, 31. Courtesy Fargo Police Dept. Damion Winter Orton, 39, registered his address as 123 15th St. N. Orton was assessed as a high risk offender in 2014 after he was convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fort Totten, North Dakota man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Fargo to a number of charges including voluntary manslaughter. 33-year-old Kolby McKay, who also goes by Kolby Woods, will be detained pending sentencing on July 22. His guilty pleas were entered in two separate cases. McKay killed Monte Herman Sr. in April…
Amber Gustafson has announced her run for Clay County Attorney.MOORHEAD — A former district court judge is running to become the next Clay County Attorney. Amber Gustafson stepped down from the bench in 2022 after the death of her husband, West Fargo Police Lieutenant Adam Gustafson. She is an Iraq War veteran who grew up in Moorhead. Gustafson has been…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Cazmere Haskins who claimed his sentence for a deadly stabbing in 2024 was cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. In December 2024, Haskins changed his plea to guilty for the murder of 24-year-old Anfernee Economy of Grand Forks and was sentenced to 40 years in…
FERTILE, Minn. — If you ever wondered just how dedicated the animal rescue workers of our region are, this week’s Pet Connection is the perfect example. Smiley’s Rescue founder Sid Williams spent Thursday morning braving the slippery roads from rural Minnesota all the way in to our studio in Fargo to make sure little Elvira the tuxedo kitty got her…
