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Bird Flu Found In Commercial Mixed Species Flock in S.D.

CHARLES MIX CO., S.D. (AP) — Federal inspectors confirm the presence of bird flu in a commercial mixed species flock in southeastern South Dakota. Samples from the flock in Charles Mix County, which borders Nebraska, were tested at a national laboratory at South Dakota State University. The property was quarantined and the birds will be killed to prevent spread of…

A Big ‘Welcome Home’ For State Class B Girls Basketball Champs in Kindred

Kindred Area Ambulance Service/FacebookKINDRED, N.D. (KVRR) — The small town of Kindred, North Dakota turns out to welcome home their State Class B Girls Basketball Champions. The towns fire department and ambulance service leading the procession. The Vikings went unbeaten for the season with Saturday night’s win against defending state champs Grafton. The final score was 64-40 at the Betty…

FBI Searches Two West Fargo Businesses

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — FBI agents searched two West Fargo contracting businesses this week, but the bureau has not said what the investigations pertain to or whether they’re connected. The FBI confirms that agents searched Pro-Mark Services on Thursday. MDM Construction was also searched. A spokesman says he cannot provide information on what agents were looking for in either…

ND’s Lt. Gov wants to see increased oil production to help lower gas prices

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The average price of an unleaded gallon of gas went up 20 cents in North Dakota and 23 cents in Minnesota Friday since Wednesday according to Gas Buddy. The average in Fargo-Moorhead is $3.59 per gallon with several stations in both cities selling fuel for $3.69. With troops invading Ukraine, and sanctions against oil powerhouse Russia, gas…

War in Ukraine complicates path home for Groszhans

Kurt GroszhansWASHINGTON (AP) – The challenging path to bringing home Americans jailed in Ukraine and Russia is even more complicated now with a war overwhelming the region and increasingly hostile relations between the United States and the Kremlin. Ukraine is holding North Dakota farmer Kurt Groszhans, accused in a plot to assassinate a current member of the country’s political cabinet….

North Dakota farmer pleads not guilty to insurance fraud

WASHBURN, N.D. – A North Dakota farmer has pleaded not guilty to crop insurance fraud.  Fifty-eight-year-old Kent Pfaff, of the Washburn area, has been released on a personal recognizance bond. An indictment accuses Pfaff of providing false crop insurance claim information to insurance companies and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency between December 2019 and June 2020 in order…

Feds will ask appeals court to reinstate death penalty for Rodriguez

FARGO (KVRR) – Prosecutors will ask a federal appeals court to reverse a federal judge’s order that threw out the death penalty for Alfonso Rodriguez, the man convicted of kidnapping and killing Dru Sjodin. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Fargo has filed a notice that says prosecutors intend to ask the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Judge Ralph…