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Cass County Sheriff’s office swears in new community outreach comfort K-9

Cass County Deputy Jolene Fletcher with new Community Outreach Comfort K-9 Deputy Finn. FARGO — The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is celebrating adding a new recruit to their ranks. Deputy K-9 Finn was officially sworn in this week as a Community Outreach Comfort Dog. Finn is a 14-month-old Labrador Retriever from Whispering Pines Family Kennel, which is located in Milaca,…

Virtual reality makes manufacturing more accessible for people with disabilities

Bismarck State College unveils its new virtual reality room on March 9. The room is part of the XR for VR project, which uses virtual reality to help people with disabilities see what it’s like to work manufacturing jobs. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMRACK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A new virtual reality room at Bismarck State College is…

Woman once charged and acquitted of killing roommate now charged with theft

Nichole Rice (Ward County Jail)MINOT, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A woman who was acquitted last year of killing her roommate is now charged along with her husband of stealing over $180,000 from an archery club in Minot. Court documents show Nichole and Dallas Rice, while they were officers in the Souris Valley Bowmen club, used the organization’s debit cards to make…

Great Plains Food Bank served 11% more people seeking food assistance in 2025

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The numbers don’t lie. Great Plains Food Bank saw an 11% increase in people seeking food assistance in 2025. They served over 167,000 people last year and say that equates to 1 in 5 adults in the region they serve across North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota. Kids continue to be impacted by hunger as they…

Bail set for Mandan man charged in fatal hit-and-run near Valley City in December

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR/NEWSDAKOTA) — Bond is set at $30,000 cash for the Mandan man accused of hitting and killing a man walking along I-94 near Valley City in December. 22-year-old Garrett Kuntz made his initial court appearance on charges of manslaughter and duty in accident involving death. North Dakota Highway Patrol got an anonymous tip linking Kuntz to the…

Preparations Underway for St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The 29th annual parade is being kicked off by runners participating in either a 5k or 10k.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The annual St. Patrick’s Day parade is coming to Downtown on Saturday – and organizers are already beginning their preparations. The 29th annual parade kicks off at 11 A.M. in Moorhead, heading down Center and Northern Pacific avenues before turning onto Broadway. This year, organizers have added 5k and 10k runs that actually start off the…

Religious Leaders Discuss Role of A.I. in Faith

The general consensus seems to be that while it could be possible to utilize the technology to spark ideas or help research, the concept of using A.I. to write entire sermons or homilies is antithetical to the notion of faith itself.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – You likely don’t think of what the leader of your chosen faith is doing during services as a book report, but, in many ways, that’s not an inaccurate description. And if kids are using artificial intelligence to write papers for school, what’s stopping priests from going to ChatGPT for a homily? “A homily, for instance, in…

Fargo attorney says a Tennessee woman was jailed for nearly six months for a crime she did not commit

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo attorney who represented a Tennessee woman who spent nearly six months in jail says this should never have happened. Fifty-year-old Angela Lipps was held after authorities mistook her as the person involved in a Fargo fraud investigation. Lipps claims she has lived in north-central Tennessee her entire life and never set foot in North…

Village Family Service Center expands its services with teen addiction recovery program

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Village Family Service Center is expanding its services with a teen addiction recovery program. “We’ve noticed there’s been a huge need for adolescent substance use in the Fargo-Moorhead area. There hasn’t been a program for several years. So we were able to establish an adolescent IOP program to help our youth in the community,” said…