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UND football game canceled this weekend, practice put on pause

The game can not be rescheduled as UND and Missouri State do not share an open weekend on either April 10 or April 17.

GRAND FORKS, ND — The North Dakota – Missouri State football game on Saturday, April 3 has been cancelled. The Missouri Valley Football Conference made the decision due to positive COVID-19 test results and subsequent contact tracing in UND’s Tier 1 personnel. The includes student-athletes, coaches, managers and staff. Head Coach Bubba Schweigert confirmed that there are multiple positive tests…

Veteran who raised funds for DAPL protest sues Bismarck

BISMARCK, N.D. – A former Marine who launched a fundraising effort to bring military veterans to join a protest camp of the Dakota Access Pipeline has sued the city of Bismarck and a rental company over a rental car dispute that resulted in a warrant for his arrest. Michael Wood Jr., who was also a former Baltimore police officer, raised…

More ice anglers due to virus meant more trash left behind

MINNEAPOLIS – The pandemic drove many Minnesota residents outdoors to go ice fishing and authorities say it led to an increase of an unwanted byproduct. Some anglers left behind litter and trash. Items left behind by anglers run the gamut from cigarette butts to bait to plastic bottles to slabs of wood used to prop up fish houses. On a…

Police investigate shooting in Bismarck

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – Bismarck Police are investigating a late night shooting that happened yesterday around 11:00 pm. Officers responded to the 1600 block of Mapleton Ave after reports of gunfire. Two individuals had gunshot wounds. They were taken to a local hospital. Their conditions have not been released. Bismarck Police believe this to be a targeted attack on the…