FARGO, N.D. — The Red River Market is celebrating a milestone: its 100th Market Day since it first opened back in 2015. To celebrate, some vendors are offering specials and the market had a free sticker giveaway where they handed out over a thousand stickers. They also had prize drawings every hour and live music performances. Those at the market…
WASHINGTON — President Trump signed Savanna’s Act into law Saturday. The Act seeks to combat violence against the most vulnerable members of the Native American community. It directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing or murdered Native Americans. Savanna’s Act is named for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind from North Dakota…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Grand Forks Fire Department responded to an apartment fire on 43rd Street North at around 9 a.m. Saturday. Fire crews found smoke coming from a window in a second floor apartment. The fire was quickly extinguished, and a dog and cat were rescued and cared for. The inside of the apartment sustained an estimated $5,000…
GRAFTON, N.D. — 31-year-old Richard Seydel was arrested Friday evening for DUI after running a stop sign on his motorcycle. It happened at the intersection of State Highway 18 and State Highway 17 west of Grafton. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says Seydel drove across both lanes of traffic on State Highway 17 and lost control in a field south…
FARGO, N.D. – Fire crews responded to the Roberts Street parking garage where a car on the fifth floor was engulfed in smoke at 12:30 Friday afternoon. The fire stayed localized and the building’s safety procedures were up to date, allowing only the sprinkler system above the car to go off. That led firefighters to only a brief 10 minute…
FARGO, N.D. – Events and arts newspaper The High Plains Reader returns after a months-long hiatus. With the lack of concerts and events due to COVID-19, the Fargo newspaper hadn’t been in print since March. That ends this week, as the paper decides to make some changes along with the artists it highlights. With a mix of local political pieces,…
WEST FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Health holds a virtual COVID-19 information session to help raise awareness surrounding the increase in cases in the state. Director of North Dakota State University’s Center for Immunization Research and Education Dr. Paul Carson provides Covid-19 tips on how to help stop the spread of the virus. “By whatever means we…
BARNESVILLE, Minn.- The City of Barnesville is applying experimental polymer to a road after years of dust complaints. Keith Jackson has been living between 12th and 13th Street Southeast in Barnesville for almost half a decade. When he first saw the home they knew it was the family’s “dream home.” It was everything he could imagine and more, ut there…
CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. – Federal, state and tribal officials join Senator John Hoeven for the opening of the new U.S Indian Police Academy Advanced Training Center in Camp Grafton. Senator Hoeven says more than 60 percent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement positions on reservations in the upper great plains states are vacant. He adds they need law…
UPDATE: Lisa Roseanne Erstad has been located and is safe. The Traill County Sheriff’s Office thanks the public for their assistance in locating Erstad. HILLSBORO, N.D. — A Hillsboro, North Dakota woman is reported missing. Traill County Sheriff’s Department says Lisa Erstad was last seen leaving her home on the “Ring” doorbell camera close to midnight on Wednesday…
