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NDDOT asking for the community’s input on planned developments to ND highway 23

Construction is set to begin in summer of 2022.

NORTH DAKOTA – North Dakota Department of Transportation is seeking the public’s input on proposed improvements to state Highway 23 in western North Dakota. The department says the new developments come as a safety precaution for drivers. Joshua Kueber with the DOT says there has been an increase in traffic in recent years. A big part of the increased traffic…

Vehicle runs into Grand Forks business

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A woman is hurt after a vehicle drives into L & M Meats in Grand Forks. Police say a woman in the entryway was struck and her injuries aren’t life threatening. The entrance to the building suffered significant damage. The driver, 72-year-0ld Sharon Olslund of Crookston, was cited for failure to have her vehicle under…

NDSU investigating another case of “potential hate speech”

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – In an email to students, faculty and staff, North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani says the school is investigating “potential hate speech incident involving an email that has been posted on social media.” Bresciani says the email has been referred to NDSU’s equity office for investigation. His statement did not say anything regarding what was…

NDSU responds to claims that President Bresciani won’t meet with BLM activists

FARGO (KVRR) – Representatives from BLM-Fargo and the NAACP claim that NDSU President Dean Bresciani refused to meet with them to discuss recent hate speech incidents and social media posts made by NDSU students. The university issued a statement after we asked whether the groups’ claims are true. “NDSU administrators, faculty and staff are focusing on working with NDSU students….

Carson Wentz benched. Eagles name Jalen Hurts starting quarterback.

Carson Wentz is the back-up

PHILADELPHIA – (FOX 29) Jalen Hurts will be the Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback on Sunday, the team announced Tuesday afternoon. ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen cited sources when they broke the news on Tuesday afternoon, a day after coach Doug Pederson stated he had yet to make a decision on who would start Sunday. The team confirmed Hurts had…

Name of high school honoring Minnesota’s first governor will be changed

Henry SibleyMENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. – A Twin Cities-area high school will no longer be named after Henry Sibley, Minnesota’s first governor. The West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Area School Board voted Monday evening to drop the name, following complaints by community members and alumni about Sibley’s treatment of the state’s Dakota people. Sibley, who commanded troops in the U.S.-Dakota War, established…

30 more COVID-19 deaths, 16 more hospitalized in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health on Tuesday reported 30 additional deaths from COVID-19. There are currently 4,774 active cases in the state, an increase of 16 since Monday. 337 people are hospitalized. Cass County reported the largest number of new cases with 165.   BY THE NUMBERS  4,617 – Total Tests from Yesterday* 1,193,850 – Total…

Nearly 12,000 acres to be returned to Leech Lake Band

CASS LAKE, Minn. – A bill passed by Congress and headed to President Trump’s desk will return nearly 12,000 acres of land in the Chippewa National Forest to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. The government illegally seized the land from the tribe more than 70 years ago. Rep. Betty McCollum, who sponsored the legislation in the House, says passage…