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MSUM hosts first ever AI Summit for business leaders, teachers, and students

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — As part of MSUM’s AI with Purpose initiative, the university is diving deep into learning about the technology with an AI Summit. “It is a developing technology, but it is also creating a major impact in not only business and education, but also in society. And we fear that which we do not understand. So it’s…

Harold “Brent” Pharis named director of Fargo VA Health Care System

EAGAN, Minn. (KVRR)– The current associate director of VA Central Iowa Health Care System is taking a new job in Fargo. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that Harold “Brent” Pharis has been named director of Fargo VA Health Care System. Pharis will begin his new role on November 2. Dr. Andrew Stasko has been serving as the interim Medical…

Taco John’s to return to Fargo in a big way: 5 locations included in agreement

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The official return of Taco John’s to Fargo will include not one, not two but five total locations. Seasoned Taco John’s franchisee Brett Itterman of Pentex Restaurant Group is behind the brand’s Fargo comeback. The new agreement calls for five locations with the first one to open by the end of this year. The second location…

Committee still at impasse on North Dakota Ethics Commission vacancies

Sen. Kathy Hogan, from left, Gov. Kelly Armstrong and Sen. David Hogue hold an Ethics Commission selection committee meeting Sept. 23, 2025, at the Capitol. (Photo by Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The state officials responsible for selecting the next three members of the North Dakota Ethics Commission remained deadlocked Friday. Gov. Kelly Armstrong remains steadfast…

Great Plains Food Bank launches emergency fundraising campaign

FARGO (KVRR) – The Great Plains Food Bank is launching an emergency fundraising campaign to help ensure families across North Dakota and Clay County, Minn. have access to food during the government shutdown. “While the full impact of the shutdown is still unfolding, we know hunger doesn’t wait so we’re mobilizing early,” said Kate Molbert, Interim CEO of the Great…

Lack of sign language interpreters in North Dakota a major barrier

Lindsey Solberg Herbel, left, nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter, signs to Tammy Derrick, communication and advocacy coordinator for the North Dakota School for the Deaf/Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, at the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library on Sept. 18, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The video sign language service…

Former NFL star Adrian Peterson arrested on DWI and gun charges

Adrian Peterson (AP)SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Former NFL running back Adrian Peterson has been arrested in a Houston suburb on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon, records show. Peterson was taken into custody Sunday in Sugar Land. It’s the second DWI arrest in seven months for the 2012 NFL MVP and three-time league rushing champion….

New Chapter for Local Bookstore

Facing an uncertain future in their Roberts Alley location, Ferguson Books decided to move under the roof of Daily's Market and rebrand as Fergie's Bookshops.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It is a short walk across Roberts Alley from the former location of Ferguson Books to the back door of Daily’s Market. But that tiny trek was actually a momentous decision to make for small business owner Dane Ferguson. Ferguson Books had only been in Roberts Alley for about a year, having previously been located in…