MANDAN, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Former North Dakota Game & Fish Director Terry Steinwand has been charged with molesting a child. The Class “A” misdemeanor was filed after a Morton County District Court judge rejected a proposed plea agreement to a felony charge and prosecutors dismissed the charge while retaining the right to file an amended charge. Steinwand is from Mandan….
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A tense situation involving an armed suicidal male on the state capitol grounds in Bismarck has ended safely according to North Dakota Highway Patrol. Law enforcement responded to the capitol grounds around 2 p.m. They say the man was armed with a pistol and made no threats to the public, only toward himself. People in the…
Police arrest a man who was armed with a rifle, during a shelter-in-place advisory in Moorhead on 4/17/2026. Contributed photo. MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man who trigged a lockdown on Friday in a part of the city makes his first court appearance. 28-year-old Malachi Shabaiash is charged with the attempted murder of his roommate. Court documents reveal the…
FARGO — It’s still not quite warm enough to start breaking ground on the veggie garden for tomato lovers… but there is something that’s already growing fast this spring. That’s the latest expansion of the nonprofit project, Growing Together Community Gardens. And this year, their latest lot — at up to more than ten locations and counting — is sprawling…
RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — Red Lake Nation has issued a statement opposing recent federal action to overturn long-standing protections for the Boundary Waters watershed. Last week, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to pass a bill to allow mining in the watershed. Red Lake Nation says sulfide-ore copper mining poses a well-documented risk of permanent water contamination. They say any…
BATTLE LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) – Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says dispatch received a call shortly before noon on Sunday about a deck fire at the home on County Highway 83, northwest of Battle Lake. Two adults and six young children living in the home got out safely. The house and most of the family’s belongings were destroyed. The Battle…
An electric transmission substation operated by Montana-Dakota Utilities in Bismarck on April 17, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota consumers pay less for electricity than any other state in the country, according to a new report. The report by the American Legislative Exchange Council found North Dakotans paid an average of 7.93…
FARGO (KVRR) — As the number of Flock cameras and similar license plate readers continues to grow, we tried to find out how many Flock cameras are in the metro–and who controls them. But the answers aren’t easy to find. You most likely have driven past a Flock camera at some point without even realizing it. Flock is a private…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR) — Police in Devils Lake say they are unaware of any other potential threats after a male juvenile was taken into custody on Friday. They had received information about a future threat to one of the schools in the Devils Lake Public School District on Friday and after an investigation deemed the threat credible. The juvenile…
DILWORTH, MN (KVRR) – A special concert held this weekend shined the spotlight on women in the Fargo-Moorhead music scene. “Celebrating Women in Music” took place at the TAK Music Venue in Dilworth. Longtime organizer of the event Deb Jenkins recently stepped aside, leading Kari Marie to take up the mantle. She says that there were times, coming up in…
