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Dakota Pipeline Access Project Protesters Brave Frigid Weather To Continue Encampment

North Dakota seeks to intervene in latest Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit

November 13, 2024

KVRR Staff,

CANNON BALL, ND – DECEMBER 06: An activist fights the wind as while walking along Flag Road in Oceti Sakowin Camp as blizzard conditions grip the area around the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 6, 2016 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Native Americans and activists from around the country have been at the camp for several months trying to…

Republicans keep Lefor, Hogue as leaders for 2025 legislative session

November 13, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Republicans Rep. Mike Lefor, left, and Sen. David Hogue have been reelected as majority leaders for the 2025 legislative session. (Photos provided by North Dakota Legislative Assembly)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) House Majority Leader Mike Lefor and Senate Majority Leader David Hogue will maintain their leadership roles for the upcoming North Dakota legislative session. Lefor, of Dickinson, and Hogue, of…

West Fargo Police will hold series of trainings at Prairie Heights Church

November 12, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Fargo Police Department will be doing a series of law enforcement trainings this week and again during the week of Thanksgiving. They are being held at Prairie Heights Church this Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. The trainings will return again on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 26th and 27th from noon…

Fergus Falls man dies after being pinned under vehicle

November 12, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fergus Falls man died after he was pinned underneath a vehicle north of Fergus Falls. It happened early this morning. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says 64-year-old Vaughn Ebbighausen was working in a garage near Jewett Lake when he became pinned under the vehicle. He was discovered by family, who managed to…

Minnesota county election offices receive bomb threats

November 12, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — We’re one week out from the election and county election offices in Minnesota have been getting e-mail bomb threats ever since. The Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State says over half of the counties in the state have received them. The threats have been reported by county, state and federal partners. Steve Simon says…

Anti-Chicken Ordinance Remains on Mapleton Books for Time Being

A 16-year-old brought a presentation to the city council meeting in an effort to get the rule changed, but was rebuffed on his first attempt.

November 12, 2024

Gabriel Ostler,

MAPLETON, N.D. (KVRR) — McCoy Ferguson’s noble attempt to change the rules in his hometown to allow people to own chickens for personal use fell short at Mapleton’s November city council meeting. The council commended Ferguson on his presentation and took the matter seriously, debating its relative merits for a good 10-15 minutes. In the end, though, they determined that…

Furniture Mission Hosts Musical Chairs For Charity

November 12, 2024

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — People went round and round a circle to raise funds for Furniture Mission of the Red River Valley. The Musical Chair for Charity event is the first one hosted by the Furniture Mission to keep their mission of giving back to the community. Since they started they have gifted 34,180 pieces of furniture to the community…

Founder of Epic Companies, wife, file for divorce

November 12, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Former Epic Companies CEO and Founder Todd BerningHILLSBORO, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The former CEO and founder of Epic Companies and his wife of 15 years are getting divorced. A marital termination agreement in Traill County says Todd Berning will retain a condominium in Minot while Carolyn Berning will keep their marital home in West Fargo. The filing says irreconcilable differences…

Community Leaders Discuss Finding Solutions To End Homelessness

November 12, 2024

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The conference entitled “The Pulse of Homelessness” was sponsored by the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber of Commerce. Panelists discussed how the community has been addressing homelessness and the next steps that need to be taken. “No community in the nation has been able to decrease the number of people experiencing homelessness through criminalizing homelessness as their only…

Sheriff identifies victim in hunting-related shooting near Moorhead

November 12, 2024

Jim Monk,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Authorities have identified the man who was shot by a stray bullet from someone within his deer hunting party Saturday morning northeast of Moorhead. Thirty-four-year-old Jace Srur, of Dilworth, suffered a gunshot wound to the head. The injury was considered life-threatening and non-survivable. Deputies and a state trooper responded to the scene shortly before 8 a.m….