FILE – President Donald Trump appears with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Sept. 7, 2018, in Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (CNN) – President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to two people familiar with the selection. Noem will be tapped to take over…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR-KFGO) – Weeks after the Pohlad family announced that the Minnesota Twins are sale, team President Dave St. Peter is stepping down. The Bismarck, North Dakota native will remain with the organization in an advisory role. St. Peter has been with the Twins for about 35 years. He served as president since 2002 and CEO since December, 2016. Twins…
WALKER, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A 27-year-old man from Walker was hurt when he was struck by a minivan south of Walker Monday night. The State Patrol says the man was under the influence of alcohol and walking in a traffic lane of Highway 371 at Shingobee Road when the minivan sideswiped him. It happened shortly before midnight. The man suffered…
Brig. Gen. Mitchell Johnson, right, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard, views the All Veterans Memorial on Nov. 11, 2024, after a Veterans Day ceremony in Bismarck. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota federal and state leaders marked Veterans Day by highlighting the service and sacrifice of the state’s military. Brig. Gen. Mitchell Johnson, adjutant general…
The North Dakota Supreme Court heard oral arguments via Zoom Sept. 9, 2024, in a case involving Mitchell Sanderson of Park River and state Sen. Janne Myrdal, R-Edinburg. (Screenshot taken from livestream)BISMARCK, N.D. (Amy Dalrymple – North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota Supreme Court has sided with state Sen. Janne Myrdal, R-Edinburg, who was sued by a constituent after she…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — Jamestown police respond to a terrorizing incident at Leapaldt Park just before 6:00 this evening. It happened in the 1500 block of 9th Avenue Northeast Police say an intoxicated Native American man came up to two men and two juveniles and told them to leave. He then fired at least two rounds from a handgun into…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo’s AMVETS held their annual Veterans Day SOS event in honor of the day. For a free-will donation, people were served a plate of SOS, or “Stuff On a Shingle,” starting at 11 this morning. The dish of white gravy over toast got its SOS nickname from soldiers serving in World War II. Mark Wagemann, Fargo…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Veterans Day is full of fanfare and remembrance for those who served. The West Fargo VFW event started with a flag raising ceremony followed by a speech by Retired Brigadier General Ron Solberg. There was also music from the West Fargo High School band and a solemn rendition of “Taps” by a post member. Many…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — “It’s really wonderful to be able to play the same concert several times in a row within a very short period of time because the band gets so much better by the time we get to the end. And we were good when we started, but they’re even better by the time we are done with…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — For over half a century, a group of veterans have come together on Veterans day to remember what they have fought for and who they have lost. “A lot of we tell the same old stories that we’ve been telling for years and years and we embellish that a little bit sometimes. At least some people…
