FARGO — Some rescue pets from the Turtle Mountain tribal area near Rolla, North Dakota are getting the road trip of a lifetime. They’re bound for new “furever” homes on the East Coast — but first, they stopped by the Morning Show for a visit. Keith Benning, who’s a deputy sheriff and municipal judge in that part of the state,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley held a press conference to discuss the release of the 2023 North Dakota Crime Data Report. The report, which categorizes crimes reported to police across the state, showed a marginal increase in so-called Group A Offenses, which include crimes like murder, robbery and drug violations. According to the report there…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Keep it Local Coalition is constituted of a broad range of members united in their opposition to the End Unfair Property Tax ballot measure in North Dakota. The coalition includes members from various economic sectors, including agriculture, energy, natural resources and real estate, as well as unions, educators and first responders groups. Coalition chair Chad…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/CNN) — Lunde Auto Center in Fargo is just one of thousands of auto dealers being impacted by a nationwide computer system outage. Software provider CDK Global says it’s continuing its investigation after a second cyber incident, impacting 15,000 dealerships. The software is used for things like deal negotiations and service records. CDK says most of their systems…
WALKER, Mich. (KVRR/CNN) — Governor Doug Burgum said, “If you want to find out what it’s like to live in a dictatorship, we’re living in one now because in a democracy, congress sets the rules. In a dictatorship, one party just starts shoving rules down on thing that raises the cost of everything.” That’s Governor Doug Burgum speaking in Walker,…
Drew WrigleyBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-Prairie Public) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says the situation with West Fargo-based Epic Companies is “concerning.” Epic owns and manages commercial and residential buildings across the region, notably The Lights and Sheyenne Plaza in West Fargo and developments in Fargo, Moorhead, Grand Forks, Perham, Jamestown, and Bismarck. The company recently laid off a number…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Did you know that the bald eagle is not designated as the national bird? We have a national mammal, the bison. A national flower, the rose and even a national tree, the oak. The bald eagle has been depicted as a national symbol since 1782 when the founding fathers approved the Great Seal of the United…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Brigadier Gen. Mitchell Johnson has been tapped to serve as the next adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard and director of the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services. Johnson will assume the role on September 15 and will succeed Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, who is retiring after nearly nine years as adjutant general and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A high-risk sex offender has gone missing. Fargo Parole, Probation, and Pretrial Services Office says the global positioning monitoring bracelet for 61-year-old Ronald Thompson is not registering and can no longer be located. His bracelet showed his last location was in Grand Forks. Thompson is currently on supervision for possession of meth and unlawful possession of…
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from “M.A.S.H.” to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88. Kiefer Sutherland, the actor’s son, confirmed his father’s death Thursday. No further details were immediately available. “I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film,” Kiefer Sutherland said on X. “Never…
