North Dakota House Majority Leader Rep. Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson, speaks from the House floor during the organizational session on Dec. 3, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota’s House majority leader will not seek reelection this fall after representing the Dickinson area for more than a decade in the Legislature. Rep. Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson, issued a…
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR) — A woman from Nevis, Minnesota is dead after a head-on crash Tuesday afternoon. Minnesota State Patrol says 80-year-old Nancy Bamlet was driving east on Highway 34 east of Park Rapids when she crossed the center line and collided head-on with a pickup. Bamlet died from her injuries. The driver of the pickup, 85-year-old Noel Sletten…
A voter fills out a ballot at the Hillside Aquatic Complex in Bismarck on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Voters in the election defeated a measure to limit ballot measures to a single subject. A similar measure is on the ballot in 2026. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota groups have organized a series of discussions about…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man who squirted an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump. Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, was convicted of felony auto theft in 1989, has been arrested multiple times for driving under the influence, and has had numerous traffic…
WHEATON, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man has died after an early morning house fire in Wheaton, Minnesota. Traverse County Law Enforcement Center received a 911 call reporting the fire just before 4 a.m. at 1307 Broadway Avenue. When first responders arrived, they rescued the homeowner, 63-year-old Kevin Kruize. Life-saving measures were attempted, but Kruize was pronounced dead at Sanford Wheaton…
Vern ThompsonFARGO (KVRR) – A former North Dakota state lawmaker is preparing to run for Congress. Democrat Vern Thompson of Fargo is a truck driver who served in the state House and Senate in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Thompson is a Minnewaukan native. He tells KVRR Local News this is a “pivotal time” for the nation and says he plans…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus announced on Wednesday that he will seek reelection for tax commissioner in the 2026 election. Kroshus was appointed as tax commissioner in 2021 by former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. Kroshus said his priorities as tax commissioner will be a fiscally responsible government, effectively representing citizens, and transparency and fairness….
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota legislative leaders have voted to hire outside attorneys to represent them in a new lawsuit over a ballot measure that would change voter-approved legislative term limits. The suit, filed last week, argues that the Legislature violated the state constitution when it passed a resolution creating the ballot measure last year. The ballot measure, if approved, would alter the 2022 constitutional amendment that established legislative…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/FOX/FOX9) — A major disturbance at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s town hall event in Minneapolis. A man sprayed Omar with a substance as she was calling for Homeland Security Secretary Noem to resign or face impeachment. He was quickly detained and removed from the room. There is no word on what the substance was. According to Minneapolis Police Department, officers…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A juvenile female is being treated for injuries after being hit in the crosswalk at 36th Avenue East and Veterans Boulevard in West Fargo. Police say it happened just after 5 p.m. Multiple witnesses told police that it appeared the girl entered the intersection on a ‘Don’t Walk’ signal and was then struck by a…
