DILWORTH, Minn. — A graduate of DGF High School has taken to social media to help save the schools debate team. Micala Hicks’s graduated from DGF in 2017 and was part of the school’s debate team. She has started a gofundme to help pay for the school’s team after the they eliminated debate from their budget. Even though its budget…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — It’s the most hectic week of the Minnesota legislative session with the deadline for policy bills to clear all of their committees as lawmakers begin a recess. Republican Rep. Steve Elkins says it’s worse than usual this year because of their late start. He says with a 67-67 tie in the House, there is relatively little…
DULUTH, Minn. (KVRR) — A Crookston, Minnesota man has been indicted for filing false tax returns and filing false claims for refunds. According to the indictment, Philip Green filed the returns in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Each of the tax returns reported one or more false items such as wage information, tax withholdings, and child and dependent care expenses. Green…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — For the last several years, health care professionals have started to recommend that both men and women at the age of 45 receive a routine colorectal cancer screening. A procedure that will check a person’s colon for any risks of colon cancer and other risks. “Right now, colorectal cancer is on the rise in young patients,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo woman has organized several searches for missing murder victim Isadora Wengel is planning another search for her remains. Maleah Jimenez didn’t know Idadora and only knew what was being published about her disappearance. She has no family relations or had any knowledge of what is required to search for a missing person. But she…
FARGO — Mia is a little mama who’s already done a lot of living and seen some pretty sad things in her short time on earth. She was discovered having just given birth to a litter of kittens, under a trailer this winter in lakes country. She tried to move them to safety, but in the process, it appears one…
Don Morgan, president of the Bank of North Dakota, speaks during a meeting of the Industrial Commission on Oct. 27, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The Bank of North Dakota is on track to introduce stablecoin to local banks this September after state regulators approved the technology’s use in bank-to-bank transactions on Wednesday….
A construction project was in progress on March 1, 2024 on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks. (Photo by Jeff Beach / North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota task force on government efficiency will take a swing at cutting maintenance and construction costs on state-owned buildings. Brian Larson, director of construction management…
A voter fills out a ballot at the Hillside Aquatic Complex in Bismarck on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — State officials have said a controversial election security bill in Congress wouldn’t impact North Dakota, but some voting rights advocates in the state raise concerns that it could make it more difficult…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A fire inside a pressure chamber had multiple fire crews rushing to OK Tire in Fargo Thursday morning. The call came in to 2224 Main Avenue just before 8 a.m. Battalion Chief Brad Bessette says the fire was contained to a pressure chamber in a shop. “Small smoldering fire inside basically a pressure cooker that they finish…
