LISBON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Ransom County State’s Attorney has dismissed a DUI charge against a man accused of being intoxicated after a UTV crash last month. State’s Attorney Fallon Kelly says the charge against 36-year-old Zachary Muralt of Lisbon should be dismissed because State Lab testing showed no indication of alcohol in his system. Muralt was driving the UTV on…
The Prairie Island Nuclear Plant is near Red Wing, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy of Xcel Energy)ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Xcel Energy has been ordered to refund Minnesota customers over $40 million. The Public Utilities Commission sided with the attorney general’s office in its ruling. Xcel will refund customers for all replacement power costs that the company incurred resulting from a power…
FARGO — He may not have quite as famous a life story as his namesake, but Luke Skywhisker of Cat’s Cradle shelter in the metro has a similar mystery about who his original pet parent is. He fetched up by way of the West Fargo pound about a month ago, but little else besides his approximate age of about 8…
FARGO (KVRR) – It took firefighters about 10 minutes to knock down a fire that involved pallets and a forklift at A&A Supermarket in Fargo. The fire at 1425 Main Ave. was reported around 1:25 p.m. The fire was contained to the outside of the building. No injuries were reported. Traffic along Main Avenue was temporarily re-routed to make room…
Eric Bolin, KVRR Local NewsUPDATE: MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in south Moorhead Thursday morning. The fire at 2415 13th St. S. was reported by people working on the home at around 11:15 a.m. According to the Moorhead Fire Department, HVAC contractors were working in the attic at the time the fire started….
Sen. Susan Pha, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and Sen. Eric Lucero, R-Saint Michael, present their bill aimed at reining in HOAs at a meeting of the Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention committee on March 12, 2025. Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer.ST. PAUL (Minnesota Reformer) — A bipartisan bill limiting homeowners’ association fees, implementing new transparency and conflict-of-interest rules and establishing a path…
Joe Morrissette, director of the Office of Management and Budget, presents a budget forecast to state agencies at the Capitol on April 8, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s state workforce will shrink by 101 employees after a round of buyouts is completed, though some of the jobs will be refilled. The state…
Camp Grafton, a National Guard facility near Devils Lake, North Dakota. (Courtesy of North Dakota National Guard)DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Tribal police recruits in North Dakota will soon have an option for basic training through the Bureau of Indian Affairs that’s closer to home. Camp Grafton, a North Dakota National Guard base near Devils Lake, is currently…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — SCHEELS announces that it will be closing SCHEELS Home & Hardware along 13th Avenue South in Fargo by the end of the year. It is the last remaining hardware store for the employee-owned company. In a statement they say the Board of Directors determined that focusing on SCHEELS core business in the Fargo-Moorhead area is the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — All five candidates for mayor of Fargo take part in a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters and AARP of North Dakota. They talked about some of the same topics covered during a debate on KFGO on Tuesday. But the candidates were also asked how they would bring people together to solve the…
