BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The North Dakota Democratic-NPL will hold its state convention in Bismarck Friday, March 6 to Sunday, March 8, 2026. They say all official business will take place on Saturday, March 7. Delegates to the state convention are elected at their legislative district conventions. If a district does not fill its slate, it may allow the district…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Great Plains Food Bank is now under the new leadership of Ann Prifrel. She brings more than a decade of executive leadership experience in hunger relief, nonprofit management and large-scale fundraising. Prifrel most recently served as Chief Development Officer of Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida. She is a Midwest native. “I’m proud to be the…
BENSON CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Leeds, North Dakota man is dead after crashing into a semi hauling corn that had just turned onto U.S. Highway 2. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 10 a.m. on Monday, about six miles east of Leeds. The 72-year-old man was taken to CHI St. Alexius Health in Devils Lake where…
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A three-year-old boy mauled to death by a dog west of New York Mills, Minnesota on Sunday has been identified as Beckett Brown. His 51-year-old grandmother, Kristen Nelson, is in a Fargo hospital after suffering serious injuries while trying to stop the attack. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says Beckett entered an outside enclosure…
FARGO — The region’s annual homeless count is coming up at the end of the month, and organizers say the numbers are likely to rise again this year. That goes not just for the most visible, metro-based members of the area homeless population, but for those living in rural areas, as well. The count encompasses communities in our parts of…
Three cars filled with federal agents stop in front of Elle Neubauer and another observer, surrounding the car and threatening arrest during an early morning patrol observing ICE in South Minneapolis Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — As Elle Neubauer drove before dawn past the darkened windows of the immigrant-owned businesses on Lake…
Joni Little Owl, left, and Preston Freeman demonstrate in front of the North Dakota Capitol in Bismarck on Jan. 11, 2026, as part of a wave of protests across the United States decrying violence by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. North Dakota tribal governments are advising their citizens to carry ID amid reports of ICE detaining Native Americans. (Photo by…
Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson, Council Member Deb White and Council Member Lisa BorgenMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A simple motion to appoint Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson to several area boards including Metro Flood Diversion Authority Planning Committee was derailed by a dispute over the mayor pro tem. Carlson announced that she was appointing Council Member Lisa Borgen to the role. The…
A representative for realtors accepts the award for most money raised during 2025’s Red Kettle Campaign. 1/12/26.FARGO — The Salvation Army reached 90 percent of its $850,000 Red Kettle campaign goal this past holiday season. The campaign raised $762,728. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner accepted the Blizzard Kings award for police and sheriff’s deputies volunteering during December’s snowiest days. West…
Protesters gather in downtown Pelican Rapids in response to reported ICE activity in the town. 1/12/26.PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. — Dozens of people in Pelican Rapids are voicing their opposition to ICE activity in their town and the state as a whole. Protesters gathering on North Broadway in downtown Pelican Rapids, near the bridge spanning Pelican River. They held signs showing…
