Federal agents block an alley near 35th Street and Chicago Avenue while they break a car window to detain a man and his young daughter Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Emerging statistics on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge to Minnesota — $203.1 million in damage in Minneapolis, $106 million…
WILLISTON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – One person is dead after an officer-involved shooting in northwestern North Dakota. The Williams County Sheriff’s Office says Monday morning around 1:30 a.m. deputies responded to a domestic disturbance involving a gun west of Williston. When they got to the scene, they encountered a person with a gun. The deputies fired at the person and hit…
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KFGO) – A rural Fergus Falls man is in the Otter Tail County jail after deputies chased the stolen car he was driving near New York Mills on Friday night. Deputies used tire deflation devices and a pursuit intervention technique to end the pursuit. 41-year-old Rene Torres was arrested for vehicle theft, fleeing, and burglary. The…
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Reptile Gardens near Rapid City, South Dakota just re-opened after a November fire killed nearly 100 animals. Investigators say the fire at the tourist attraction was caused by electrical problems in a detached agricultural shelter. Heavy fire and smoke extended into the ceiling and roof. The roof collapsed and more than 90 tortoises and alligators died. Animal…
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a driver was stopped for traveling 150 mph in a 70 mph zone on US Highway 83 near mile marker 209, north of Minot. The driver was fined $420.00 for speeding and assessed 15 points on their North Dakota driver’s license. A driver’s license suspension occurs when a driver accumulates…
Oil pumpjacks operate in Williams County in September 2024. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A recent North Dakota Supreme Court decision could have ripple effects for thousands of oil wells, the mineral owners who receive royalties from them and the oil industry in the state as a whole. The decision voided one order, issued…
Dan Leingang, interim president of Bismarck State College, speaks during the school’s commencement ceremony at the Bismarck Event Center on May 10, 2024. Leingang is one of six semifinalists identified by the college’s presidential search committee that could take on the permanent role. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Two North Dakotans are semifinalists for the Bismarck…
People watch from a rooftop as a plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continued for a second day on Sunday after the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threw the future of the Islamic Republic into uncertainty and raised the risk of regional instability. There were explosions in Tehran on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Cat lovers flocked to a Fargo pet daycare / boarding center for a showcase of adoptable felines. Fetchers on 39th Street South referred to it as “CATurday” and teamed up with Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue to bring in some cats in desperate need of a furever home. There were also free goodie bags, tours of Fetchers’…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Protests have been happening with regularity in the Fargo-Moorhead area as of late, but an extra one was called this weekend following U.S. military actions in Iran. The strikes, carried out in conjunction with the Israeli military, have reportedly killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Violence related to these actions has continued throughout the greater region,…
