(UPDATE 4:48 PM) — Fargo Police determined the call was made from Moorhead. They arrested 57-year-old Jerome Lampley for Terrorizing and was taken to the Clay County Jail. (UPDATE 1:02 PM) — Statement from Essentia Health-Fargo: The lockdown at Essentia Health-Fargo has been lifted as of noon today. All services and patient care have resumed normal operations. This morning,…
Legislators attending a Redistricting Committee meeting Dec. 13, 2023, look at maps of different proposals. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Two North Dakota tribes and a group of tribal citizens have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep North Dakota’s district map in place while it considers whether to review a voting discrimination lawsuit…
The William L. Guy Federal Building pictured on July 15, 2025, in Bismarck. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota attorneys and judicial officials say a lack of funding for a key federal program could harm federal defendants’ ability to get quality representation. The U.S. Constitution protects criminal defendants’ right to an attorney. When federal defendants…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — An 18-year-old Grand Forks man is arrested for simple assault – domestic violence after an incident at a home and a chase with police. Around 6:45 p.m., officers determined they had probable cause to arrest Edward Lassonde and tracked him down to a home in the 1300 block of 8th Avenue North. Lassonde was outside…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — There’s some good news for a local group that works to fight hunger. Sparklight presented a $5,000 check to West Fargo Eats. The partnership between Lutheran Church of the Cross, Gate City Bank, YWCA Cass Clay, and Great Plains Food Bank offers a unique shopping and drive-thru style experience for clients. The director says the…
US Border Patrol Grand Forks Sector/FacebookPEMBINA, N.D. (KVRR) — U.S. Border Patrol Grand Forks Sector has arrested four people and seized their vehicle after what they call a “vehicle incursion” near Pembina, North Dakota. The agents along with Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Air and Marine Operations, and local law enforcement agencies responded to the incident last Wednesday, July 9. Northeast Regional…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Movies in the Park at Rheault Farm is back! Family-friendly movies will be shown for free starting at dusk the next two Thursdays. This week it’s “Daddy Daycare” and next Thursday it’ll be “Moana 2”. Both movies are rated PG. You are encouraged to bring your own chairs, blankets and snacks and beverages. Alcohol will not…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is working with communities in rural Cass County to expand the Flock camera system outside the metro. The Flock camera system has been in use in the Fargo-Moorhead Metro since last year, with police in West Fargo, Fargo, and Moorhead using the cameras to help locate suspects and missing or vulnerable…
Christopher Ringsrud-Knowels & Alexandria Lang.MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Two people arrested following a law enforcement pursuit and a standoff at a Moorhead home on Monday have been identified. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says the driver of the vehicle, 42 year old Christopher Ringsrud-Knowels of Arvilla, North Dakota and a passenger, 30-year-old Alexandria Lang of Fargo. The backpack that was…
North Dakota Republican Gov. Kelly Armstrong gestures during a meeting at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong expressed concerns Monday that a recent Ethics Commission advisory opinion effectively created a new law without input from the Legislature. The advisory opinion, requested by Sen. Josh…
