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NDSU credits strategic changes for first-day enrollment increase

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota State University is reporting a first-day enrollment increase as they welcomed in 11,954 students. That’s a one percent increase compared to the same day last year. This includes a three percent increase in first-time freshman, a three percent increase in transfer students, and a one percent increase in graduate enrollment. The school mentions several…

Women’s Equality Day

FARGO — We’re marking an important day today: 105 years of women’s right to vote in the United States. August 26th is proclaimed Women’s Equality Day through the metro, and in both North Dakota and Minnesota. It’s partly due to the work of the local League of Women Voters. The League’s Lyn Dockter-Pinnick says suffrage wasn’t achieved as long ago…

Concert Series: Rap legends Bone Thugs-N-Harmony coming to Fargo next month

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Grammy winning rap legends Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are coming to Fargo. They’ll be joined by Xzibit, Dakotah Faye and more. The concert will be held Thursday, September 25, rain or shine at UP District Festival Field. General admission tickets are $49 and they are on sale now at JadePresents.com. Categories: Entertainment, Local News, North Dakota News Tags:…

Multi-vehicle crash on I-94 in West Fargo

West Fargo, N.D. (KVRR) — Just after 8 A.M. Tuesday, the North Dakota Highway Patrol responded to a four-vehicle crash on eastbound I-94. Just before the multi-vehicle crash a separate crash had occured resulting in slow-to-stopped traffic. A Toyota Tundera, Ford Explorer, and Chevy Impala came to a stop due to the traffic, before the driver of a Ford Fusion…

2 more pharmaceutical groups sue North Dakota over new law

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Three pharmaceutical groups have sued North Dakota in federal court over a new law that aims to stop pharmaceutical companies from limiting hospitals’ access to discount drugs. The law, House Bill 1473, makes it a class B misdemeanor for manufacturers to adopt policies that “deny, restrict, prohibit, or otherwise interfere” with pharmacies’ ability to obtain…

Jury finds Grand Forks man guilty of manslaughter in beating death last October

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man charged with the murder of 49-year-old Anthony Kiehl last year has instead been found guilty of manslaughter by a jury. The trial for 46-year-old Donald Bartlette started last Tuesday in Grand Forks and the verdict was read this afternoon. It was last October when Bartlette claimed Kiehl came at him with…

Agristo signs development agreement with Grand Forks for $450 million potato processing plant

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s a done deal in Grand Forks. Representatives from Agristo, a Belgium based potato company, and city officials have signed a development agreement. Agristo is expected to break ground on their first North American facility on the north side of Grand Forks later this year and begin construction in 2026. Production at the $450 million…