House Majority Leader Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson, speaks on the House floor on Feb. 25, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota educational options are set to expand as House lawmakers advanced a private school voucher bill Monday and the governor signed a bill establishing public charter schools. The House in a 49-43 vote agreed to…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Crime is on the decline in West Fargo as the police department releases their annual report. The 2024 annual report from the West Fargo Police department showed a 6% overall decrease in crime, with a 16% decrease in crimes against persons. There was also an 18% decrease in crimes against property, numbers that the police…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Park District and Fargo Neighborhood Coalition will hold a community input meeting on Tuesday. People will have the opportunity to participate in a community input activity and share their ideas and priorities regarding the future of Fargo’s parks and green spaces. The meeting will be held in the Oak Room at Fargo Cass Public Health….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Lovers of Shamrock Shakes have a new reason to celebrate McDonald’s annual tradition. Twenty-five cents from each shake sold between February 10 and March 23 is being donated. The total is a whopping $160,000. The money is going to the nine Ronald McDonald House Charities in North Dakota and Minnesota. It was raised by McDonald’s North…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is arrested in Grand Forks after forcing another man to drive him to the Islamic Center at gunpoint. Grand Forks Police were called to the center at 2122 17th Avenue south around 2:30 this afternoon. When they arrived they started clearing victims to determine the identity of the suspect. A SWAT vehicle was also…
FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo man is facing domestic violence charges after allegedly firing a handgun during an argument with his boyfriend. A Fargo Police report says 33-year-old Larry Smith-Redman and his boyfriend got into an argument while moving furniture around 2 a.m. Sunday. During the argument, police say Smith-Redman pointed a gun at his boyfriend. The two started wrestling,…
Faith Dixon & Charles DixonFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The criminal case of a local activist and her husband is being pushed back again. The trial that was supposed to start this month for Faith and Charles Dixon is now scheduled for November. A hearing was held this afternoon by Zoom as attorneys ask for more detailed information about the charges…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man is sentenced to 20 years in prison for kidnapping and brutally raping a neighbor in March 2024. 40-year-old Travis Holt broke down the woman’s apartment door and forced her upstairs to his apartment. He used a knife to cut off her clothes before raping her. He also stabbed the woman in the side….
LAKOTA, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO)– Sex assault charges are re-filed against a teacher, coach and counselor in Dakota Prairie School District in Petersburg, North Dakota. Brandon Parsley is charged with sexual assault of a minor, luring minors online and misdemeanor solicitation of a minor over 15. Parsley had first been charged in February 2024, but charges were dropped last June because one…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is coming to North Dakota to hear directly from producers. Rollins will participate in a roundtable discussion at NDSU on Tuesday morning. She was invited by Sen. John Hoeven who serves as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee. Hoeven says they will talk with local agriculture producers, commodity groups, ag researchers…
