Faye Seidler, a suicide prevention advocate, testifies March 24, 2025, against a bill that would require state entities to only refer to individuals by their sex assigned at birth in official documentation. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Schools don’t see all-gender bathrooms as a problem, West Fargo Public Schools Business Manager Levi Bachmeier told lawmakers Monday…
A sticker opposing a possible 3-cent increase to North Dakota’s gas tax is displayed on a Bismarck gas pump on March 24, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota lawmakers are weighing the first increase to the gas tax in 20 years and an increased electric vehicle fee, with the new tax revenue earmarked for…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – No one was hurt, but residents of an apartment unit were displaced after a kitchen fire in south Fargo Monday night. The Fargo Fire Department says crews responded to the apartment complex at 2551 Villa Drive S at 9:48 p.m. where the fire started in a second-floor unit. Firefighters were able to put out the fire before…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A North Dakota senate committee hosted a second reading on requiring mandatory learning of the Holocaust in public schools. Schools in North Dakota currently leave it up to a teacher’s discretion whether the Holocaust will be taught. The bill requires the superintendent of public instruction to submit an annual report to the governor and legislative management…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — The Flickertail Solar Project hearing brought in several dozen people, including landowners and others who would be affected by the project. “We’re still asking for the site to be designated as it is with the condition that there will not any components of the solar facility within 500 feet of a residence within that boundary,” said…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Fargo man who pleaded guilty earlier this month in a fatal hit and run is sentenced to four years in prison. 23-year-old Alex Cruz hit and killed 36-year-old Robyn Krause of Fargo around 6:30 a.m. on December 23. Krause was crossing the street near the 52nd Avenue South Walmart at the time. Cruz pleaded guilty…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — An East Grand Forks man has waived his preliminary hearing and entered a not guilty plea in the shooting death of his father in 2020. 32-year-old Vincent Villarreal is charged with murder for the shooting death of his father. 55-year-old Jeffrey Shulzitski was found dead on December 5, 2020 at Budget Inn Express in Grand…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR: UPDATE 5PM) — UND Police have identified the owner of a pickup involved in a hit and run but are still seeking witnesses. They say an elementary-age kid was hit near Lake Agassiz Elementary on 39th Street and 6th Avenue North. The pickup could be seen fleeing the scene. Police have not given any update on…
Isaac Teegarden (photo: Cass County jail)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Fargo man who fled from West Fargo Police at high speed last summer will spend 28 days in jail. Last June, an officer tried to make a traffic stop after seeing Isaac Teegarden quickly accelerate and screech the tires of his vehicle on Main Avenue. Teegarden drove away from the officer at…
Landowners are compensated for the area needed for oil well pads, but there are sometimes disputes about the amount of compensation. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Bismarck attorney Derrick Braaten says clients have paid him millions of dollars for court battles against oil and gas company Continental Resources over surface damages in North Dakota….
