Rep. Scott Louser, R-Minot, talks to a colleague in the House chamber on May 1, 2025. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota lawmaker says he’ll no longer petition for a ballot measure to make the state fund 100% of the public school system after polling showed homeowners have mixed feelings about his…
FARGO (KVRR) – North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong will visit the Enderlin, Page and Hunter areas on Wednesday to view the damage caused by last week’s severe summer storms. Details of Armstrong’s visit are still being worked out and more details are expected to be released Tuesday afternoon. A powerful tornado caused the deaths of three people in rural Enderlin….
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Moorhead man has been sentenced for his role in a rural Cass County shooting last summer. Kyle McLeod pleaded guilty to accomplice to robbery and accomplice to aggravated assault. McLeod was involved in a drug deal that went bad and a co-defendant shot a man. The co-defendant, Starmaine Hoeper, has already been sentenced for his role…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A severe weekend storm that claimed three lives also caused devastating damage to North Dakota’s agriculture industry. Total damage is still being assessed from the widespread storm, which included a tornado near Enderlin that killed residents Michael Dalton Dehn, 73, Katherine Ann Pfaff-Dehn, 73, and Marcario Machuca Lucio, 89. On Monday, officials were learning…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commission has voted to deem a property in the historic Hawthorne neighborhood a dangerous building. The owner of the property now has until August 23 to make major improvements or demolish it. If not, the city will go ahead and tear down the structure. Permits were issued in late 2023 for the renovation of…
Large destructive tornado touches down around 11 pm June 20th outside of Enderlin, ND. (Max Mueller/KVRR) GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) One of the two Enderlin, North Dakota tornadoes has been rated a preliminary EF3 by the National Weather Service in Grand Forks. The first tornado began 3 miles south of Enderlin and tracked to the northeast across Highway 46 before…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Information Agents with U.S. Border Patrol has apprehended seven illegal aliens in Bemidji, Minnesota. U.S. Border Patrol Grand Forks Sector says INF agents made the arrests last Monday. They say the criminal histories of the subjects include multiple DUIs, felony battery, and fleeing. Nationalities included Mexico, Guatemala, and Ecuador. All of the individuals are in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – “Critter camp is a really adorable one, because it’s for four-to-six-year-olds, so it’s really their first dip into what it’s like to be at zoo camp,” explained Sally Mulvena, president and CEO of the Red River Zoo. “It’s especially designed to make sure the kids are really comfortable, because it’s the first time for many of…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – A Fargo man is facing charges after officers say he threw a large knife at several vehicles. Police were called to the intersection of 1st Ave. S. and 10th St. S. just after 11:45 a.m. Thursday. Several witnesses said a man, later identified as 35-year-old Peter Isensee, damaged their vehicles. One witness told police Isensee threw…
ABERDEEN, S.D. (KVRR) — A federal judge has sentenced an Ortonville, Minnesota man for production of child porn. 45-year-old Jason Honetschlager was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2023. The investigation discovered that throughout 2023, Honetschlager targeted teens in the Milbank, South Dakota area. He enticed minors through Snapchat…
