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North Dakota lawmakers to consider bill capping price of insulin

Advocates celebrate 2023 legislation capping insulin prices for people on the state employee health insurance plan in a signing ceremony at the North Dakota Capitol with Gov. Doug Burgum in May 2024. Angela Kritzberger, second from right, and her daughter Nina, third from right, plan to travel to Bismarck this week to testify in favor of a bill to extend…

Gov. Kelly Armstrong Announces Jill Kringstad As New Public Service Commissioner

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong has appointed Jill Kringstad as the new Public Service Commissioner. Kringstad has served as the PSC’s manager of business operations since January 2019 and began working for the PSC in 2016. A native of Bismarck, Kringstad earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting with a minor in economics from Minnesota State University Moorhead in…

West Fargo Public Schools Asks Community To Vote on $162.7 Million Project

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –West Fargo Public Schools expects to have over 1,000 students by the fall of 2028. The concern is if they have enough space for these students. “So with secondary increasing by 14 percent in the next five years we need space for learners. This upcoming year at Horace High, for example, we’re going to be seeing…

Fargo Man Pleads Guilty To A Number of Charges In March 2024 Rape Case

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man arrested last March for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a neighbor has changed his plea to guilty on a number of charges. 39-year-old Travis Holt pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition, kidnapping, aggravated assault and possession of meth. Charges of criminal trespass and terrorizing were dropped. Holt is accused of breaking into his neighbors…

All Four People Involved in Ramada Parking Lot Shooting in Grand Forks Were Juveniles

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Police say the four people involved in a shooting in the Ramada parking lot on Friday night are all juveniles. The male and female shooting victims were taken to Altru with non-life threatening injuries. One of the male suspects has been charged with attempted murder. Police say the suspects and victims know each…

LIVE: All the Flavors of Cello

FARGO — Got a taste for variety? The FM Symphony Opera wants you to get your fill at their upcoming Cello-bration. The cellists of the symphony are sharing the sweet sounds of their strings this Sunday in downtown Fargo. It’s the latest in a series of “fun-size” performances. And as the show’s tag line goes, “There’s always room for cello.”…

Fargo insurance agent fined for providing gifts to clients, violating state laws

BISMARCK, N.D (KVRR-KFGO) – A Fargo insurance agent has been fined $136,500, and his license to sell insurance in North Dakota has been placed on probation for four years for violating the state’s rebating laws, prohibiting insurance agents from providing gifts valued at over $100 per year to clients or potential clients. Tyler Bjerke was penalized following an investigation by…