Voters check-in and cast ballots during Burleigh County’s first day of early voting for the 2024 election at the Bismarck Event Center on Oct. 24, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Michael Achterling – North Dakota Monitor) Burleigh County kicked off early in-person voting Thursday with a line of voters snaking out of the Bismarck Event Center. Auditor-Treasurer Mark Splonskowski…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Grand Forks police responded to a domestic violence call to this home on 4th Ave. S that escalated into a house fire. “Officers noticed a couple of things right away. One that the structure looked like it was on fire, there was smoke coming from the second floor. They also saw a male kind of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — TSA agents have seen a variety of weapons and other items many people have brought with them to the airport. TSA’s Federal Security Director at Hector International reminds people that bringing these items will slow down processing. “You know the biggest thing is preparations being prepped for the time it’s going to take you to get…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Brewing Company is getting ready to shut down. The company posted to Facebook with the announcement. Part of the post reads, “After 14 years of blood, sweat, and beers, Fargo Brewing Company will bid farewell to the community we’ve loved so much. Our last day of operations will be Wednesday, November 27th.” The brewery is…
Attorney Derrick Braaten asks a question June 11, 2024, in Bismarck during a hearing on the Summit Carbon Solutions project. Braaten also represents landowners in a lawsuit that challenges state laws related to carbon dioxide storage that is being appealed to the state Supreme Court. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Amy Dalrymple – North Dakota Monitor) The North…
State Board of Higher Education member Kevin Black, left, says he has several edits he wants to make to a tenure review policy after the board approved a report on tenure from a committee led by board member Casey Ryan, right. (Photos provided by North Dakota University System)BISMARCK, N.D. (Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) The State Board of Higher…
Amy ZundelWEST FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The West Fargo Park District has hired City Commissioner Amy Zundel as its new executive director. The park board vote was unanimous. Zundel, who was elected to the commission in June, will replace Barb Erbstoesser who retired after heading the park district for more than 35 years. Initially, there were 58 applicants for the position….
Russell Eagle Bear, with the Rosebud Sioux Reservation Tribal Council, talks to U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland during a meeting about Native American boarding schools at Sinte Gleska University in Mission, S.D., on Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in the Indian…
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — The driver of a semi pulling a trailer tried to beat the train but didn’t quite make it east of Mapleton, North Dakota. The BNSF train hit the trailer at an uncontrolled railroad crossing just after 8 this morning. There were no injuries or a derailment and just some property damage. Cass County Sherrif’s Office…
FARGO — Zelda the German Shepherd mix is only six months old, but her life story is already the stuff of legends. She comes to Pet Connection all the way from Bottineau, North Dakota, where she was discovered. A tiny, 8-week-old puppy, she was found cowering in an open, rural area — entirely on her own, with no owner, mother…
