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Pesticide cancer claims at issue in bill headed for North Dakota Senate vote

April 14, 2025

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota legislators have been wrestling with a pesticide bill backed by agricultural groups that would make it harder for people to win cancer liability lawsuits against the farm chemical industry. House Bill 1318 would shield the maker of Roundup and other farm chemical manufacturers from lawsuits from people who say they were not adequately…

Tribes, North Dakota partner to update 30-year-old textbooks on Native history

April 14, 2025

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Revised textbooks on the five Native American tribes that share land with North Dakota will be ready in time for next school year. For about three decades, the books went without updates due to a lack of funding, said Lucy Fredericks, director of Indian and multicultural education for the North Dakota Department of Public…

Appointment Bookings Soar as Real ID Deadline Approaches

The North Dakota Department of Transporation says there will be plenty of time after the deadline to get a Real ID, provided you're not planning on travelling by air soon.

April 13, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

Exterior of the Fargo DMV location, operated by the North Dakota Department of Transportation.FARGO, N.D. – You may be surprised to know that 66% of North Dakotans already have a Real ID – because right now, the Department of Transportation is definitely feeling the effects of intensified demand for appointments. “For the last month or so, our offices have been getting…

Big Turnout for Record Store Day at Orange Records

Management did not comment on sales figures, but the eye test says that the numbers must have been impressive.

April 13, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. – Vinyl aficionados lined up literally around the block to celebrate Record Store Day at Orange Records in Fargo. The store adjacent to the recently opened Paradox Comics-N-Cards is the last one standing in the metro. Both Vinyl Giant and Mother’s have closed this year, so customers flocked to Orange to get their fix. Record Store Day began…

True North Church Celebrates Grand Opening of New Facility

This is the church's first permanent home, and one in which they plan to stay for generations to come.

April 13, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. – Parishioners at True North Church cheered as a ceremonial ribbon cutting marked the grand opening of their permanent brick and mortar home. The church has been in operation since late 2021, but they’ve bounced around to nine different locations since then. They secured the lease to the old Pepsi call center building in south Fargo last June…

Totally Rad Vintage Festival Brings Retro Funk to West Fargo

The two-day event saw vendors selling collectibles from just about every possible decade.

April 13, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

A young gamer tries his hand at a system that came out long before his birth.WEST FARGO, N.D. – No matter what decade your favorite was, there was a bit of nostalgia available for everyone this weekend at the Veterans Memorial Arena. That’s because the Totally Rad Vintage Fest took over the space with all sorts of fabulous clothing and…

Motorcycle Involved In Friday Night Crash on 52nd Avenue South Was Clocked Going 140 MPH Earlier

April 13, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The same motorcycle involved in a crash on 52nd Avenue & 31st Street South in Fargo Friday night was clocked going 140 miles an hour earlier in the evening. Highway Patrol says the 20-year-old rider suffered serious injuries and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. He was wearing a helmet and his name hasn’t been…

Man Arrested After Stabbing Acquaintance And Fleeing In South Fargo

April 13, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police arrest a man involved in a stabbing after an over three hour search in Fargo. They were called to the 3300 block of 42nd Street South Saturday night around 7:45 for a reported assault. They arrived to find a 26-year-old man with a stab wound. He was taken to a local hospital with seroius but…

Committee recommends ‘do not pass’ on controversial North Dakota library content bill

April 11, 2025

KVRR Staff,

The state flag of North Dakota waves in the wind outside of the Capitol in Bismarck on Feb. 27, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota House Appropriations Committee voted 22-1 Friday to issue a do-not-pass recommendation on a bill that would require school and public libraries to relocate books deemed “sexually explicit” to…

North Dakota Legacy Fund takes big hit amid stock market volatility

April 11, 2025

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s Legacy Fund lost about $1 billion in value last week as the stock market plunged, but the investments are managed to weather volatility, according to testimony from a legislative hearing this week. Jodi Smith, interim executive director of the Retirement and Investment Office, commented on the impact of the stock market fluctuations…