Rep. Lawrence Klemin, R-Bismarck, leads a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee on March 24, 2025. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A committee passed amendments and removed a key provision in a contentious prison sentencing bill Monday. The House Judiciary Committee still gave Senate Bill 2128 a do-not-pass recommendation. Committee chair Rep. Lawrence Klemin, R-Bismarck, who…
Courtesy: North Dakota Game and Fish Department.FARGO — North Dakota Game and Fish has finished its post-season survey of the 2024 deer hunting season. Over 50,000 deer gun licenses were available and gun hunters had a success rate of 55%. Of the 27,000 bow hunters, 22,000 harvested deer last season, leading to a 26% success rate. Out of the less…
(KVRR) — With these piles of snow to come, experts say you should ask for help shoveling to avoid the risk of a heart attack. The wet, heavy snow can be hard on your heart while shoveling. It is especially harder for people who aren’t used to regular exercise. A cardiovascular surgeon at Essentia Health points out that if you…
(KVRR) — Winter has once again brought itself into the spotlight and experts are saying to be prepared. “As we get into overnight, temperatures are going to start falling below freezing. So we’ll start to see more rapid accumulations. Especially when we start to see that one to two-inch snowfall rates tomorrow morning into the early afternoon,” said Austin Perroux,…
FARGO (KFGO) – City inspector Shawn Ouradnik says the City of Fargo has declared a large apartment building dangerous and directed the owner to make repairs or additional action will likely be taken. The eight-floor University Drive Manor is just off University Drive on 2nd Ave. N. There are 90 units in the building. Ouradnik says unsafe conditions were found…
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR) — Minot Mayor Tom Ross submitted his resignation Tuesday afternoon following an investigation into sexual harassment of City Attorney Stefanie Stalheim. A special City Council meeting was held to accept the findings of the two-month investigation. According to the investigation findings, Ross sent Stalheim a video of him masturbating. Ross claims he sent it by mistake and…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – West Fargo Fire crews and Police responded to the Sheyenne River shortly before noon Tuesday for a report of a person in the water. About two hours later, a city spokesperson told KVRR and KFGO News that the person had been accounted for and was safe. The spokesperson did provide the age or gender of…
MCKENZIE CO., N.D. (KVRR) — One person is dead and a deputy on leave after an officer-involved shooting south of Watford City, North Dakota. Just before 7:30 last night, McKenzie County sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic disturbance. During the encounter, a man was shot. He was taken to McKenzie County Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The deputy has…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Hawley, Minnesota man involved in a deadly hit and run crash in downtown Fargo is charged with a felony. 42-year-old Jeremy Jorgenson is charged with one court of duty in accident involving death. Jorgenson is accused of hitting 61-year-old Bernd Scholz of Fargo while he was on his bicycle at the intersection of NP Avenue…
FARGO (KVRR) – The funeral for former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill, the North Dakota native who witnessed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, will be held at Washington National Cathedral on April 8. Hill was 93 when he died on Feb. 21. Hill was in the presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas in November, 1963. An iconic photo shows Hill…
