Mark FrieseBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Kelly Armstrong has appointed longtime Fargo attorney Mark Friese to the North Dakota Supreme Court. Friese’s appointment is effective March 9. Friese succeeds Justice Daniel Crothers, who on Nov. 26 announced his retirement after serving as a justice since 2005. “I am honored and humbled to accept Governor Armstrong’s appointment,” Friese said in a…
(MSP Sgt. Jesse Grabow)FARGO – (KVRR-KFGO) – As a storm pushes through the Dakotas and Minnesota, the North Dakota Department of Transportation is advising no travel in parts of the state. The entire northern third of North Dakota is under a Winter Storm Warning until midnight Wednesday into Thursday. The No Travel Advisory in the northeast includes areas where blowing…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski gave commissioners an overview of how his department deals with immigration-related issues. He says there needs to be an actual or alleged violation of state law or city ordinance for local police to get involved. But Zibolski says their main focus is peacekeeping when safety of the public or law enforcement…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Food pushcarts have operated in Downtown Fargo for over a number of years. Providing lunchtime, late-night, and seasonal food options for both residents and visitors. And now, the city wants to know what people think about food pushcarts. “We’ve received various complaints, concerns, comments. Most of the time, it’s complaints that are calling the city of…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man is now charged with attempted murder for stabbing a former girlfriend on Valentine’s Day at the Lagrave Place Apartments. Court documents show 42-year-old Fernando Lucio arrived with Valentine’s gifts and then left to get the victim cough drops. Her kids reported that Lucio returned and told the woman “you don’t appreciate…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargodome has landed Shinedown for a return tour stop in August. They last played the dome in 2021 and took the Red River Valley Fair stage in West Fargo in 2023. Shinedown is releasing a new album in late May and will head out on its massive “Dance Kid Dance Act II World Tour”, taking the…
Beef cows graze in a pasture near Killdeer. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)KILLDEER, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota man is among five people facing federal criminal charges related to investments in a cattle and beef marketing company that was determined to be a Ponzi scheme. Taylor Bang of Killdeer was named in an indictment filed last…
BATTLE LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — A new search party is organized for Sunday, February 22 to look for the body of Isadora Wengel. Wengel is a 25-year-old West Fargo woman who went missing in the beginning of January. Authorities believe she was murdered by her boyfriend, Joshua Hite, sometime between January 3rd and 6th. So far, no body or remains…
A masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent knocks on a car window in Minnesota on Jan. 12, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)GRAND FORKS, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Could a North Dakota law that makes it illegal for people to conceal their identities in certain situations also apply to masked immigration agents? One University of North Dakota School…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski is going to update city commissioners on immigration related enforcement and the department’s use of force policies. Zibolski, in a notice sent to the commission, says the overview is being provided due to the recent increase in national I.C.E. operations and related protests across the country. He’ll give the overview and…
