Susan Sisk, director of the North Dakota Office of Management and Budget, presents an update to members of the interim Government Finance Committee on Sept. 17, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota’s general fund is expected to end the 2023-25 biennium with a nearly $713 million surplus, according to data from the Office of Management and Budget….
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, right, and Gov. Doug Burgum participate in a meeting of the state’s Industrial Commission at the Capitol on Feb. 27, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) State lawmakers on Wednesday voted to approve an additional $3 million for the Attorney General’s Office’s litigation fund — but some Democrats are worried the office is…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Starting today, Fargo plans to start clearing out illegal homeless camps. The camps under the Veterans Bridge have already been cleared out. While there are still some traces of clothes and garbage laid out, the tents have moved. One person told us that the city started telling everyone to move yesterday but he still has yet…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –A clinical researcher from Sanford Health and the Parkinson’s Foundation have teamed up to host the Moving Day Community Walk this Saturday. It’s a national event every year to support people with Parkinson’s. The foundation raises money from donations to support research to find a cure and help families. This year the event made its way to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Plans are in the works to rebuild a large portion of 17th Avenue South between University Drive and 25th Street in Fargo. The project would include new water mains, sewers, concrete, lighting, and shared-use paths. “It’s a full roadway reconstruction, so taking up the pavement and redoing the concrete pavement along with some underground utilities,” said…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Fargo Fire Department wants to get the word out about how to tell if you have a defective lithium ion battery. On Tuesday, a lithium ion battery started a fire in a south Fargo apartment. Residents were evacuated. The sprinkler system put the fire out. Earlier this month, a damaged e-bike battery that was on a…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — After 36 years with the department, Grand Forks Police Chief Mark Nelson will retire on Friday. Nelson joined the Grand Forks Police Department in September 1988 and became the chief in 2014. Mayor Brandon Bochenski says, “Chief has set a high standard for our local law enforcement and has left the department in a great…
Ian CramerWASHBURN, N.D. (KVRR) – A change of plea hearing has been scheduled Friday for Ian Cramer. The 43-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is facing homicide charges in connection with a Dec. 6 crash that killed a Mercer County sheriff’s deputy. According to court documents, the hearing is scheduled for Friday at 1:30 p.m. Cramer previously pleaded not…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) -Fargo Police say the suspect of a disturbance in the Hawthorne neighborhood last night has been arrested. Officers found and arrested 20-year-old Armon McCaleb this morning for possession of drug paraphernalia and two outstanding warrants. They searched the area around the 1000 block of 9th Avenue South last night after a report of a disturbance, but were…
Monte Rodacker / GoFundMeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A fundraiser is started for Monte Rodacker of Jamestown after a crash during a Nine-Eleven tribute run Sunday afternoon near Fort Ransom. Rodacker was forced to put on his brakes to avoid hitting a group of motorycles that had passed him at a high rate of speed and then suddenly braked on a…
