North Dakota News

RDO Hosts 25th Annual Caters Taters Fundraising Event With Farm in the Dell

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — RDO hosts its 25th annual Caters Taters fundraising luncheon with proceeds going this year to “Farm in The Dell”. R.D. Offutt Company is one of the largest potato growers in the nation. At this event, volunteers serve up steaming potatoes and all the toppings. Each year different charitable organizations are chosen to be a part of…

Man identified in officer-involved shooting in southwest Minot

MINOT, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Minot police have identified 39-year-old Michael Bryant of Washburn, North Dakota as the man who died in an officer-involved shooting during a domestic disturbance. The officers involved remain on administrative leave pending the investigation’s results. The BCI will release the officers’ identities and the body cam footage later. Friday morning, Minot Central Dispatch received a call…

Charges Filed Against Two Men for Murder of Grand Forks Man Last Week

Donald Bartlette and Nicholas Wride-ArnoldGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A homeless man is charged with murder in the death of Anthony Kiehl in his Grand Forks apartment last Thursday night. 45-year-old Donald Bartlette told another man living in the apartment building that Kiehl came at him with a knife and he had to beat him up. An affidavit of probable…

Early Voting And Mail Ballot Deadlines For Our Region

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Early voting is now underway in Stutsman County at the courthouse in Jamestown through Saturday. It begins Tuesday in Cass and Grand Forks counties. In Cass, polling locations are at the Cass County Courthouse, Fargodome, Northview Church, Ramada, Red River Valley Fairgrounds and Casselton Days Inn. There is a slight change in early voting on Saturday…

Voters with disabilities educate, advocate to increase turnout

Allan Peterson, left, of the North Dakota Association of the Blind, listens to Carol Sawicki of the North Dakota League of Women Voters on Oct. 12, 2024, in Fargo. Sawicki was providing information about voting in the general election for people with visual impairments. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Erin Hemme Froslie – North Dakota Monitor) Trevor Vannett likes the…

Group seeking more money, answers to high maternal mortality in North Dakota

Dr. Dennis Lutz, chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Dakota Medical School, shares updates about the school’s maternal mortality program. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Mary Steurer – North Dakota Monitor) A state-funded group that researches maternal mortality wants the Legislature to increase its funding five-fold to $240,000 for the 2025-2027 budget cycle. North Dakota’s 26-member…

Gas prices continue modest decline

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-Prairie Public) – The average price of a gallon of gas in North Dakota has dropped below $3. GasBuddy.com says the average is now $2.99. The price is down three cents from last week, six cents from a month ago and 53 cents from a year ago. GasBuddy’s survey shows the cheapest gas in North Dakota is $2.76, with…

North Dakota voters may end most property taxes. Government programs could face huge cuts

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota voters this fall could largely end property taxes by approving a ballot measure that opponents say would drastically slash a variety of state services but supporters argue would provide long-sought relief the state can afford. If passed, the constitutional initiative would eliminate property taxes based on assessed value and require the Republican-controlled Legislature to replace the lost revenue….