U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D.WASHINGTON (North Dakota Monitor) – U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., is pushing for a bill that would prohibit federal lawmakers from receiving paychecks during a government shutdown. Fedorchak and Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., along with 18 other freshman members of the House, sent a letter to Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Work will begin Monday in Grand Forks on the 42nd Street and Demers Avenue Intersection project. City staff says the initial phase of the underpass project will have minimal impacts to traffic. They say larger impacts to traffic will occur later this summer. It will be the beginning of a two year project that will…
Commissioners Jill Kringstad, right, and Randy Christmann listen to testimony April 2, 2026, at a Public Service Commission hearing in Fargo, North Dakota. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved a temporary variance allowing preliminary construction activities to proceed for power projects to serve a data center north…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — After nearly a decade of work, Red River Zoo President and CEO Sally Mulvena has announced she will be stepping down. She has accepted a new role as President and CEO at an organization in Florida, where she will be reunited with her husband. Mulvena joined the zoo in 2012 as business manager and was named…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — “What I want to focus on creating more of is joy and connectedness between all of us as human beings. And so I try to pull that out of the participants through the medium.” Josh Madson is a photographer and the founder of the non-profit Community Collage. The non-profit transforms black-and-white portrait photography into murals. But…
The Oceanarium at Minnesota State Moorhead is holding a naming contest for their three new bamboo sharks. 4/15/26.MOORHEAD, Minn. — Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo…. Don’t be surprised if that’s what you hear from the Moorhead side of the Red River. That’s thanks to Minnesota State Moorhead’s newest acquisitions. They’re welcoming three baby bamboo sharks to the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Forty-year-old Garmonyou Wiles of Fargo has been charged in Cass County District Court with attempted murder, reckless endangerment, terrorizing, aggravated assault, and discharge of a firearm within a city. That might seem like enough charges to last a lifetime – but, it turns out, Wiles is no stranger to illegal activity. In 2016, Wiles sold crack…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A GoFundMe has been started to help cover travel and surgery expenses for retired Fargo Police Department K9 Blue. He was recently diagnosed with bilateral perineal hernias and an enlarged prostate. Blue worked alongside his handler, Sgt. Sam Bollman, from August 2017 to December 2025. In his over 1,000 deployments, 39 pounds of narcotics were seized…
Jodi Smith, executive director of the Retirement and Investment Office, gives an update on the planned Legacy Fund website to the Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board on March 31, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota plans to launch a new website later this year with details on how the $14…
Downtown Engagement Center in FargoFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Tomorrow night will be the final night of the season for Fargo’s Winter Warming Operation. The overnight service at Downtown Engagement Center will close for the season the following morning at 8 a.m. The operation served a total of 638 unique individuals, with an average of 62 people served each night. Fargo…
