FARGO, ND – MARCH 30, 2026: Marshall Stewart gives the Òhorns upÓ sign at a press conference after The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education on Monday chose Stewart as the next president of North Dakota State University.BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The new presidents of North Dakota State University and Bismarck State College have agreed to contracts…
Kurt Snyder, executive director of the Heartview Foundation, shows a display of the different buildings the organization has operated in since 1964 during a tour of its facility in Bismarck on March 20, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota lawmakers are drafting a policy that would change the system in which some…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KVRR-KFGO) – A federal circuit court judge from Fargo plans to take senior status. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Court Judge Ralph Erickson has announced that he will take senior status when his successor is confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Erickson was appointed to the circuit court by President Trump during his first term. He’s a former…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Multiple Fargo Fire Department crews are on scene at an apartment building in south Fargo a few blocks from Essentia. At least three engines arrived around 8 p.m. along with police and an ambulance. There were no smoke or flames visible from the three-story building at the time. People could been seen outside the building, including…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The phrase “into thin air” gets thrown around a lot in missing persons cases, but given the lack of trail Alfred Odden left after departing the Valley City Casey’s on the evening of April 1, it feels somewhat appropriate. The 73-year-old grandfather reportedly claimed he was going to drive his teal pickup with red topper from…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Both current college students and graduates alike are scrambling to figure out to do regarding their student loans, with major changes coming to the federal loan repayment system. Various repayment plans are being terminated – like the SAVE plan, which will end in July. The SAVE plan was an income-based repayment plan which capped payments at…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An effort is underway to make Interim Fargo Police Chief Travis Stefonowicz, the police chief. A letter sent to city leaders by officers, investigators, detectives and civilian staff with Fargo Police Department call Stefonowicz the right leader to serve as the next Chief of Police. They say with 20 years of experience, he brings significant institutional…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Several hundred non-profits from 32 states tuned in or attended the conference for nonprofits. The conference’s focus was to have organizations connect with one another “I think this analog world we’re trying to lean into, which is getting in person, giving someone a hug, having a cup of coffee, seeing someone face-to-face, and asking them, ‘…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Farmers have been hit by spiking fertilizer and fuel prices as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran disrupts global trade and supplies, but a North Dakota ag group is trying to work on a long-term solution to fertilizer shortages. The North Dakota Grain Growers Association is urging federal policymakers to change the rules of a…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — There is a very strong chance North Dakota voters will decide a constitutional initiative to offer breakfast and lunch to all students at no cost. The group “Together for School Meals” has delivered petitions to the Secretary of State’s office in Bismarck. They turned in nearly 19-hundred petition packets containing around 57,000 signatures. A little more…
