North Dakota News

Future use of A.I. in Cass County

FARGO, N.D. – (KVRR) – Government officials gathered to discuss the future of artificial intelligence in Cass County. These leaders talked about the opportunities, challenges and the need for caution in the use of A.I. According to the Department of Technology for the Cass County Government, the use of A.I. in the county has ramped up rapidly within the last…

American Crystal Sugar fined $350,000 for environmental violations

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says American Crystal Sugar Company violated several air quality conditions, including releasing more hydrogen sulfide and particulate matter than its permit allows. The violations occurred between 2020 and 2022 at its sugar beet processing facility in East Grand Forks, Minn. The MPCA says American Crystal failed to properly operate…

Growing Together Offers Pre-Summer Potluck on Tuesday

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — If you need something to do Tuesday night, Growing Together Community Gardens is hosting a pre-summer potluck. It’ll be held starting at 6 p.m. at Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral in Fargo. Growing Together is being gifted new gardening tools by Wisconsin Cheese which will also provide artisan, award-winning cheese to enjoy. People are encouraged to bring a…

Former Fargo Public Schools Athletic Trainer Sentenced for Sexual Assault of Student

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former Fargo Public Schools teacher and athletic trainer contracted through Sanford Health has been sentenced to three years in prison for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy last summer. Levi Tande changed his plea to guilty during a hearing in January. The judge also gave him 5 years of supervised probation and he must…

New ag lab to benefit agriculture industry at NDSU

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A new NDSU agricultural research lab is in the process of being constructed to bolster the efforts in the field for students. It will be called Bolley Agricultural Laboratory after Henry Bolley, the state seed commissioner from 1909 to 1929 and a pioneering plant pathologist. This lab will house numerous research programs that include plant breeding,…