North Dakota News

Biden’s student loan forgiveness doesn’t go towards Bank of ND loans

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Those who received student loans from the Bank of North Dakota aren’t eligible for President Biden’s loan forgiveness plan. It eliminates $10,000 for those who got loans issued by the U.S. Department of Education or $20,000 to people getting pell grants. It applies to those who make $125,000 a year or less or couples who make…

More Kids Are Enrolled In Both Fargo & West Fargo Public Schools

School in Moorhead Starts Next Week, Before Labor Day

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Kids are back in class and first day enrollment numbers are in for Fargo And West Fargo Public Schools. Fargo has 11,437 students in grades K through 12. That’s an increase of 18 students from the first day numbers in 2021. West Fargo welcomed 11,504 students in grades 1 through 12 across 21 schools. The first…

Judge Blocks North Dakota’s Abortion Tigger Law, Again

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge has again blocked a trigger law banning abortion in North Dakota as he weighs a lawsuit from the state’s lone abortion clinic. The clinic argues that the law violates the state constitution. Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick on Thursday granted the motion for a preliminary injunction sought by the Red River Women’s Clinic…

Fargo man at center of shelter-in-place order arrested

Police were called to WoodSpring Suites hotel in north Fargo Wednesday night

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man taken into custody for a mental evaluation after he barricaded himself in a WoodSpring Suites hotel room in north Fargo and fired shots last night, has now been arrested. Police say 35-year-old Nicholas Otten of Fargo was arrested for aggravated reckless endangerment and terrorizing. He was transferred to the Cass County Jail. It all…

UPDATE: Attorney Charged With Killing His Ex-Wife in Warren, MN

WARREN, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An attorney from Warren, Minnesota is now charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of his ex-wife. 31-year-old Anders Odegaard was arrested at his home Tuesday afternoon after two of the couple’s five children stopped a man and asked him to call 911, saying their mother was bleeding and needed help. The complaint says Odegaard…

UPDATE: AMBER Alert Canceled, 3-Year-Old Found By Law Enforcement

UPDATE (08/25/22 8:05pm) An AMBER Alert has been canceled for 3-year-old Amirae Driver. It was issued early this afternoon after Three Affiliated Tribes Law Enforcement believed she was abducted from Mandaree, North Dakota. They also believed she was with Myron Johnson. North Dakota Highway Patrol and B-C-I only say that Driver was safely located by law enforcement officials. They didn’t…

Fargo Man Arrested For Assaulting Barnes County Deputy

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — A Fargo man is facing several felony charges after allegedly assaulting a Barnes County Sheriff’s deputy. Authorities say 49-year-old Dustin Lende was being pursued in Cass County for a prior incident and it ended when he fled into Barnes County. Deputies later responded to a call of a suspicious man in the lobby of a…