The Fargo School Board is welcoming four new members. The only incumbent to win re-election is Robin Nelson. She came in fifth in the voting. Nelson will be joined by Melissa Burkland, Katie Christensen, Greg Clark and Nayamal Dei. Board positions currently held by Rebecca Knutson, David Paulson and Brian Nelson all fell short in bids for another term. Incumbent…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn keeps a spot on the commission, but he’s not the leading vote getter. He got the second of two seats. Denise Kolpack beat him by nearly six hundred votes to lead the crowded field. There were 15 people running for two city commission spots, the most ever in Fargo. Incumbent…
GRAND FORKS, N.D (KVRR) — Grand Forks voters are picking two new members for the city council. There are open races in Wards 2 and 4. Rebecca Osowski beat out Mathew Ternus with 59 percent of the votes for the seat being vacated by Katie Dachtler in Ward 2. Ward 4 incumbent Jeannie Mock opted not to run for re-election. Ward…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A current Grand Forks School Board member running for re-election just makes the cut. Bill Palmiscno came in 5th in a 23 person race. Dave Berger, Monte Gaukler, Joel Larson and Josh Anderson also won seats. Incumbent Jackie Hassett lost. Doug Carpenter, Chris Douthit and Shannon Mikula decided against running for re-election. Categories: Local News,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A Cass County election worker says the crowds came in waves throughout the day. “We’ve been really steady. We’ll get a bunch then we’ll get a little bit of lag then a few more then a little lag. We’ve been open since 7 so we get about doing 200 an hour,” Cass County Election Inspector Ron…
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A man wanted for a murder in Kern County, California is arrested in Horace, North Dakota. Members of the Metro Area Street Crimes Unit, Cass County Drug Task Force and Cass County Sheriff’s Office, worked in collaboration to arrest 25 year-old Kira Conerly-Burton II of Bakersfield, California on a felony murder warrant around 3:45 p.m….
BISMARCK, N.D. – U.S. Sen. John Hoeven easily won North Dakota’s Republican primary Tuesday, and is set to face a Democrat in November who has raised a fraction of his $3.2 million in campaign funds. Katrina Christiansen, a political newcomer and University of Jamestown engineering professor, defeated a largely unknown challenger in the Democratic primary, Fargo art and antiques dealer…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A former energy company executive from Los Angeles pleaded guilty Tuesday in a $15 million scheme to defraud investors in phony business arrangements for services to oil and gas companies in North Dakota, federal prosecutors said. Joey Stanton Dodson was chairman of Citadel Energy Partners when he began raising money from more than 50 investors he…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo School Board approves a land acknowledgement statement saying the district gathers on the lands of the Oceti Sakowin who are the Dakota, Lakota, Nakoda and Anishinaabe people. The statement was drafted with help from tribal nations and groups. It could be included on meeting agendas, read at the annual reorganization meeting and used at other…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Another restaurant is closing in the metro. In a social media post, the owners of Wings and Rings in West Fargo announces that they have made the difficult decision to close the location. They did not give a reason for the sudden closure. The sports restaurant and bar celebrated it’s grand opening in West Fargo…
