Dan Leingang, interim president of Bismarck State College, speaks during the school’s commencement ceremony at the Bismarck Event Center on May 10, 2024. Leingang is one of six semifinalists identified by the college’s presidential search committee that could take on the permanent role. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Two North Dakotans are semifinalists for the Bismarck…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Cat lovers flocked to a Fargo pet daycare / boarding center for a showcase of adoptable felines. Fetchers on 39th Street South referred to it as “CATurday” and teamed up with Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue to bring in some cats in desperate need of a furever home. There were also free goodie bags, tours of Fetchers’…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Protests have been happening with regularity in the Fargo-Moorhead area as of late, but an extra one was called this weekend following U.S. military actions in Iran. The strikes, carried out in conjunction with the Israeli military, have reportedly killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Violence related to these actions has continued throughout the greater region,…
Leo DartoeFARGO (KFGO) — A Fargo jury has found a man guilty of murdering his childhood friend. Leo Dartoe, 35, shot and killed Sampson Bleh in August 2024 at an apartment in the 2200 block of 12th Ave. S. in Fargo. Bleh was shot in the chest. He died at the hospital. After the shooting, Dartoe fled the state, and…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Devils Lake judge has ordered a new trial for a man who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a murder on Spirit Lake Reservation. 65-year-old Werner Kunkel has always maintained his innocence and has been fighting to clear his name for decades. He was convicted in 1995 in the 1986 stabbing…
WASHINGTON — Service members who are about to leave the military may soon have someone to help them prepare to reenter civilian life, if a new federal bill gets enough support from members of congress. If passed, the new bill would require the military to give pre-separation counseling to service members leaving the military. While the military has advised leaving…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — After years of work with the FAA, North Dakota can now navigate air travel and fly statewide through a radar data feed. The feed comes together as part of the Northern Plains UAS Test Site’s system, Vantis. “This is a milestone that now lets us move forward in leveraging the system to create value in…
Police and fire crews respond to a kitchen fire in an apartment unit at 1204 44TH ST S.FARGO — Fargo fire and police departments responded to a report of black smoke coming from an apartment unit at 1204 44TH ST S., in Fargo. The call came in just after 2 p.m. and at least four fire trucks arrived on the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Cases of measles in North Dakota nearly doubled this week to 21, including four people who needed to be hospitalized, according to the Department of Health and Human Services measles dashboard. The 10 new measles cases this week were reported in Pembina County, which increased its case total to 19 since early February. One…
A Bismarck State College sign is displayed on the side of a skyway on campus during Welcome Week at the school on Aug. 26, 2024. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education enacted a tenure policy requiring a master’s or other advanced degree for professors to receive tenure….
