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Grand Forks City Council debates proposed hate crime ordinance

Grand Forks looks to join Fargo as the only cities with hate crime ordinences

February 15, 2022

Site Staff,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – City Council members in Grand Forks issue a first draft of hate crime ordinances similar to Fargo’s which passed last June. Grand Forks City Council is reviewing proposed hate crime ordinances related to assault, harassment, criminal mischief and terrorizing. Council Member Katie Dachtler and Grand Forks Police Officer Brian Samson drafted the first four ordinances…

Cramer says rift between Ukraine’s president and Ag Minister could help imprisoned North Dakota farmer

February 15, 2022

Jim Monk,

KYIV (KVRR) – A published report says the President of Ukraine is planning to fire Minister of Agrarian Policy Roman Leshchenko, the man Ukrainian authorities claim was the target of an assassination plot involving Ashley, North Dakota farmer Kurt Groszhans. Groszhans was arrested in November. He’s accused of being involved in a conspiracy to kill Leshchenko, a former business partner…

Criminal Complaint: Man Stabbed Wife While She Slept in Van

February 15, 2022

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A criminal complain is providing more details about a man charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault-domestic violence in Fargo. The complaint says 27-year-old Tyler Mollner stabbed his wife while she was sleeping in the passenger side of their van Saturday. She jumped out of the moving van on 42nd Street South and was found by two…

Resolution reached to peacefully end Emerson blockade

February 15, 2022

Jim Monk,

EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says a resolution has been reached to end the vehicle blockade at the Emerson Port of Entry, near Pembina, North Dakota. Truck drivers and activists set up the blockade of semis, pickups, RV’s and snowmobiles last week to protest Canada’s mandatory vaccinations for commercial truck drivers. At one time, an estimated…

North Dakota term limit backers submit signatures

February 15, 2022

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – A change to the state constitution that would place term limits on the governor and members of the Legislature is a step closer to bringing the issue before voters. Secretary of State Al Jaeger said Tuesday that backers submitted about 46,000 signatures, or more than the 31,164 signatures needed to put the measure to voters in November. Jaeger…

Bird flu case puts chicken, turkey farms on high alert

February 15, 2022

Jim Monk,

DES MOINES, Iowa – Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert, fearing a repeat of a widespread bird flu outbreak in 2015 that killed 50 million birds across 15 states and cost the federal government nearly $1 billion. The new fear is driven by the discovery announced Feb. 9 of the virus infecting…

Fargo art and antiques dealer running for U.S. Senate

February 15, 2022

Jim Monk,

Michael SteeleBISMARCK, N.D. – A Fargo art and antiques dealer is running for the U.S. Senate, saying North Dakota needs Democratic representation in Washington, D.C. Michael Steele says he a started his campaign four years ago to unseat Sen. John Hoeven. Campaign finance records show Steele has raised about $2,000 since then. A state party spokeswoman says she had not…

Oil company leaders describe Bakken oil patch as ‘mature’

February 15, 2022

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – The Bakken’s oil boom appears to be in the rearview mirror. North Dakota Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms say a word he heard many times when he met in Texas with executives from 10 oil companies with wells in the Bakken is “mature” in describing the state’s oil patch. Helm says the Bakken has been rebranded. He…

Man gets at least 21 years in prison for murder conspiracy

February 15, 2022

Jim Monk,

Earl HowardBISMARCK, N.D. – A man has been sentenced to serve at least 21 years in prison for plotting the death of a Bismarck man in what authorities say was a love triangle that involved a life insurance policy. Forty-three-year-old Earl Howard earlier reached an agreement with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to four felonies in the death of Chad Entzel….

Burgum wants international border blockade to end

"This is critical for North Dakota"

February 15, 2022

Jim Monk,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says it’s critical that the Port of Entry in Emerson, Manitoba is allowed to open again to facilitate the flow of international trade between the U.S. and Canada. Demonstrators who oppose Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements for commercial truck drivers set up a blockade last week. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says…