FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – A search committee has narrowed the field of candidates for North Dakota State University president to three. The state Board of Higher Education said Friday the finalists are David Cook, vice chancellor for public affairs on economic development at the University of Kansas; Hesham El-Rewini, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Marymount University; and…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The wife of North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says he died of a heart attack and associated effects last week. The 68-year-old Republican was found unresponsive in his Bismarck home and died several hours later. Beth Stenehjem thanked responding police officers, firefighters, paramedics, emergency room personnel and doctors at Sanford Health. Categories: Local News, North…
Downtown St. Paul (FOX 9)ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz has activated the Minnesota National Guard as the trial for three former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd is coming closer to the end in St. Paul. “Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of Minnesotans, and at the request of the…
FARGO – The interior solicitor in the Biden administration said in an opinion released Friday that the mineral rights under the original Missouri River riverbed belong to North Dakota’s Three Affiliated Tribes. The 68-page memorandum posted by the U.S. Department of Interior is contrary to a May 2020 Trump administration opinion concluding that the state is legal owner of submerged…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR-AP) – The parents of Amir Locke and their attorneys say Locke was “executed” by a Minneapolis SWAT team that woke him from a deep sleep, and that he reached in confusion for a legal firearm to protect himself. Andre Locke and Karen Wells, described him as respectful to police, and said they coached him on how to act…
Jeremy KosteADA, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Halstad, Minnesota man has been charged with assault and burglary after multiple police agencies responded to Halstad Wednesday afternoon for what was initially believed to be a shooting. Thirty-two-year-old Jeremy Koste is accused of injuring his girlfriend, who was found bleeding from the head and spitting up blood outside an apartment building. She was…
LAS VEGAS – No one was injured when an airplane heading from Las Vegas to Minneapolis returned early Friday for a “hard landing” with a landing gear malfunction at Harry Reid International Airport. Officials said the right main landing gear of Sun Country Airlines flight 110 collapsed when the Boeing 737 landed about 1:20 a.m. About 50 passengers and six…
WASHINGTON – New cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 states. The average number of COVID-19 related deaths is around 2,400 a day, comparable to last winter, when the vaccine drive was still getting started. New cases per day have tanked by almost a half-million nationwide since mid-January. The number is trending downward in every state but…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Despite COVID taking most of the headlines, another health crisis in our region is getting worse. Essentia Health experts say opioid overdoses are on the rise both locally and around the country. The Red River Recovery Initiative is hosting a series of virtual community events on Friday, February 4th from 4-6 p.m. It’s called Illuminate the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Monster trucks are rolling back into the Fargodome this weekend. Monster Jam returns Saturday with two shows. It’s the first show in Fargo since the pandemic forced the trucks to sit idle. You can expect all the racing, flips and stunts you’ve come to expect. Fans can also get closer to the trucks and meet…
