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Leak reported by company fined for state’s largest oil spill

BISMARCK, N.D. – The company responsible for the largest oil field spill in North Dakota history has reported a leak from a pipeline within two miles of the record discharge in 2015. The latest spill from a Summit Midstream Partners pipeline leaked saltwater onto agricultural land “very close to the creek” contaminated by the record spill reported north of Williston….

LIVE: Homebuyer Help in a Tough Market

Is getting a new home on your holiday wish list?

If you’re trying to buy a house right now, you’re not just up against the weather slowing you down as you go from property to property looking for the right one. You’re also dealing with one of the toughest housing markets in years. And for first-time homebuyers, it might be easy to panic — and put in an offer on…

Craft to retire as Concordia College president in 2023

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Concordia College President Dr. William Craft says he plans to retire, effective June 30, 2023. Craft was appointed in 2011.  During his tenure, several changes were made, including renovation and new construction of the Grant Center for the Offutt School of Business, the Integrated Science Center, the Jake Christiansen Athletic Complex, and the Center for Student…

South Dakota ex-boarding school for Native children owning up to its past

The Red Cloud Indian School in South Dakota has undertaken a reckoning with its troubled past

PINE RIDGE, S.D. – Middle schooler Rarity Cournoyer stood at the heart of the Red Cloud Indian School campus and chanted a prayer song firmly and solemnly in the Lakota language — in a place where past generations of students were punished for speaking their mother tongue. Her classmates stood around her at a prayer circle designed with archetypes of…

Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charges in Floyd’s death, prosecutors recommend 25 years in prison

Derek ChauvinST. PAUL, Minn. – Federal prosecutors are recommending a sentence of up to 25 years in prison for Derek Chauvin, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal civil rights charges in the death of George Floyd. The former Minneapolis police officer’s plea means he will not face a federal trial in January. Chauvin was convicted this spring of state murder…

Father, son rescued from drifting ice on Red Lake

courtesy, Red Lake Police Dept.  RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) – Two fishermen were rescued after they became trapped on a piece of drifting ice on Red Lake, in northwestern Minnesota. The Red Lake Police Dept. says 62-year-old David Berrard of Red Lake and his son, 44-year-old Wilfred Berrard, of Blaine, Minn., were safely brought to shore by first responders Tuesday…

The Northern Hemp Summit showcases new innovations

"It is an end all, be all plant."

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Hemp continues to gain popularity and with that questions are arising. Agriculture leaders gather at The Northern Hemp Summit with information and innovations. “It just brings farmers and people who are interested in the hemp industry together to make new contacts, learn about regulatory stuff and any information that they might need can be found here…