FARGO — It’s a 5K that’s being billed as the biggest public event yet for a local nonprofit that aims to make young girls’ minds happy and healthy, by encouraging their bodies to do the same. The BIO Girls “Find Your Kind” 5K is coming up Wednesday, May 14th, and they’ve already got more than 700 runners registered. Program participants…
Microsoft Campus in FargoREDMOND, Wash. (AP-KVRR) – Microsoft began laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce Tuesday. There is no official word yet on if any of those cuts will happen on the Fargo campus. The tech giant didn’t disclose the total amount of lost jobs company-wide but it will amount to about 6,000 people. Microsoft employed 228,000 full-time…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – The Cass County Board of Commissioners has declared a fire emergency and enacted burn restrictions through May 19, 2025, due to abundant dry vegetation and ongoing hot, dry, and windy weather conditions. The restrictions will be in effect whenever the North Dakota Rangeland Fire Danger Rating for Cass County is classified as High, Very High,…
KFGO file photoST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has fined Anheuser-Busch resources in Moorhead $323,850 for failing to conduct performance tests and exceeding dust emissions at the now closed barley malting plant along Interstate 94. The MPCA says Busch violated rules and regulations several times. The violations were discovered during a routine, unannounced inspection. Anheuser-Busch opened…
Impact Dakota lead a food safety certification program in Minot, North Dakota, in May 2025. (photo courtesy of Impact Dakota)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota program that provides training and support to manufacturers in the state faces an uncertain future if federal funding is cut. Impact Dakota temporarily lost its federal funding last month. Jodie Mjoen, CEO…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A 911 call from someone watching a livestream of a person appearing to struggle in a river had Moorhead and Fargo Fire Departments responding to the Red River. A total of three boats launched for the search around 3:30 this afternoon near the Hjemkomst Center but found nothing. The follow-up investigation determined the individual had entered…
LANGDON, N.D. (KVRR) — The former Cavalier County Water Resource Board secretary is charged with two felonies. Kensi Breyer is charged with the misapplication of entrusted property between $10,000 and $50,000 and tampering with public records. Breyer is accused of making false entries into financial records and transferring thousands of dollars from the board’s accounts. A court date has not…
GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — The Jail here at Walsh County Law Enforcement Center has both inmates and law enforcement dealing with a lack of spacing, plumbing issues, safety, and more. “What we’re doing now is more or less putting a band-aid on the plumbing and heating, and air conditioning problems. So, they put cast iron pipes in the concrete floor…
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. (Photo provided by National Park Service)WILLISTON, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The third full weekend in June is always the busiest part of the summer at Fort Union Trading Post near Williston, North Dakota. This is when the National Park Service historic site hosts its Rendezvous, which draws about 3,000 visitors. This year,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — With the goal of supporting working families, state lawmakers this session passed a new tax credit that subsidizes child care for North Dakota businesses. Senate Bill 2282 applies specifically to child care stipends. The tax credit allows employers that offer this benefit to write off 50% of their child care contributions off their income taxes….
