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Fargo Man Sentenced For Hit-And-Run Last June

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man is sentenced to two years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured two people in south Fargo last June. 25-year-old Nicholas Tschosik denied driving the car and refused sobriety and chemical tests but eventually pleaded guilty to charges including a second DUI charge in seven years along with reckless endangerment. Witnesses…

Defense asks judge to keep Holmberg out of prison

FARGO (KVRR) – An attorney for a former state senator who pleaded guilty to traveling to a foreign country to have commercial sex with minor boys is asking a federal judge to impose a sentence that does not require going to prison. Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks will be sentenced March 26 in U.S. District Court in Fargo. Holmberg’s attorney,…

UPDATE: UND Police identify owner of pickup involved in hit-and-run

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The University of North Dakota Police Department has identified the owner of a pickup involved in a hit-and-run. UND Police were looking for the owner after the pickup struck an elementary-age child near 39th Street and 6th Avenue N. in Grand Forks. The Department says the investigation is still active and ongoing and anyone who witnessed the…

North Dakota attorney general calls for more prison time; opponents say spend more on police

Colby Braun, center, director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, listens March 24, 2025, to testimony on a bill related to criminal sentences. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s attorney general is backing a bill that will increase the time offenders spend behind bars because he says the state criminal justice system…

Bathroom bill would make schools less safe, opponents, LGBTQ advocates testify

Faye Seidler, a suicide prevention advocate, testifies March 24, 2025, against a bill that would require state entities to only refer to individuals by their sex assigned at birth in official documentation. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Schools don’t see all-gender bathrooms as a problem, West Fargo Public Schools Business Manager Levi Bachmeier told lawmakers Monday…

Lawmakers debate 3-cent gas tax increase, hike in EV registration fee

A sticker opposing a possible 3-cent increase to North Dakota’s gas tax is displayed on a Bismarck gas pump on March 24, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota lawmakers are weighing the first increase to the gas tax in 20 years and an increased electric vehicle fee, with the new tax revenue earmarked for…

Fire causes significant damage to south Fargo apartment unit

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – No one was hurt, but residents of an apartment unit were displaced after a kitchen fire in south Fargo Monday night. The Fargo Fire Department says crews responded to the apartment complex at 2551 Villa Drive S at 9:48 p.m. where the fire started in a second-floor unit. Firefighters were able to put out the fire before…

Meeting Held To Talk About Impact of Possible Tribal Casino Just East of Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Concerned Moorhead residents and those working in charitable gaming heard from their elected officials and business leaders on the recent land purchase by the White Earth Tribe. The land in question is a 280-acre lot near Interstate 94 and Highway 336. The community has speculated the tribe could build a casino on the land or use…

Trump Officials Texted War Plans to Secure Chat Group That Included a Journalist

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a story posted online Monday. The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to be authentic.” Trump…