GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Police say a 16-year-old boy is being held on attempted murder charges Monday after he stabbed his adult sister in the stomach Sunday afternoon. Grand Forks police say they responded to the stabbing report in the 800 block of Duke Dr. around 5:36 p.m. Sunday. They say their initial investigation revealed the teenager stabbed his…
The aftermath of an arson fire on Jan. 15.FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo Police say a suspected arsonist has been arrested. 42-year-old Adrian Banks, from Wendell, Minnesota, was arrested Friday afternoon. Banks was arrested by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office for arson and burglary. Captain Bill Ahlfeldt says Banks is suspected of starting a fire inside a south Fargo apartment. Firefighters…
Rep. Mike Schatz, R-New England, speaks in a favor of a bill to require voter registration in North Dakota on Jan. 23. 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The latest proposal to require voter registration in North Dakota met strong opposition last week. North Dakota is the only state in the country without voter registration. Instead,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Former university leaders are raising concern about the lack of women in top leadership positions at North Dakota’s 11 public higher education institutions. Currently only one has a woman president or CEO. This comes at a time when the State Board of Higher Education begins filling president vacancies at campuses in Bismarck, Dickinson, and…
One team gets to work cracking into the mystery.CASSELTON, N.D. – Saturday, the Veterans Club in Casselton saw a different kind of competition. The establishment on Front Street hosted their first ever puzzle-solving contest. Teams paid an entry fee, then were each presented with an identical puzzle at the same time and told to get to work. The three fastest…
Students watch their creations in action.FARGO, N.D. – First, LEGO League – then, the FIRST Tech Challenge! The NDSU College of Engineering hosted the annual FIRST Tech Challenge regional qualifying tournament at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse on Saturday, January 25. Teams of kids from grades 7 through 12 took their programmed machines to the arena floor to complete a sequence…
FARGO (KVRR) – A federal judge in Minneapolis who oversaw the collection of government documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is pointing out what to look for when the records are finally unveiled. U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim was chairman of the JFK Assassination Records Review Board. The panel examined every government file related to the…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday in a power struggle with Republicans that the chief justice said had left the state House of Representatives “completely dysfunctional.” The justices agreed with House Democratic leaders who argued that a quorum in the House was 68 members under the state constitution, not the 67 that Republicans claimed. The House…
33rd Annual Red River Valley Boat and Marine Products Show.FARGO — The Red River Valley Boat and Marine Products Show is underway, and vendors are showcasing their best tech to take on the lakes. The event is being held in the Fargodome all weekend long with over 40 different vendors. One of newer tech toys at this year’s show are…
FARGO (KVRR) – An executive order that commutes the life prison sentence of Leonard Peltier has been officially filed with the U.S. Clerk of Court in Fargo. Peltier’s surprise commutation was announced by former President Joe Biden, just minutes before Biden’s term concluded Monday. It allows Peltier to serve the remainder of his sentence on “home confinement” and is effective…
