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North Dakota tax commissioner announces run for reelection

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus announced on Wednesday that he will seek reelection for tax commissioner in the 2026 election. Kroshus was appointed as tax commissioner in 2021 by former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. Kroshus said his priorities as tax commissioner will be a fiscally responsible government, effectively representing citizens, and transparency and fairness….

North Dakota lawmakers to hire outside lawyers to defend state in term limits lawsuit

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota legislative leaders have voted to hire outside attorneys to represent them in a new lawsuit over a ballot measure that would change voter-approved legislative term limits. The suit, filed last week, argues that the Legislature violated the state constitution when it passed a resolution creating the ballot measure last year. The ballot measure, if approved, would alter the 2022 constitutional amendment that established legislative…

WATCH: Rep. Ilhan Omar sprayed with unknown substance during town hall in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/FOX/FOX9) — A major disturbance at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s town hall event in Minneapolis. A man sprayed Omar with a substance as she was calling for Homeland Security Secretary Noem to resign or face impeachment. He was quickly detained and removed from the room. There is no word on what the substance was. According to Minneapolis Police Department, officers…

Hundreds gather for ICE observation training

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Training is held in Moorhead on how to safely and legally observe I.C.E. operations. The event had to be moved to a larger venue due to the number of people who signed up. Upwards of 300 people filled Trinity Lutheran Church to get information on how to legally and safely observe and document ICE activities. In…

2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress

A makeshift memorial is placed where Alex Pretti was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer yesterday, in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday. Officers tried to take…

City forester explains the city plans to monitor and treat trees after confirmation of emerald ash borer

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Emerald ash borer larvae was recently confirmed on the east side of the downtown Fargo public library. It wasn’t a big surprise because the pest was detected in Moorhead in 2023. “We finally confirmed it. We kind of already expected it to be here, but it just took us till today to actually get it confirmed,”…

Judge issues temporary order barring removal of boy, 5, and father who were detained in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A federal judge has issued a temporary order prohibiting removal of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father whose arrest last week in Minnesota quickly become another lightning rod for America’s divisions on immigration under the Trump administration. U.S. Judge Fred Biery ruled Monday that any removal or transfer of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias,…