BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Two North Dakota natural gas utility providers are proposing to increase residential gas rates between 7.5% and 12.5% in coming months after holding public input sessions with the state’s Public Service Commission in July. The increases would affect North Dakota residents who receive natural gas from Northern States Power Company, a part of Xcel…
Angelica HernandezFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – One of six people charged in a brutal beating in downtown Fargo has pleaded guilty to being an accomplice to aggravated assault. Angelica Hernandez was part of a group that assaulted three men after a fight broke out on NP Avenue west of Broadway. Sam Pikula was one of the men assaulted after he tried to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota’s state’s population reached a new all-time high of nearly 784,000 people last July and many new residents are making their home in Fargo. The city is filled with fun events and new adventures, but for others it’s the start of something new. People are turning to Facebook groups such as Fargo/Moorhead Community Page to…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KFGO) – Minnesota Twins are returning to Midco. Comcast, part owner of Midco, and Diamond Sports announced Monday that 15 regional sports networks will be available on Thursday after being blacked out for three months. The Bally Sports networks were no longer available to Comcast subscribers on May 1 due to a contract dispute. Under the agreement, subscribers to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — United Way of Cass-Clay has reached its goal of 6,000 backpacks and now its almost time to start handing out those school supplies. More than 100 volunteers have signed up to pack backpacks with paper, pens and everything a kid will need to head back to school. With multiple stations and sessions volunteers are able to…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – Two Wahpeton men are charged with sexually trafficking a 16-year-old girl in Wahpeton. According to court documents, Javier Martinez brought the girl to the home of Antonio Harris where Harris held the girl and repeatedly raped her over a two-week period. Investigators say Martinez brought the girl to Harris’s home knowing he would force her to…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A trial looming in a lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s abortion ban was canceled Monday as the judge in the case weighs whether to throw out the lawsuit. It was not immediately clear why the trial was canceled. State District Judge Bruce Romanick issued a notice to parties regarding the trial saying the Aug. 26-30 trial is…
UPDATE: Richard Folden was located and taken into custody in Fargo. MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A warrant is issued for the arrest of a missing person. Moorhead Police says 67-year-old Richard Folden is a Level 3 Predatory Offender. The MN Department of Corrections issued the warrant for his arrest after the Fargo Police Department issued the missing persons alert….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Cooperstown, North Dakota man has died from his injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 63-year-old Ricky Howatt died Saturday at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Howatt crashed his motorcycle one week before on Highway 1, one mile north of Pekin. The patrol says Howatt lost control for unknown reasons,…
FORT RANSOM, N.D. (KFGO) – Ransom County Sheriff Darren Benneweis says two kayakers drowned after going over the Fort Ransom Dam on the Sheyenne river Sunday afternoon. A number of units responded to the call around 4 p.m., and one victim was recovered late yesterday. Efforts are underway today to recover the second victim. Benneweis says the Sheriff’s Department is…
