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LIVE: Drawing on Local Talent

MINNEAPOLIS — It’s the premiere of a new play at one of the nation’s top children’s theatre companies. And now, the Children’s Theatre Company is drawing on local talent for their upcoming production. The original play, “Drawing Lessons,” opens October 8th in Minneapolis. It’s about a Korean-American adolescent who uses her graphic novel skills to find a path through the…

Study recommends shifting state dollars away from Bank of North Dakota

Josh Kevan, senior consultant for firm RVK Inc., presents a cash management study to lawmakers on the Government Finance Committee on Sept. 17, 2024. A key recommendation of the study was for the state to move its operating money out of the Bank of North Dakota. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) A cash management study presented to lawmakers Tuesday recommends…

Grand Forks selected for federal partnership to address domestic violence involving firearms

The Quentin Burdick federal courthouse in Fargo, North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) The U.S. Department of Justice designated Grand Forks as one of 78 initial partnership communities that will focus on gun violence crime involving intimate partners, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of North Dakota announced Tuesday. The program will team U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…

Fargo police search for fleeing suspect in Hawthorne neighborhood unsuccessful

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo Police responded to a report of a disturbance in the Hawthorne neighborhood around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived in the 1000 block of 9th Avenue 9th South, the suspect fled on foot. Police searched the neighborhood for several blocks and some roadways were also blocked in an attempt to locate the suspect but were not…

Former North Dakota Governor Launches Campaign Against Measure 2

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer has launched a new campaign against Constitutional Measure 2 The ballot question proposed by the state legislature would establish new restrictions on North Dakota’s ballot initiative process. It would require constitutional and non-constitutional initiated measures to be limited to a single subject determined by the Secretary of State. It would…

Charging e-bike causes fire in Fargo apartment

FARGO (KFGO) – Fargo Fire says a charging e-bike battery caused a fire inside an apartment Tuesday afternoon. The fire was reported just after 2 at an apartment at 1781 35th Street South, just east of I-29. The building’s sprinkler system activated and put the fire out. Fire damage was limited, but the unit has smoke and water damage as…

Fargo Commission Not Only Got An Earful About Cutting DEI, But Also About Rising Taxes

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners voted 4-1 last night to make cuts to the proposed 2025 budget, including ending the DEI program. They cut a total of 6.2 positions including three which are currently occupied and three-point-two that are vacant. The total savings in salary and benefits would be over $680,000 in a budget that is worth $133…