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Special City Council Meeting in Harwood Turns Contentious

As it was a special meeting, councilors were not required to take public comment; those in attendance were angry they weren't allowed to have their voices heard.

September 10, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

HARWOOD, N.D. (KVRR) – Tensions boiled over in Harwood on the evening of September 10, as a special city council meeting regarding the proposed Applied Digital AI center ended with angry residents trying to make their voices heard. The special meeting was called to approve the rezoning of the land where the proposed data center will be located. Because Mayor…

Michael Grover appointed to Fill Ninth Judicial District vacancy in Roseau

September 10, 2025

TJ Nelson,

ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Gov. Tim Walz has selected Michael Grover to become the next judge in Minnesota’s Ninth Judicial District which is chambered in Roseau. The Commission on Judicial Selection had selected Grover, assistant county attorney in Roseau County as one of three nominees along with Katie Nolting, city attorney for Bemidji and Max Schafer-LaCoursiere, an assistant public defender based…

State senate forming committee to evaluate impact of GOP megabill on Minnesotans

September 10, 2025

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Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy speaks during a press conference announcing a budget deal Thursday, May 15, 2025 at the Minnesota State Capitol. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — The Democratic-Farmer-Labor-led Senate is creating a subcommittee to study the impact of the Republican megabill signed into law in July. The Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on…

Walz says he will call special session ‘one way or another’ on gun control

September 10, 2025

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Gov. Tim Walz spoke with reporters after meeting with legislative leaders on Sept. 9, 2025. The governor said he will call a special session on gun control. (Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Gov. Tim Walz said he will call a special legislative session to push for gun control in the wake of the mass shooting…

‘I Voted’ sticker contest kicks off in North Dakota; artists must submit designs by Nov. 15

September 10, 2025

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Stickers featuring artwork from 2020 “I Voted” contest winner Khloe Brandon of Hatton Eielson Public School sit on a table at the Bismarck Event Center on June 5, 2024, during early voting for the primary. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office wants artists from across the state to…

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North Dakota university research could see ‘devastating’ cuts, officials warn

September 10, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Pooyan Vahidi Pashaki, a graduate student in North Dakota State University’s biomedical engineering program, works in a lab in Sugihara Hall. Officials at NDSU and the University of North Dakota say the research universities expect to lose millions in federal research dollars. (Photo courtesy of NDSU)GRAND FORKS, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Representatives of North Dakota’s two largest universities say…

Homelessness increases in North Dakota as population, housing costs also rise

September 9, 2025

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Jennifer Henderson, director of planning and housing development for the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency, speaks to lawmakers about homelessness during a committee hearing on Sept. 4, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — People experiencing homelessness in North Dakota are increasing as the state’s population continues to grow and affordable housing, shelters and resources…

Company selected to lay groundwork for nuclear power in North Dakota

September 8, 2025

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Sen. Tim Mathern, right, D-Fargo, and Rep. SuAnn Olson, left, R-Baldwin, participate in an Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee meeting Sept. 3, 2025. (Photo by Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota interim legislative committee has selected Nucleon Energy, a Canadian development company, to chart the state’s path to a nuclear-powered future. The Alberta-based nuclear development…

Former Sen. Larry Robinson of Valley City died Wednesday in Minneapolis

September 4, 2025

TJ Nelson,

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — Former Sen. Larry Robinson of Valley City has died at the age of 75. Robinson died Wednesday at a hospital in Minneapolis. The Democrat represented District 24 in the senate from 1989 to 2020. Gov. Kelly Armstrong issued the following statement: “Larry Robinson was a true statesman of the Senate and a great colleague who…

Republicans move to lift drilling and mining restrictions in North Dakota, Montana and Alaska

September 4, 2025

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FILE – In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a mining dumper truck hauls coal at Cloud Peak Energy’s Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Congress are clearing the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to expand mining and drilling on public lands by moving to eliminate energy development limits in…