FARGO — Senate Minority Leader Kathy Hogan announced on Thursday, Jan. 15, that she will be retiring from the North Dakota Legislature at the end of her current term. Hogan was first appointed to represent Fargo’s District 21 in the state House of Representatives in 2009 and was elected to the position the following year. She served in the House…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle, further heightening the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman in the head. Smoke filled the street Wednesday night near the site of the latest…
KARLSTAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Dave Hughes is making another run for Congress in Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District. The Republican plans to challenge fellow Republican Rep. Michelle Fischbach for the seat. She has held it since defeating Democrat Rep. Collin Peterson in 2020. Hughes is from Karlstad, Minnesota and is a retired U.S. Air Force Major. In his announcement, he says…
North Dakota Health and Human Services Interim Commissioner Pat Traynor speaks to lawmakers about incoming federal funding on Jan. 13, 2026. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota lawmakers took final steps this week to prepare for next week’s special session to authorize the spending of federal health care money. Congress last year created…
Kelly Armstrong speaks during the Aug. 21, 2025, Industrial Commission meeting. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong will deliver a State of the State address during a special session of the legislature. It’ll take place on January 21 at 10 a.m. and will be livestreamed on the Governor’s Office website. The special session is…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz takes questions from reporters about his decision to not run for a third term. 1/6/26.ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) – – Minnesota House Republicans are set to introduce articles of impeachment against Gov. Tim Walz this upcoming legislative session. Rep. Mike Wiener of Long Prairie, Minnesota shared with FOX 9 in the Twin Cities the impending articles of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A coalition working to get free school meals for all on the North Dakota ballot is holding training for volunteers who want to help make it happen. “Together for School Meals” is launching a statewide campaign with volunteer trainings in Fargo, Bismarck and online. They have one year to submit 31,164 signatures. If they are submitted…
Courtesy: FOX 9, ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis 01/07/26WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday. The decision to keep the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division out of…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX 9) — The face of Minnesota fraud investigations has resigned. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson is among six prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota who quit in the wake of a reported investigation into the widow of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by an ICE agent last week. Thompson was the lead…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The North Dakota Democratic-NPL will hold its state convention in Bismarck Friday, March 6 to Sunday, March 8, 2026. They say all official business will take place on Saturday, March 7. Delegates to the state convention are elected at their legislative district conventions. If a district does not fill its slate, it may allow the district…
