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Ukrainians in Fargo Face Uncertain Future

Many are in the U.S. under private sponsorship via humanitarian parole, but their program is set to expire with no replacement in sight.

June 24, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

Vlad discusses his love for his adopted home.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – 23-year-old Vlad is from Kyiv, so he experienced firsthand the terror of the Russian invasion. Two weeks ago, he looked at the news – and learned that his old dwelling had been hit with a missile attack. Luckily for him, he had been able to get to America and…

Governor Walz travels to Beltrami County to tour storm damage

June 24, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

Courtesy: KAREBELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Gov. Tim Walz travels to Beltrami County to see the recent storm damage. Along with emergency managers, he got a tour of the strongest hit areas to see the damage up close. The Bemidji area was carved through with a 10-mile path caused by straight-line winds. Bemidji State University and North Technical College were…

Sen. Cramer Helps Introduce GOLDEN DOME Act

The defense spending legislation is modeled after Israel's "Iron Dome" missile intercept network.

June 24, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer is one of the main creators of a defense spending bill that he helped present to the media today. The proposed legislation is called the GOLDEN DOME Act. It’s modeled after Israel’s “Iron Dome,” and is a defense strategy that President Trump asked to be implemented at the beginning of his term….

Lawmaker drops plan to pursue property tax ballot measure

June 24, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Rep. Scott Louser, R-Minot, talks to a colleague in the House chamber on May 1, 2025. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota lawmaker says he’ll no longer petition for a ballot measure to make the state fund 100% of the public school system after polling showed homeowners have mixed feelings about his…

Trump says Iran and Israel will have a phased-in ceasefire over 24 hours

June 23, 2025

kvrr-apiuser,

President Donald Trump claimed on social media Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” to be phased in over 24 hours. The U.S. president said on Truth Social that the ceasefire would bring an “Official END” to war, a major change in the hostilities that follows a U.S. strike over the weekend on three Iranian nuclear sites. Israel…

Sen. Mathern Speaks on Heightened Security for Legislators

Mathern opposes the idea that lawmakers need to make themselves less accessible to the public.

June 18, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

North Dakota State Capitol / BismarckFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota State Senator Tim Mathern has served in Bismarck since 1986. He says that up until recently, one thing that set this state apart was the level of access it provided citizens to have with their elected representatives. “Most of us list our cell phones, our telephone numbers, our addresses,”…

Break-in at Rep. Hortman’s Brooklyn Park home days after fatal shooting

June 18, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Hortman’s House in Brooklyn Park, MN (FOX9)BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (FOX 9) – Brooklyn Park police are investigating a reported break-in at the home of late Rep. Melissa Hortman, just days after her and her husband were fatally shot. Police were alerted at around 8 a.m. Wednesday to an overnight break-in at the Brooklyn Park home. The person reportedly entered the back of the…

North Dakota man charged with threatening official after email citing Minnesota shootings

June 17, 2025

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) —A North Dakota man was charged Monday with threatening at least one federal official in an email that references the Saturday shooting that killed one Minnesota lawmaker. About 5 p.m. Sunday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Fargo received a threatening email from St. Thomas resident Charles Dalzell, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court by the…

Homeland Security Secretary Noem rushed to hospital after allergic reaction

June 17, 2025

KVRR Staff,

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Washington, DC, after an allergic reaction. A Department of Homeland Security spokewoman says it was out of an abundance of caution and that Noem is alert and recovering. CNN observed Secret Service agents posted at several entrances outside the emergency room at the…

Trump says he won’t call Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would ‘waste time’

June 17, 2025

kvrr-apiuser, KVRR Staff,

Aboard Air Force One/June 17 (CNN)WASHINGTON (AP/CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers, saying that to do so would “waste time.” A spokesperson for Walz said the governor wishes Trump “would be a President for all Americans.” One lawmaker and her husband were killed, and the second legislator and…