WILLISTON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A western North Dakota woman is charged with stealing over $1.4 million worth of copper from her employer. According to court records, Jonna Stroh worked in sales for Fargo-based Dakota Supply Group’s Williston location and was a certified forklift operator. Between July and August of last year, Stroh is accused of loading spools of copper wire…
Brian Palecek, right, reads a letter to North Dakota’s congressional delegation as supporters gather outside the federal courthouse in Bismarck on March 18, 2025. (Amy Dalrymple/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — About 50 people gathered Tuesday outside the Bismarck offices of North Dakota’s congressional delegation to call on their representatives to hold in-person town hall meetings. Organizers hand…
Alyssa Klossgaard, of Bismarck, reads in front of the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Library on March 1, 2025, to express her opposition to a bill that would force libraries to remove and relocate content considered to be obscene. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota House committee on Tuesday gave support to a controversial bill to…
Burleigh County residents fill out ballots during the first day of early voting for the North Dakota primary at the Bismarck Event Center on June 5, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota Senate resolution to make changes to the term limits rules in the state constitution passed by a single vote Monday. If Senate…
CASSELTON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating a rollover crash on I-94 that seriously injured a 62-year-old West Fargo woman. The crash happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday two miles east of Casselton. The Highway Patrol says the woman was westbound when her SUV went into the median. The woman overcorrected and the SUV went back onto…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks County Commission has approved a letter of intent to help relieve overcrowding at North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Unused space in the new expansion at Grand Forks County Correctional Center will provide jail beds to help with overcrowded prisons. Gov. Kelly Armstrong welcomes the news and said in a statement that…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Another bill being considered in North Dakota would make sexually explicit deepfakes illegal. Under the new bill, those caught making, possessing, or distributing such deepfakes with the intent to deceive people guilty of a class A misdemeanor. People found guilty could potentially also be registered as a sex offender, and could also be forced to pay…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A North Dakota bill to create education savings accounts for all K-12 students has some surprising opposition. Some homeschoolers want the bill amended as it would make them susceptible to regulations where they are currently exempt. They say SB 2400 adds to many more regulations to homeschooled families. The education savings accounts could be used by…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bookworms in West Fargo can rejoice and gather at the newly opened satellite library. West Fargo Public Library opened its doors to its mini library this morning at the new city hall in the 2500 block of Sixth Street East. It’s an effort to expand the library’s access south of the interstate, where people have…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The recent purchase of 280 acres of land by the White Earth Band of Chippewa have many business leaders concerned about what may be built and where the money will go. “It’s not going to go back to the community, it’s not going to help the community as such. I mean without paying taxes and without…
