FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Advocates from United Way and FM Coalition to End Homelessness have reached the thirty-day mark and identified the key factors of their plans to end homelessness. Objectives for the first benchmark included finding key partners, financial resources and to establish an advisory group. They founded a committee of fourteen organizations, including Churches United, Fargo VA, YWCA…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR 8L30 pm update) — After years of talk, a casino and resort could finally be coming to Grand Forks. A Letter of Intent has been approved by Grand Forks Committee of the Whole. It’s just the first step in the process to establish agreements on the development, infrastructure, taxes and other factors. Turtle Mountain Band of…
Plaintiff attorneys Jess Braverman, left, and Brittany Stewart appear in court on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at the Burleigh County Courthouse in Bismarck, N.D., during the trial related to the state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for kids. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A trial in a lawsuit seeking to strike down North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors began Monday,…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Legislature is considering a bill that would increase taxes on tobacco products. Senate Minority Leader Kathy Hogan of Fargo is the sponsor of the bill. SB 2281 would raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 25 cents, to 69 cents. Cigars would see a tax of 32 percent while electronic cigarettes and vapes…
NORMAN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A man killed in a crash in Norman County, Minnesota on Saturday morning has been identified as 68-year-old Raymundo Zenteno of Climax, Minnesota. Minnesota State Patrol says Zenteno was driving north on Highway 75 around 12:20 a.m. when his car collided with a semi traveling south on Highway 75. The highway was snowy and icy…
FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo man charged with murder after telling police officers he killed his girlfriend and put her body in the closet has pleaded guilty. Randall Duffy called police last June and asked them to send someone to his apartment in the 3100 block of 33rd Street S. Duffy led officers to a closet where he had put…
The aftermath of an arson fire on Jan. 15.FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo Police say a suspected arsonist has been arrested. 42-year-old Adrian Banks, from Wendell, Minnesota, was arrested Friday afternoon. Banks was arrested by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office for arson and burglary. Captain Bill Ahlfeldt says Banks is suspected of starting a fire inside a south Fargo apartment. Firefighters…
Rep. Mike Schatz, R-New England, speaks in a favor of a bill to require voter registration in North Dakota on Jan. 23. 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The latest proposal to require voter registration in North Dakota met strong opposition last week. North Dakota is the only state in the country without voter registration. Instead,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Former university leaders are raising concern about the lack of women in top leadership positions at North Dakota’s 11 public higher education institutions. Currently only one has a woman president or CEO. This comes at a time when the State Board of Higher Education begins filling president vacancies at campuses in Bismarck, Dickinson, and…
One team gets to work cracking into the mystery.CASSELTON, N.D. – Saturday, the Veterans Club in Casselton saw a different kind of competition. The establishment on Front Street hosted their first ever puzzle-solving contest. Teams paid an entry fee, then were each presented with an identical puzzle at the same time and told to get to work. The three fastest…
