FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — On Friday, U.S. insurance stocks were dropping and analysts are estimating the cost of the wildfires could top $20 billion, making it the costliest disaster in California history. “There are more severe events happening in our world and some say they are becoming more frequent, but certainly the severity of the events is and has been…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Agristo, a leading European producer of frozen potato products, is making big moves in North America. The company, founded in 1986, has chosen Grand Forks as the site for its first U.S. production facility. Agristo is based in Belgium. The company has been testing potato farming across the U.S. for years and found North Dakota to be…
Lynn Helms, center, director of the Department of Mineral Resources, listens Tuesday, June 11, 2024, during a public hearing in Bismarck on proposed carbon dioxide storage that would be connected to the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A group of North Dakota landowners is appealing the state’s approval of an…
Nina Kritzberger, 16, speaks before the Government and Veteran Affairs Committee in favor of an insulin cap for the North Dakota commercial insurance market on Jan. 9, 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A bill to lower the price of insulin drugs and supplies for more North Dakotans attracted passionate discussion at a Thursday hearing before…
State Auditor Josh Gallion speaks about the findings of a performance audit of his agency at a Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee meeting on Jan. 9, 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A long-anticipated performance audit of the North Dakota State Auditor’s Office found no significant issues, consultants told a panel of lawmakers Thursday afternoon. “Based…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s the dawning of a new day for healthcare in Grand Forks as Altru unveils its freshly constructed hospital. Cheers filled the space at the new Altru campus in Grand Forks -almost as much as the people did. Dr. Josh Deere, Family Medicine & Primary Care, says, “We actually saw thousands of people. We don’t…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The wait is over! Fargo Parks Sports Center is now 100% open and operational. Phase 1 of the project at 6100 38th Street South opened in June. That part of the building featured a majority of the basketball and volleyball courts, the walking track, and the area operated by Sanford Health which has a gym and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Mayors of the metro’s five major cities take the stage at The Chamber’s State of the Cities. First was updates on the Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project, the revitalization of downtown Moorhead and the shared vision for a new convention center that was approved by voters in November. But the main event was the panel of the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two new billboards in Fargo may be catching the eyes of motorists. The billboards can be seen on I-29 and say “Let’s be clear: Hamas is your problem too,” and “People on the right side of history never cover their faces.” The nonprofit group JewBelong are responsible for the signs and says they put them up…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A worker at Ayr Terminal Grain Elevator was rushed to a Fargo hospital by Sanford AirMed after falling from a rail car. It happened around 2 p.m. The patient’s condition is unavailable. Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Page Ambulance, Page Fire Department and Sanford AirMed, all responded. The sheriff’s office is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the…
