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Minnesota woman charged for using racial slur against Black child as her fundraising tops $800,000

FILE – An online fundraiser on GoFundMe organized by the NAACP raises money for a Rochester family on May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Terry Tang, File)MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/AP) — Minnesota prosecutors filed misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges Tuesday against a woman accused of using a racist slur against a Black child at a playground — an incident the woman has since used to…

NDSU credits strategic changes for first-day enrollment increase

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota State University is reporting a first-day enrollment increase as they welcomed in 11,954 students. That’s a one percent increase compared to the same day last year. This includes a three percent increase in first-time freshman, a three percent increase in transfer students, and a one percent increase in graduate enrollment. The school mentions several…

Women’s Equality Day

FARGO — We’re marking an important day today: 105 years of women’s right to vote in the United States. August 26th is proclaimed Women’s Equality Day through the metro, and in both North Dakota and Minnesota. It’s partly due to the work of the local League of Women Voters. The League’s Lyn Dockter-Pinnick says suffrage wasn’t achieved as long ago…

Concert Series: Rap legends Bone Thugs-N-Harmony coming to Fargo next month

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Grammy winning rap legends Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are coming to Fargo. They’ll be joined by Xzibit, Dakotah Faye and more. The concert will be held Thursday, September 25, rain or shine at UP District Festival Field. General admission tickets are $49 and they are on sale now at JadePresents.com. Categories: Entertainment, Local News, North Dakota News Tags:…

Moorhead Public School November referendum website launched: Vote152.org

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Area Public School District has launched a new website to promote its upcoming referendum. It comes after voters rejected a capital projects levy referendum last November. There will be two questions facing voters on November 4: one proposes an operating levy of $575 per pupil and the other is to approve a capital projects levy…

Primary election held for candidates vying to fill Nicole Mitchell’s state senate seat in District 47

Nicole MitchellWOODBURY, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) — A special primary is underway as candidates battle for the Minnesota Senate seat once held by Nicole Mitchell in Woodbury. The primary is for the DFL since there are two candidates: State Reps. Ethan Cha and Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger. There is only one Republican running for the Senate District 47 seat, St. Paul teacher Dwight Dorau…

Sen. John Hoffman calls on Democrats to build trust in first speech since attempted assassination

State Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Champlin, gives a thumbs-up to Democratic National Committee members as he takes the stage in his first public appearance since he was shot nine times in June. (Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer)MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — In Sen. John Hoffman’s first major public appearance since he and his family were the survivors of attempted political assassinations…

2 more pharmaceutical groups sue North Dakota over new law

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Three pharmaceutical groups have sued North Dakota in federal court over a new law that aims to stop pharmaceutical companies from limiting hospitals’ access to discount drugs. The law, House Bill 1473, makes it a class B misdemeanor for manufacturers to adopt policies that “deny, restrict, prohibit, or otherwise interfere” with pharmacies’ ability to obtain…