Rep. Eric James Murphy, R-Grand Forks, speaks during a meeting of the interim Education Committee on Sept. 24, 2024. Murphy plans to bring a bill during the 2025 session that would preserve some abortion access in North Dakota. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A Republican state lawmaker plans to introduce a bill he says will strike…
Brian ThompsonNEW YORK (CNN) – The CEO of Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, a law enforcement official tells CNN. Brian Thompson was walking toward the New York Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, dressed in a suit and tie, to attend a UnitedHealthcare conference being held in the ballroom. A gunman, who investigators…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Students in the region headed to Fargodome to get hands-on with some of their career opportunities. The Health, Tech and Trades Career Expo featured exhibitors ranging from drone pilots to nurses, and truck drivers to electricians. The expo also featured several different universities and trade schools to present the different pathways that students can take…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — Early Tuesday morning, officers were called to Fred’s Den on a report of a man armed with a gun and a knife. Police ordered the man to put his weapons down but he refused. They shot the man and he was taken to Jamestown Regional Medical Center, where he was declared dead. “Anytime there’s a loss…
Carson QuamFARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Former Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Carson Quam is charged with ten counts of possession of child porn. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Court records show investigators from North Dakota BCI found 10 photos of child porn on Quam’s phone. The sheriff was notified of the investigation in September and Quam resigned in November….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks City Council has approved Jason Freedman’s employment agreement as the new police chief. Freedman is scheduled to start on January 27. He is coming from Madison, Wisconsin where he served as a captain with the police department. The final five candidates included three internal candidates and two external candidates. Freedman will have a…
HANKINSON, N.D. (KVRR) — Dakota Magic is taking it the next level when it comes to live music. The southern North Dakota casino has announced four concerts for 2025. They include Direct From Sweden: The Music of ABBA, a tribute show on February 15. Daughtry on March 22. Brett Young on April 26. And country music legend John Anderson on…
DALTON, Minn. (KVRR) — Otter Tail County deputies arrest a man with a gun Monday night after he is accused of holding a woman against her will. They got a text message about the incident just after 7 p.m. Law enforcement entered the home in Dalton and took 42-year-old Ryan Hamilton into custody without incident. The woman was not harmed. Hamilton…
FARGO — We all take a healthy interest in getting and giving gifts for the holidays. But there’s no gift like the gift of health — and this year you can help bring it to more than forty families in the region. The nonprofit Lend a Hand Up” is launching this year’s Holiday Hand Up giving campaign today. The families…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR: updated 12/4/24) — Valley Property Partners of Moorhead, doing business as “House Dudes”, is ordered to pay around $4,200 in restitution and fines for failing to disclose that a house it sold in 2019 contained lead-based paint. The disclosure is required under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Two kids living in the house in Hillsboro, North Dakota…
