Courtesy: North Dakota Highway PatrolFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – I-29 has been reopened, but no travel is advised in parts of southeast North Dakota. Travel was difficult for most of Tuesday with sections of both I-29 and I-94 closed for parts of the day. The North Dakota Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol issued ‘No Travel’ advisories for the southeastern corner of…
State Paleontologist Clint Boyd shows part of a T. rex skeleton discovered at a dig site in Bowman County. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota Geological Survey has found a new Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton at a dig site in southwest North Dakota. Researchers first discovered the bones in September 2024 while searching for…
HARWOOD, N.D. (KVRR) — Harwood Fire and Rescue sharing this video of a dangerously close call involving two firefighters and a state trooper. You can see a pickup slide off the road and nearly hit them in this post on Facebook. Fire chief Marc Mosser writing that his firefighters almost didn’t make it home because of someone not driving for…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo School Board has voted 9-0 to name the newest elementary school Horace Mann. At the end of the 2025-2026 school year, the current Horace Mann Elementary School will close and be demolished so a new school can be built on the site. It will bring together Horace Mann-Roosevelt and Madison students together in a new three-section…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s snow season, and with the season starting at the busiest travel time of the year, officials want to make sure you are safe. “Slow down, expect low visibility, expect loss of traction, take your time, build in extra time so that you’re not speeding anywhere, and reduce some of the higher frequency crashes. If you’re…
LAKOTA, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Bond is set for a Lakota, North Dakota accused of child abuse, sexual assault of a child and domestic assault. Brycen Sateren had bond set at $50,000 cash only and was ordered to have no contact with the two victims and an additional witness who reported the abuse. The child told deputies that Sateren touched her…
North Dakota U.S. Attorney Nick ChaseFARGO (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors in North Dakota expect to file more immigration and border-related cases next year. U.S. Attorney Nick Chase says because more federal resources are being dedicated to border-related issues, law enforcement operations are being stepped up. Chase says smugglers and traffickers who believe it’s too risky to operate along the southern…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Theatre has landed a major boost in funding through North Dakota’s 2025 Tourism and Community Enhancement Grants. The historic theatre was awarded a $500,000 Historic Theater Restoration Matching Grant. It was built in 1926 and is home to the “Mighty Wurlitzer” theatre pipe organ. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Ellendale…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley SWAT Bomb Team was called out to check on a suspicious package in the 2200 block of 45th Street South in Fargo. It was reported around 11:40 this morning by a caller who said they received a package they did not remember ordering. They said the package was wrapped in an odd way…
Students eating lunch at Carl Ben Eielson Middle School in Fargo. (North Dakota Monitor)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakotans may have the chance to cast their ballot on whether every public school student in the state can have breakfast and lunch for free. Advocacy organization Together For School Meals plans to submit language for the potential ballot petition to the…
