President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after a pair of judges’ rulings required it to keep the food aid program running. The U.S. Department of Agriculture had planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program starting Nov. 1 because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown. The program…
Dr. Alan LaFave (VCSU)ABERDEEN, S.D. (KVRR-KWAT)–The president of Valley City State University is one of four finalists in the running to become the next president of Northern State University in Aberdeen. Dr. Alan LaFave has served as President at Valley City State University since 2018. He previously served as Northern State University’s provost and vice president for academic affairs. LaFave…
BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to pay for SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown. The judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island gave the administration leeway on whether to fund the program partially or in full for November. That…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Highway Patrol says a second passenger has died after a crash in north Fargo over the weekend. 31-year-old Arlentin Arcoren of Aberdeen, South Dakota died of his injuries on Tuesday. He was a passenger in a speeding vehicle that hit another vehicle and then a tree around 2:30 Sunday morning in the 1200 block…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRRFOX 9) — SNAP or food stamp payments will end this weekend due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. The program provides food assistance to over 42 million low-income people each month. That equals nearly 1 in 8 people across the country. In Minnesota, there are 451,966 people on SNAP with 57,129 in North Dakota and 75,282 in…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — When Dale Nygaard’s dad started the Haunted Farm back in 1995, none of the Nygaard family was what you’d call a pro at this haunting business. Melcolm Nygaard was by no means a showbiz guy; instead, he’d run a hardware store out west. But that wasn’t stopping him, says Dale, who shortly thereafter moved back from Washington…
ATLANTA (KVRR/AP) — Four people have died and at least twenty have reported becoming sick, including one person in Minnesota, in a listeria outbreak tied to prepared meals sold nationwide at Trader Joe’s, Kroger and Walmart. FreshRealm held beef meatball marinara linguine meals after they tested positive for the outbreak strain were just added. Trader Joe’s Cajun Style Blackened Chicken…
HANKINSON, N.D. — It’s time to get your German on. setup is already starting in the southern valley for the 23rd annual Oktoberfest celebration in Hankinson, North Dakota. Every year, it attracts visitors from all over the the tri-state area to sample traditional German and Bavarian delights like traditional polka music, beer, sausage and more. They have multiple bands that…
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven…
All different kinds of organic sugars are displayed on shelves at a grocery store in Deerfield, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The price of most organic food could jump this fall due to new policies and tariffs on imported organic sugar, frustrating manufacturers who say the actions won’t help sugar growers but…
