ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Former state senator Nichole Mitchell of Woodbury has begun to serve her jail sentence. An attorney for the ex-lawmaker says the Democrat has reported to Ramsey County Corrections in St. Paul. Mitchell was ordered to…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said law enforcement and prosecutors need to be prepared to combat crimes committed using artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence “is not emerging, it’s here,” Wrigley said Wednesday while…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- The U.S. Senate adjourned for the day on Wednesday with no resolution on how to reopen the government. Blame was being cast on all sides on the first day of the shutdown. A vote to end…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - "I'm also thinking about everybody else who's going to pay the cost - literally - if hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans or people in North Dakota lose…
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced the primatologist’s death Wednesday in an Instagram post. According to the Washington, D.C.-based institute, Goodall…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) -- Democrats in Minnesota release their priorities for a special session on gun control. It comes in the wake of the shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis and the killing of Rep. Melissa Hortman and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday. The 55-45 vote Tuesday on the bill to extend federal funding for…
FARGO, N.D.(KVRR) -- As Fargo City Commissioners voted to approve a balanced $140.6 million budget for 2026, they also voted to make the mayor's position full-time starting in June 2026. That is when the election will be held for the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) -- Fargo Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney has been given the 2025 Leadership Excellence Award by the North Dakota League of Cities. The award was presented during the leagues annual conference in Bismarck. They say Mahoney was selected…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -- Moorhead just landed a major grant to help remove lead pipes. Mayor Shelly Carlson says the city got a nearly $467,000 federal grant from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and MN Public Facilities Authority Drinking Water State…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota lawmakers approved draft legislation Tuesday that aims to clarify how legislators respond when a governor vetoes bills after a legislative session concludes. The move comes after confusion involving a line-item veto from…
MINOT, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota’s State Board of Higher Education voted Tuesday to make interim Chancellor Brent Sanford the long-term leader of the state’s University System. Board member Tim Mihalick said Sanford has the “it factor” that…
