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Vaccine mandate protesters sue South Dakota over permit

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Protesters against COVID-19 vaccine mandates in South Dakota are suing Gov. Kristi Noem after the state denied their application to demonstrate on Capitol grounds during a special legislative session this month. The group of protesters say…

Man hospitalized after farm accident in Richland County

FAIRMOUNT, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – A man was injured in a farming accident in Richland County.The Sheriff’s Office responded to an emergency call about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at a grain bin site near Fairmount. A man was working under a grain…

North Dakota expecting 18K doses of pediatric COVID vaccine

BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota health officials are expecting 18,000 initial doses of the pediatric coronavirus vaccine. That's enough enough to cover 25% of the state’s roughly 71,000 children ages 5 to 11 who were identified in the 2019 census.…

UND Hockey Gets Ready for Conference Play

Video Courtesy: Midco Sports Network GRAND FORKS, N.D -- Fresh off a loss to number 16 Penn State in the Hall of Fame Game, North Dakota hockey skates into conference play having already faced…

Burgum rejects Biden's methane reduction plan

BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. Doug Burgum said the way to address methane emissions is through innovation, not further regulation which he says will only drive energy production overseas. Burgum and other Republicans in North Dakota have denounced President Biden’s methane…

Silver Alert issued for missing Bismarck man

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) - A Silver Alert is in effect for a missing Bismarck man. Eighteen-year-old Chase Wade Hurdle is Black, 5'8" tall, weighs 130 pounds and has brown eyes. Hurdle was wearing a blue long sleeve shirt, blue jeans…

South Dakota man pleads guilty in starvation death of toddler

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A Brookings man has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for his role in the 2019 starvation death of a toddler. Robert Price, Jr. entered the plea after reaching an agreement with prosecutors. Price and the child’s…

Minneapolis voters decide to keep police department

MINNEAPOLIS - Minneapolis voters have rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The initiative would have changed the city charter to remove a requirement that the city have a police department…

Ignite Workforce Initiative Starts to Take Shape

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- A new workforce initiative is beginning to benefit area businesses, schools and employees. Nearly 1,500 more jobs are listed on FMWF Ignite's website today compared few weeks ago, when the platform…

Jean Rounds, wife of Sen. Mike Rounds, dies from cancer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.  - Jean Rounds, the wife of Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, has died in hospice care. She was 65. Jean Rounds had been undergoing treatment for cancer since May of 2019. Doctors initially found a…

Media renew plea for access to ex-cop's trial

MINNEAPOLIS - News organizations are renewing their request to the judge overseeing the case of a former police officer charged in the death of Daunte Wright. They're asking her to allow live video coverage of former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim…