WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Officer Zach Robinson has been awarded the TOP COPS award by the National Association of Police Organizations. He accepted the award Sunday in Washington, D.C. and was saluted by Sen. Kevin Cramer, Gov. Doug Burgum, Attorney General Drew Wrigley and Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski. Robinson was selected for showing exceptional bravery in the…
Attorney General Drew WrigleyBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Attorney General Drew Wrigley joins the fight against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX. The lawsuit includes the attorneys general from Arkansas Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota along with an Arkansas high school athlete. Title IX protects and promote opportunities for women and girls in education…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s emails that were first thought to be lost forever have been released by the Attorney General’s office through an open records request from KFGO News after they were recovered. The 2,700-page document, released Wednesday, contains about 2,000 thousand emails from Stenehjem’s personal phone, but reveals little new information related to his…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley has released the final report from Montana investigators who he tasked with probing a significant cost overrun at a building leased by the Attorney General’s office after it was discovered last year. In addition to the cost overrun, analysts and investigators from Montana’s Division of Criminal Investigation looked into the…
FARGO – The city of Fargo is suing the state of North Dakota over a new law that bans zoning ordinances related to guns and ammunition, continuing a clash over local gun control. The city has an ordinance that bans people from selling guns and ammunition out of their homes. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a law this year that limits…
BISMARCK, ND (KVRR) – Attorney General Drew Wrigley will hold a news conference in Fargo Wednesday to discuss last week’s use of deadly force by Fargo Police Officer Zach Robinson. On Friday, July 14, Robinson shot and killed Mohamad Barakat, the gunman who opened fire and shot three police officers and a woman last Friday in south Fargo. Police Officer…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor in Bismarck has ordered the Bureau of Land Management to resume quarterly oil and gas lease sales in North Dakota. Attorney General Drew Wrigley says the court’s order directs BLM to comply with federal law and do what Congress commanded it to do. He says the dispute started in 2021 when…
N.D. Attorney General Drew WrigleyBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Judgments shut down a vast robocall operation involving Rising Eagle Capital Group out of Texas along with JSquared Telecom and Rising Eagle Capital Group– Cayman. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says they blasted billions of illegal robocalls to people across the country including millions of calls to people in North Dakota…
Attorney General Drew WrigleyBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Department of the Interior, citing a potential of $1 billion in lost revenue for the state due to the cancellation of federal oil lease sales by the Bureau of Land Management. Two years ago, the BLM started…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) — North Dakota’s Supreme Court will hear arguments later this month on the state’s abortion ban after the attorney general appealed a judge’s ruling that kept it from taking effect. The high court on Wednesday scheduled oral arguments for Nov. 29 on South Central District Judge Bruce Romanick’s opinion that there’s a “substantial probability” a constitutional challenge…
