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Catholic Conference Against Proposed UND Gender Inclusion Policy

January 12, 2022

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A group that represents North Dakota’s Roman Catholic bishops is contacting parents of students at the University of North Dakota and asking that they urge administrators to reject the school’s proposed “gender inclusion” policy. The policy, which is still in draft form, would require the use of a transgender person’s preferred pronouns and the use of…

Sections of I-94 and I-29 Closed In North Dakota

December 26, 2021

TJ Nelson,

UPDATE: 8 a.m. The North Dakota Department of Transportation and State Patrol reopened I-29 from Grand Forks to the Canadian border as well as U.S. Highway 2. I-29 remains closed from Grand Forks to the South Dakota border, as well as Highway 13 between I-29 and Wahpeton and I-94 from Fargo to Bismarck. FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/NDDOT) — The NDDOT and…

Longtime North Dakota lawmaker George Keiser dies

December 23, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – Bismarck Rep. George Keiser, a longtime Republican North Dakota lawmaker who announced last week he would not seek another term in the Legislature, has died. He was 75. In 2019, Keiser disclosed his diagnosis of Lou Gehrig’s disease, the common name for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Gov. Doug Burgum said in a statement that Keiser served…

Bismarck Democrat won’t seek reelection

November 18, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK (KVRR) – A state Senator from Bismarck says she is not running for reelection. Democratic Sen. Erin Oban made the announcement Thursday on social media. “Being a Democrat in a Republican city and state hasn’t led me to this” Oban wrote. “But in recent years, everything, it seems, including politics, has gotten increasingly polarizing and way too personal.” Oban…

Update: North Dakota Tax Commissioner taken to detox

November 15, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger was taken to detox Monday after an incident at a Bismarck hotel. A police report says Rauschenberger attempted to check into his room, but it wasn’t available yet. A hotel employee saw Rauschenberger walk into a hotel room that was not assigned to him, where he fell asleep on the…

‘We The Poeple’ rally attracts hundreds who rebuke vaccine mandates

People are afraid to lose their jobs over federal vaccine mandate and want their voices heard

November 8, 2021

Site Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Hundreds gathered in the state’s Capitol for a “We the People rally” to express frustrations with vaccine mandates. Demonstrators are upset people are losing their jobs and military members are being dishonorably discharged for refusing the vaccine. Republican State Representative Jim Kasper of Fargo says there needs to be more conservatives represented in local government to…

Bismarck man accused of running drug operation

November 5, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – Prosecutors have accused a Bismarck man of leading an illegal drug operation that trafficked thousands of oxycodone pills into Bismarck. Layne Johs is charged with four felonies, including leading a criminal organization. Authorities say Johs is the kingpin of “an ongoing drug trafficking and money laundering organization” that has a network of users, traffickers, distributors, and a…

National Guard Troops Deployed To D.C. In 2020 Return Home

October 24, 2021

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — Members of a Bismarck-based North Dakota National Guard unit who were called to active duty in Washington, D.C. late last year are back home. Gov. Doug Burgum and Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer attended a homecoming ceremony for the Guard members in Bismarck. Seventy soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion of the 285th Aviation Regiment…

Customers speak out after sudden closure of North Dakota photography business

"It is just devastating. We don't know what to do."

October 11, 2021

Site Staff,

FARGO N.D. (KVRR) – A North Dakota-based photography company suddenly shut down Thursday. Glasser Images’ attorney says the photography business based out of Bismarck closed its doors due to past and ongoing effects from the pandemic. “The business got to the point where they just couldn’t fulfill all the obligations to their customers. They tried to make things work the…

Prominent photography service suddenly closes, attorney general investigating

October 8, 2021

Jim Monk,

UPDATE: Fargo Attorney Tim O’Keeffe of O’Keeffe O’Brien Lyson Attorneys released the following statement on behalf of his client Jack Glasser, the owner of Glasser Images: “Jack Glasser, owner of Glasser Images says he understands what people may be feeling who had arranged for his firm to capture their wedding day memories with photographs and video, capturing family and wedding…