FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Dozens of Red Lobster locations across the country have suddenly closed including the Grand Forks restaurant. A bartender told us that the corporate decision came down this morning with no warning. She says the Grand Forks location had just hired a new GM and the sudden closure was a shock to all. The Fargo and Bismarck…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson says he does not plan to recommend a jail sentence for Bismarck lawmaker Jason Dockter. He has been convicted of violating an obscure conflict of interest law in the lease of an office building. It took the district court jury on Friday about 90 minutes to find Dockter guilty of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Nobody won the Powerball jackpot last night but five tickets are worth one million dollars each. One of those tickets was sold in Minnesota at Casey’s General Store in Fridley. Other Match 5 winners were sold in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and there were two sold in Maryland. A ticket sold at Family Fare Supermarket in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR UPDATE 4:30PM) — Three people are arrested after crashing a stolen pickup into a fence near I-94 in Fargo. 31-year-old Kyle Maez-Schaak and 23-year-old Kiarra Lovejoy of Bismarck along with 18-year-old Landrue Azure of Sheyenne were arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, stolen firearm, possession of meth, criminal trespass and refusal to halt. Schaak is…
BISMARCK, ND – (KFGO/KVRR) – The Missouri River levels near Bismarck-Mandan have dropped significantly since Thursday afternoon when the North Dakota National Guard launched an aerial operation in response to a major ice jam near Fox Island and the Heart River confluence south of Bismarck. The ice jam caused the Missouri River levels to rise rapidly Wednesday and Thursday, flooding…
(BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The public may never get a satisfying explanation as to why federal agencies refused North Dakota additional support during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, former Gov. Jack Dalrymple said Friday. “Bureaucracy is a great place to hide,” he said after wrapping up testimony in U.S. District Court in Bismarck. North Dakota is asking a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General has agreed to expand postal audits to include Fargo, Grand Forks and Dickinson. That is in addition to ongoing audits of facilities in Bismarck, Mandan and Minot. A number of people across the region are dealing with mail and newspaper delivery delays. The states congressional delegation also has concerns and…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota’s case against the federal government for compensation for damages during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests is going to trial on Thursday. It will be overseen and decided by U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor in Bismarck. The state has been in a battle over recouping $38 million in damages tied to the protest south of…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A campaign finance watchdog organization on Tuesday filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against a North Dakota business for allegedly being a “straw donor” to a super PAC that backed Gov. Doug Burgum’s bid for U.S. president. The complaint — filed by Washington, D.C., nonprofit Campaign Legal Center — centers on a $150,000 contribution…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A two-year-old child in Bismarck is dead after suspected fentanyl poisoning. Police were called to the home Sunday night and found Jasten Ribs was unresponsive with a parent trying to revive the child. He was taken to a Bismarck hospital where he died. A preliminary test showed the boy’s urine was positive for fentanyl. His parents,…
