Daniel Weigel / Jason StugelmeyerBismarck, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks City Council member will not be the next police chief in Bismarck. Bismarck City Commission has picked Jason Stugelmeyer, a deputy chief with Bismarck Police Department, for the top job. He has been with the department for 24 years and was one of two finalists along with Danny Weigel…
Daniel Weigel / Jason StugelmeyerBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks City Council member is one of two candidates to become the next police chief in Bismarck. Danny Weigel is currently a lieutenant with UND Police. He represents Ward 1 on the city council and was first elected in 2016. Weigel is a 2018 UND graduate. The other candidate for…
Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski taking his second oath of officeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Leaders are being sworn in to office after winning their respective races in the June election. Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski was sworn in for a second term after running unopposed. Two new council members, Tricia Berg and Michael Fridolfs, were also sworn in. In West…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A planned end-of-the-year bash by Sigma Chi and Sigma Nu at UND has been given a preliminary thumbs down by the Grand Forks City Council. The Greek organizations want to fence off their front yards for a music-filled event on May 3. The number of students attending the event would be capped at 1,000. Several…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Grand Forks City Council votes five to zero to scrap plans to bring the controversial Fufeng project to Grand Forks. Two members were absent. The move ends a lengthy debate over the China-based corn milling plant. It follows a letter last week from an assistant secretary of the Air Force who cited national security concerns…
GRAND FORKS, N.D (KVRR) — Grand Forks voters are picking two new members for the city council. There are open races in Wards 2 and 4. Rebecca Osowski beat out Mathew Ternus with 59 percent of the votes for the seat being vacated by Katie Dachtler in Ward 2. Ward 4 incumbent Jeannie Mock opted not to run for re-election. Ward…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Things got a little heated again at Monday night’s Grand Forks City Council meeting. Some people turned up to speak out one more time against the plan to bring a corn milling plant to the north side of Grand Forks. It’ll be Fufeng Groups first U.S. facility. Those who spoke out are critical of Fufeng’s…
