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Conflict Between City Of Horace, Residents Over Special Assessments Drags On

Conflict Between Horace Residents, City Council Over Special Assessments Drags On

The special meeting was scheduled to run from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. but went far over time.

October 8, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) – Special assessments in Horace continue to be a point of contention for homeowners and the City Council alike. District Court Judge Constance Cleveland dismissed the lawsuit brought by homeowners against the city of Horace back on September 3rd, but that hasn’t done much to solve the discontent of homeowners who say they’re still getting overcharged on…

Horace Homeowners Ponder Next Move After Lawsuit Dismissed

Judge Constance Cleveland dismissed the lawsuit against the city of Horace on a technicality, saying the plaintiffs had missed a filing window.

September 4, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Back in April, 15 Horace homeowners banded together with the O’Keeffe, O’Brien, and Lyson law firm to fight what they said were unreasonable special assessments. That number had dwindled to 12 by the time the lawsuit made it to a judge, and the plaintiffs say that the deluge of assessments has continued to force people out…

Horace Homeowners And Landowners Voice Concerns Over City's Special Assessments

Home and land owners in Horace voice their concerns over city’s special assessments

August 27, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) — The room was jammed packed, as many home and landowners in Horace shared their confusion and distress over the city’s special assessments. “You could tell me that the law allows you to assess me, but I should be assessed maybe $100. Not what I’m assessed here. That’s my main point, no benefit to me.” Prior to…

City Of Horace Continues To Face Backlash Regarding Special Assessments

Battle Between City of Horace, Homeowners Continues

Flames were seemingly reignited by a Facebook post in a local community group earlier this week.

August 20, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) – Disputes between homeowners and the city of Horace continue to erupt over special assessments that the homeowners say unfairly raise their mortgage prices. Back in April, a group of 15 banded together to sue the city over the issue. That case is still being litigated as of writing. Some involved with that particular case have worked…

Valley City Woman Injured in Crash, Charged with DUI

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the woman was not wearing a seatbelt.

August 15, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

CASSELTON, N.D. (KVRR) – A Valley City woman is being treated for serious injuries after crashing her car in Casselton. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 48-year-old was driving her 2001 GMC Jimmy just before 4 P.M. on Thursday, August 14. She was going northbound on Highway 18 and turned west on 19th Street South, failing to yield and…

Pilot walks away from crop-spraying plane crash near Horace

August 7, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

HORACE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The pilot is believed to be okay after crashing a crop-spraying airplane about three miles west of Horace Wednesday night. The FAA says the pilot was the only person aboard the Air Tractor 301, A fixed wing, single-engine aircraft. The report says the plane crashed in a cornfield. The pilot reported a mechanical issue and attempted…

Cass County Sheriff’s Office warns of potential mail theft

August 5, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County Sheriff’s Office is sharing a warning from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on potential mail theft. If you live in Lisbon, Enderlin, Kindred, Leonard, Davenport, Horace or Sheldon, you may have been impacted. They are looking for mail theft victims from April 1 through July 30. If you believe you have incoming or…

Corps of Engineers set to reroute the Red River through diversion control structure next week

July 28, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)– A major milestone for the F-M Diversion project: the Red River of the North will be rerouted through the Red River Control Structure on August 7. A special program will be held that morning at the construction site near County Road 81 south of Fargo. The concrete control structure includes three 50 foot wide Tainter gates which…

Sheriff’s Office working to expand Flock camera system to rural Cass County

July 15, 2025

Alex Bertsch,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is working with communities in rural Cass County to expand the Flock camera system outside the metro. The Flock camera system has been in use in the Fargo-Moorhead Metro since last year, with police in West Fargo, Fargo, and Moorhead using the cameras to help locate suspects and missing or vulnerable…

Search for child believed to go missing in Horace; Found safe

May 27, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) — The Horace community jumps into action when they suspect a child went missing. Cass County Sheriff’s Office says shortly before 5 this evening, they were told about a potentially missing child near the river in Horace. His bike and a fishing pole was seen near the riverbank so fears grew that he may have went into…