MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/KFGO) – A former North Dakota State University Bison football player is charged with stealing a Louis Vuitton duffle bag full of expensive items from a boat on Lake Minnetonka on the Fourth of July. Hennepin County court records say 20-year-old William Frattalone of Wayzata is accused of taking the bag from a sealed area of a boat docked…
Fargo, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police were called in to assist NDSU Police with a reported threat on campus Thursday evening. Upon arrival, Fargo Police and NDSU Police searched the area, and did not locate any evidence to corrobrate the threat. “At this time, it does not appear the threat was credible,” Fargo Police Captain Matt Christensen said in a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota State University is reporting a first-day enrollment increase as they welcomed in 11,954 students. That’s a one percent increase compared to the same day last year. This includes a three percent increase in first-time freshman, a three percent increase in transfer students, and a one percent increase in graduate enrollment. The school mentions several…
FARGO, N.D. and MOORHEAD, MN – It was a weekend full of excitement, anticipation, and bittersweet goodbyes for parents and students in the F-M area. Following MSUM’s move-in day on Thursday, NDSU and Concordia followed suit on Saturday and Sunday. NDSU went first, on August 23. Students were given half-hour blocks in which to arrive so as to minimize congestion….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Kids and families interested in science got the opportunity to help local researchers track butterflies all the way across the southern border. Fargo Park District helped host the second annual Monarch Butterfly Tagging event at Urban Plains Park. Audubon Great Plains, NDSU, and United Prairie Foundation co-sponsored the event. Participants were given nets, taught how to…
LAS VEGAS (NDSU ATHLETICS/KVRR) – ESPN Events has announced a pair of future Vegas Kickoff Classic games at Allegiant Stadium that will feature matchups of top FCS programs from the Missouri Valley Football Conference and Big Sky Conference. North Dakota State will face Montana State on Labor Day weekend in 2027, and South Dakota State will face Montana in 2029….
DICKINSON, N.D. (KVRR) — Former North Dakota State University President Jim Ozbun has died in Dickinson at 88. He was named president of NDSU in 1988 and retired in 1995. He had a long career in higher education at Cornell University, University of Minnesota, Kansas State University and Washington State University before he came to NDSU. Ozbun purchased a small…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – An event at NDSU gave several undergrads a chance to show what they’ve been up to this summer. The Summer Research Poster Session featured 46 undergraduate and high school students who have spent their summer doing scientific research, and on Friday they got to present their findings. Over the summer, the undergrads have been doing hand-on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — NDSU’s Department of Plant Sciences invited gardeners of all levels to celebrate the anniversary of its gardens. From speakers to tours of the garden itself. “Today’s event is our twentieth anniversary celebration of the NDSU Horticulture Research and Demonstration Gardens. They were established in October of 2004, so we’re in our twentieth year. And we just…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong will be in Fargo tomorrow to announce a program to help farmers quickly rebuild grain storage impacted by storms. That includes damage done during the tornadoes and straight-line wind events on June 20 and 21. Tornadoes killed three people in Enderlin on the Ransom County and Cass County line. The storm destroyed tens…
