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Rural North Dakota town loses its only supermarket

ENDERLIN N.D. (KVRR) – Enderlin’s only grocery store is suddenly closing its doors next week. Folks in Enderlin find out their only grocery store is closing, sending shockwaves across the rural North Dakota town of under 900, when the owner put up a sign early this week. “Pretty much found out like the public did there was a sign posted…

Investigation into North Dakota AG office overrun complete; state’s attorney to review

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley has released the final report from Montana investigators who he tasked with probing a significant cost overrun at a building leased by the Attorney General’s office after it was discovered last year. In addition to the cost overrun, analysts and investigators from Montana’s Division of Criminal Investigation looked into the…

Group That Wants To Ban Electronic Voting Resubmits Initiated Amendment

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A group that wants to do away with electronic voting machines in North Dakota has submitted a new Constitutional initiated amendment to the Secretary of State. The group earlier submitted a similar petition, but withdrew it. The new proposal would require paper ballots and outlaw most mail-in voting. It would require a two thirds vote in…

Three Families And a Fargo Pediatrician Sue Over North Dakota’s Youth Trans Health Law

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — Three families and pediatrician Dr. Luis Casas of Fargo are suing North Dakota over the state’s new transgender Health Care Ban law. It was passed by more than two-thirds majority of both houses earlier this year and immediately made it a crime to give gender-affirming care to people younger than 18. The plaintiffs say the ban…

“Baby Duhamel Coming Soon”! Duhamel and Mari Are Expecting

InstagramFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A big baby announcement from North Dakota’s most famous couple, Josh Duhamel and Audra Mari. The couple shared this post on Instagram of a sonogram, writing, “Baby Duhamel coming soon”. They are celebrating their one year anniversay after getting married in Fargo last September. Duhamel is known for his many acting roles in movies and on…

Farmers Union moves congressional focus to farm bill

JAMESTOWN, ND (KVRR/North Dakota Farmers Union) – North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) members will urge Congress to focus on a new farm bill next week when they join hundreds of family farmers and ranchers on Capitol Hill for the National Farmers Union Legislative Fly-in, Sept. 11-13. The current farm bill, written in 2018, is set to expire Sept. 30. While…

Keeping the roads safe this Labor Day weekend

MOORHEAD, Minn. – (KVRR) – Labor Day weekend is the deadliest summer holiday and the second deadliest yearly holiday behind Thanksgiving. It is also the third busiest travel day of the year. The National Safety Council estimates 455 people die on U.S. roads during this holiday weekend.  Some tips to keep yourself and others safe on the road include planning…

Minnesota Regulators To Review Carbon Dioxide Pipeline

Underground Storage in Central North Dakota

ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota regulators vote to proceed with an environmental review for part of a proposed pipeline to carry carbon dioxide from Midwest ethanol plants to a permanent underground storage site in North Dakota. Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions wants to build a $5.5 billion, 2,000-mile pipeline network across five states. Carbon dioxide from more than 30 ethanol plants…

North Dakota confirms 9 cases of West Nile Virus

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — West Nile cases are on the rise in North Dakota. Health and Human Services reports nine human cases with additional cases pending results. Eight of the nine had to be hospitalized, and seven were neuro-invasive, meaning the nervous system of the patient was infected. Most people who get West Nile virus will not show symptoms, but…