FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A high risk sex offender living at Centre Inc. in North Fargo is on the run. Thirty-six-year-old Ethan Bendickson is five feet 11 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. He served more than five years in prison for a federal abusive sexual contact charge for having sex with a 15-year-old girl he knew. Bendickson is on…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — North Dakota’s Republican leaders are praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against the EPA. The court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the EPA broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming. North Dakota was one of 20 states that petitioned with West Virginia. “North Dakota…
FOX News (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota attorney general has found the sale of a couple thousand acres of prime farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates complies with a Depression-era law meant to protect family farms because the land is being leased back to farmers. The state’s Republican Attorney General Drew Wrigley…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — North Dakota keeps showing signs of economic growth. Taxable sales and purchases for the first quarter of 2022 were up 13.2% compared to the same period last year. State Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus reports all of the 15 major industry sectors reported increases over the first quarter of 2021. He says it’s the fourth consecutive quarter…
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County authorities identify the victim of a vehicle fire on Sunday along I-94. He is 36-year-old Matthew Knight of Greenville, Ohio. Knight’s body was taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Grand Forks for an autopsy. Multiple first responders arrived at the scene near mile marker 313, just southwest of Buffalo, around 9…
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A man is pronounced dead after being pulled from his burning vehicle on I-94 in Cass County. Cass County Sheriff’s Office and multiple first responders were sent to the scene near mile marker 313, just southwest of Buffalo, around 9 a.m. Sunday. They arrived to find a vehicle on fire. The man was pulled from…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – Senator John Hoeven wants Delta Airlines to address service disruptions for business and commercial travel in North Dakota. He says it’s due to staffing issues with the company and air traffic controllers. Hoeven says there have been a significant rise in complaints filed with the Department of Transportation. Delta is working to address the issues by…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo’s holiday lights display is now owned by the Red River Valley Fair. The drive thru event will be moved from Lindenwood Park to the fairgrounds in West Fargo this holiday season. The FM Sertoma Club owned and operated the display for the last 20 years. The Red River Valley Fair Association says it wants to…
4 Bears Casino & Lodge/FacebookNEW TOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — A Mandaree, North Dakota man is probably really glad he stopped by 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town last Friday. Elton Spotted Horse hit a jackpot worth over $1.6 million. Casino staff say Spotted Horse was playing a slot machine called Dancing Drums Explosion when he hit it big….
FOX News (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The sale of prime North Dakota farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates has stirred emotions over a Depression-era law meant to protect family farms and raised questions about whether the billionaire shares the state’s values. State Attorney General Drew Wrigley has asked the trust that acquired the land…
