BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Petitions that were turned in to put term limits on the North Dakota ballot had a number of insufficient signatures. Secretary of State Al Jaeger says there were only 17,265 valid signatures. Backers had submitted about 46,000 signatures, well above the nearly 31,000 needed. Some of the problems include out of state addresses and signatures that weren’t…
By: Jeannie Kopstein WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Two Native American tribes are suing North Dakota over newly drawn political boundaries they argue illegally dilute votes from indigenous communities. North Dakota’s Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake tribes filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court last month. It alleges that the map does not comply with section two of the Voting Rights…
LAMOURE CO., N.D. (KVRR/AP) — An Ogema, Minnesota man remains behind bars in LaMoure County, North Dakota for a suspected kidnapping. Charges pending against Ryan Degroat include kidnapping, felonious restraint and terrorizing. Degroat is accused of abducting a 41-year-old woman from her mother’s home in Brown County, South Dakota Friday night. Law enforcement was able to use cell phone triangulation…
NEAR HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) – The first of three gates for the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion has been delivered south of Horace. It weighs 47-and-a-half tons and will be used for the diversion inlet structure. The gate is being delivered in pieces from five semis over two days. The other gates will arrive in the next two weeks. The gates will control…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – The establishment that was one of the most critical to downtown Fargo’s renaissance has been sold. The Hotel Donaldson was purchased by former North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman and his investment partners. While the selling price has not been disclosed, The HoDo was listed on the market for $3.9 million earlier this year. Poolman said…
BISMARCK, N.D. – A national data collection system shows the number of child abuse reports in North Dakota rose last year, but the number of victims declined. Officials at Child Protection Services in North Dakota say the increase in reported cases may be up because people in general are more vigilant about contacting authorities and because North Dakota shifted to…
WALSH CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A head-on crash near Ardoch, North Dakota has claimed the life of one driver. It happened around 10 Thursday morning on Highway 81, one mile from the town. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the driver of a SUV drove into the direct path of an oncoming semi on a curve in the highway. The name…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Traffic fatalities in North Dakota reached triple figures for the third straight year. The state Department of Transportation says 101 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2021, following back-to-back years of 100 fatalities. Of those who died last year, 43 were not wearing seat belts. Alcohol was involved in 31 fatalities and excessive speed was a…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer says America shouldn’t help fund Russia’s war with Ukraine by buying their oil, especially because he believes America can produce enough of its own. “How would you tell a single parent in North Dakota they could soon see gas prices go up above $4 a gallon, that would you tell a single…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Hector International Airport passenger numbers are trending upwards since January. According to the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission, more than 73,000 passengers used all eight airports in North Dakota in January. That’s 73 percent more than January 2021, but below 100,000 passengers in January 2020. Lack of commercial flights during COVID-19 hurt the state’s largest airport and…
