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ND Dem-NPL Party endorses candidates for six races

MINOT, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Democratic NPL Party endorses candidates for six races, but failed to recruit candidates for secretary of state and tax commissioner. Participants at the convention in Minot have voted to back University of Jamestown engineering Professor Katrina Christensen for Senate. University of Mary Senior Student Success Advisor Mark Haugen has been picked to run…

Bismarck Police investigating homicide

Officers responded to the area of Hawken and Stevens Streets for a report of shots fired shortly before 9am.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Bismarck Police Department is investigating a homicide that left a 22-year-old man dead early this morning. Officers responded to the area of Hawken and Stevens Streets for a report of shots fired shortly before 9am. They arrived to find a man dead from a gunshot wound. Residents in the area reported hearing screams and gunshots….

Term limit supporters fail to gather enough signatures for ballot

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…

Lawyers for Tribes on Suit Against North Dakota Over Political Boundaries

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…

Ogema Man Held in Suspected Kidnapping of South Dakota Woman

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…

Gate for F-M Diversion delivered

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…

Downtown Fargo icon The HoDo sold

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…

Child abuse reports increase, number of victims declines

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…