FARGO, N.D. – A Northern Cass elementary school teacher got quite a surprise Friday morning. Milken Educator Awards Vice President Jennifer Fuller made a special stop at Northern Cass to announce that the school did indeed have a 2024-2025 award winner. That would be second grade teacher Jessica Stoen, who received a check for $25,000. Stoen was in shock and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Amy Porter is a mom, a wife, a teacher at Roosevelt Elementary in Detroit Lakes and a beloved member of her community. But she is also facing the toughest battle of her life, as she has Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. “Try to stay as normal as possible but at times you just think about everything…
Desi Severance was given an award by Harbor Freight. WYNDMERE, N.D. (KVRR) – An ag teacher in Wyndmere, N.D., has been awarded on the national level and was given $50,000. Desi Severance was surprised at the school with the check from Harbor Freight through their ‘Tools for Schools’. Severance thought it was going to be a normal school assembly, but…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum has granted a request from the North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board to declare a teacher crisis. It will allow school districts flexibility to temporarily allow expanded use of student teachers to help address the state’s teacher shortage. North Dakota Unite, the teachers union, has opposed the move. Burgum says of 167…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A bill in the North Dakota legislature focuses on parents’ rights, education and consenting medical treatment for their children. The Senate bill would let parents direct the education, moral and religious training of their child. Parents are free to opt out of any school curriculum if they feel it threatens their family values. Supporters say it’s…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Assistant Principal Rachel Bachmeier receives the District Administrative Staff of the Year award for her contributions since being a teacher in 2016. She was the dean of students for two years, later becoming the assistant principal. Bachmeier has been announced as the next principal of West Fargo High school, effective July 1st. Suzanne McTiver receives…
Ronald ThompsonFARGO (KVRR) – A former West Fargo teacher has been convicted of luring a minor by computer. Prosecutors say 59-year-old Ronald Thompson believed he was communicating with a 14-year-old girl. West Fargo police received a tip from an out-of-state investigator on Jan. 28 that Thompson was attempting to solicit a minor online. The “minor” who Thompson was attempting to…
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – A former central Minnesota middle school teacher and coach has been sentenced to probation for sexually assaulting a female high school student. Thirty-two-year Daniel Fragodt, of Melrose, pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct in Stearns County District Court. He was sentenced Friday to five years of probation. According to a criminal complaint, the victim told…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) – A fifth grade teacher in the Wahpeton Public School District has been placed on administrative leave after what’s being called “inappropriate and insensitive” classroom activity. Superintendent Rick Jacobson tells KVRR that it happened after a student asked a question about the arrest and death of George Floyd. Jacobson says the incident “was not a full reenactment”…
FARGO (KVRR) – A Fargo teacher has resigned amid accusations that he made inappropriate comments to students. The Fargo Public School District says John Raaen resigned his position from Carl Ben Eielson Middle School where he was a Social Studies teacher. According to the investigation, multiple students reported that Raaen “rubs and touches female students’ backs, shoulders and arms, moves…
