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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem facing lawsuit over teeth video

Republican South Dakota governor Kristi Noem is facing a new lawsuit -- for posting a 5-minute video about her teeth on social media

PIERRE, S.D. (KVRR) – Republican South Dakota governor Kristi Noem is facing a new lawsuit — for posting a 5-minute video about her teeth on social media. The infomercial-style video went viral — and features Noem praising dental work she had done in Texas. At one point in the video, she says quote “”I love that my bite is better,…

S.D. legislator calls for inquiry into Gov. Noem’s Texas dental trip and promo video

A Democratic legislator on Wednesday called for an inquiry into South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s trip to Texas for dental work and a promotional video in which she praises the doctors for giving her “a smile I can be proud of and confident in.” State Sen. Reynold Nesiba said he initially found the nearly five-minute video to be simply…

Texas Murder Suspect Arrested in Grafton, ND

GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man wanted for murder in Texas has been arrested in Grafton, North Dakota. Police say intelligence was obtained that indicated 26-year-old Joshua Davis was living and working in Grafton. Davis is from El Paso, Texas and is wanted for murder and engaging in organized criminal activity. He was arrested without incident Tuesday morning at a…

Send-Off Ceremony Held For N.D. National Guard Unit Headed to Southern Border

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — Around 125 members of North Dakota National Guards 817th Engineer Company are headed south. A send-off ceremony was held in Jamestown as the soldiers deploy for a year-long mission to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the border with Mexico. Texas Governor Greg Abbot asked states to send available resources to help combat illegal activity…

Alleged Gang Rape Investigation Ongoing Includes 11 People Turned Over To U.S. Border Patrol

BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) — New details into an alleged gang rape investigation of an 11-year-old girl in Bemidji last week. While one man was arrested for sexual assault, 22-year-old Oscar Luna of Texas, twelve other people were located and identified. Bemidji Police say none of them could immediately be identified as suspects in the case and eleven were turned over…

Wahpeton-Based National Guard Soldiers Return From Border Mission in Texas

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum welcomes 100 members of the Wahpeton-based 188th Engineer Company back to the state.  They served a 30-day mission in support of Operation Lone Star to secure the border between Texas and Mexico. Read his statement below: Grateful for our North Dakota National Guard soldiers who returned home from a monthlong deployment…

A North Dakota medical waste facility says a human torso was delivered to its site and is suing

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Human remains are at the center of tangled litigation involving a major regional health care system and the company contracted to dispose of its medical waste. Monarch Waste Technologies sued Sanford Health and the subsidiary responsible for delivering the health care system’s medical waste, Healthcare Environmental Services, saying the latter “brazenly” deposited a human torso hidden in a…