WAYNE STENEHJEM Archives - KVRR Local News

Former governor Schafer wants independent inquiry to help restore public trust after Holmberg case

Former Gov. Ed Schafer outlined his proposal and shared his thoughts in an exclusive interview

May 8, 2025

Jim Monk,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer says special steps will be necessary to restore the public’s trust in the wake of the Ray Holmberg sex crimes case. Schafer spoke about his proposal and shared his thoughts about the case in an exclusive interview with KVRR Local News. “You had a really sick and deranged individual who…

Call logs show Holmberg, Stenehjem communicated amid federal sex crime investigation

April 28, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Ray Holmberg (left) & Wayne StenehjemBISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Newly released call logs show the late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem communicated with former Sen. Ray Holmberg as the lawmaker was being investigated for sex crimes, including calls the day Stenehjem sat for a law enforcement interview. Yet Stenehjem only told law enforcement about one phone conversation with Holmberg,…

Coroner report shows former deputy Attorney General Troy Seibel died of ‘complications of chronic ethanol abuse’

October 22, 2024

KVRR Staff,

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (KFGO) – Former North Dakota Deputy Attorney General Troy Seibel died of excessive alcohol abuse in Indiana. KFGO News, through an open records request, obtained a report from South Bend Police on the Sept. 3 death of Seibel, who served as the top deputy of late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. Stenehjem died in January 2022. Seibel resigned…

Deputy attorney general under Wayne Stenehjem dies

September 3, 2024

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – The former deputy attorney general under late North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is dead. KFGO News first reported in March 2022 that Troy Seibel would be replaced by Attorney General Drew Wrigley. He was let go after Wrigley discovered that he and Stenehjem’s administrative assistant, Liz Brocker, deleted thousands of emails following Stenehjem’s death in…

Holmberg called Stenehjem after police search, court transcript shows

March 29, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Ray Holmberg (left) & Wayne StenehjemBISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A former North Dakota lawmaker accused of child sex tourism left a voicemail for then-Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem the same day a search warrant was executed in the case, a court transcript obtained by the North Dakota Monitor states. The hearing transcript sheds light on why federal investigators sought…

Attorney General’s office releases emails of late Attorney General Stenehjem

March 27, 2024

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s emails that were first thought to be lost forever have been released by the Attorney General’s office through an open records request from KFGO News after they were recovered. The 2,700-page document, released Wednesday, contains about 2,000 thousand emails from Stenehjem’s personal phone, but reveals little new information related to his…

Prosecutor asks for further review of Stenehjem building project

March 7, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Wayne StenehjemBISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A prosecutor tasked with reviewing an over-budget building project pursued by former Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s office wants the case to be handed back to law enforcement for further investigation. Wade Enget, the Mountrail County state’s attorney, said he’s received additional information, including the revelation that emails from Stenehjem’s deleted state account had…

ND Attorney General Drew Wrigley reacts to Stenehjem’s emails being discovered

March 4, 2024

Aaron Walling,

ND Attorney General Drew WrigleyFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – What was once thought to be lost, has been found. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says the emails of the former AG, Wayne Stenehjem have been found on an electronic copy of Wayne’s old phone after his death. “As a result of this investigatory find there may be people who conclude…

Investigators retrieve Stenehjem emails previously believed lost

March 4, 2024

Jim Monk,

Attorney General Drew WrigleyFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says some emails deleted after the death of late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem that were thought to be lost forever have been retrieved. What Wrigley believes are a “couple thousand” emails from Stenehjem’s personal phone that were linked to his state account were recently recovered by the Bureau…

Gov. Burgum Backs His Lt. Gov. in Race for Governor

February 21, 2024

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Gov. Doug Burgum is throwing his support behind Tammy Miller for governor. It’s probably no surprise since he handpicked Miller to become lieutenant governor in January 2023 when Brent Sanford left the office for the private sector. Miller is competing with Rep. Kelly Armstrong in what is likely to be a fierce battle for the GOP…