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MEDORA, N.D. (Jacob Orledge – North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s leaders spent decades building up former President Theodore Roosevelt as a hero, highlighting his Badlands experience and conservation efforts. But for Native Americans, who lived on the Northern Plains for thousands of years before the first European explorers set foot on the East Coast, Roosevelt’s name stirs a different...

MEDORA, N.D. (Michael Achterling – North Dakota Monitor) — The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora could receive up to $50 million in federal grants and an official artifact designation by a bill authored by North Dakota U.S. Sen. John Hoeven. The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act allocates grant funding to be administered by the Interior Department to the library to acquire and...

BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A 91 year-old man suffered non life-threatening injuries after the SUV he was riding in collided with a semi in Clay County Monday afternoon. The Minnesota State Patrol says around 3:45 p.m. the SUV was going westbound when it collided with a semi going south on Highway 75 at the intersection of County Road 18. Richard...

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The man found guilty for the murder of his childhood friend in Fargo has been sentenced to life in prison. Leo Dartoe was found guilty by a jury in February for the 2024 murder of Sampson Bleh at an apartment complex in the 2200 block of 12th Ave S. Bleh was shot in the chest and died...

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A heads up if you live in West Fargo. The police and fire departments will be doing active shooter training tomorrow and Wednesday at Rustad Recreation Center. Both days, they should be there from 1 p.m. – 10 p.m. Emergency personnel may be seen carrying firearms and moving around the exterior and interior of the...

MAHNOMEN COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man is arrested after crashing his vehicle into a building in rural Naytahwaush. Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office says it happened Saturday before 8:30 p.m. on County Road 4. They say 36-year-old Charles Ortely was driving when his vehicle left the road, hit an approach and landed on a building. One person was inside...

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Families, students, and staff gathered around the outskirts of Horace Mann Elementary. Some were filled with tears, and others stared in awe. “Depressing and overwhelmed just because I can’t believe I’m seeing my school that I went to for kindergarten, first, and second go down,” said Sam. “It is bittersweet. I’ve said all along, now it’s...

MOORHEAD — For the past few weeks, people in Moorhead have been enjoying a renovated Romkey Park. And now, families and members of city and state government came out to celebrate the park with a grand opening. The new park features a pool, splash pad, skate park, pickleball court and basketball court. There’s also a new facility that the city...

MERCER COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A Minot pilot is dead after crashing a plane in western North Dakota. Authorities say the 67-year-old pilot took off in a 1960 Piper airplane from Mercer County Regional Airport around 1:45 Sunday afternoon. A short time later, the plane was seen returning to the runway when it lost altitude and crashed into the ground....

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sad news for coffee drinkers in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Twenty Below Coffee Co. announces on social media that they will be closing its doors for the final time on Sunday, July 5th. They have two locations: one on 8th Street in Moorhead and the other on Roberts Street in Downtown Fargo. The coffee shop first started...