According to the North Dakota Highway patrol, a semi-truck was traveling north on Highway 22 toward New Town when the 41-year-old driver tried to stop at the intersection of Highway 12. The stop caused a slide, and the truck jack-knifed. An Express Van with 11 people and a GMC Yukon with four people were both traveling...

As first mentioned by the Jamestown Sun and Grand Forks Herald, the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education and Bismarck State College President Doug Jensen are splitting up. The board did not disclose the reasons for Jensen leaving. Board members voted unanimously to accept a separation agreement with Jensen Frid...

As reported by KVRR, fire crews near the Red River in Fargo put out a fire at a homeless encampment near downtown on Friday morning. The crews reportedly put out the fire rather quickly. The fire was reported at 8:21 a.m. near the Red River in the 500-blcok of Oak Street. A fire engine, two ambulances and Fargo police ...

A winter storm warning remains in effect for North Dakota until 6:00 p.m. central time this evening. The National Weather Service says residents can expect heavy snow and blowing snow to continue with accumulations of three to five inches, with some areas seeing six to eight inches of snow. Roads, bridges and overpasse...

North Dakota's population has been set at a record 796,568 people as of July 1, 2024. This number comes from population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday and represents the largest increase since 2020. The population surpasses a 2023 estimate of just under 784,000 and shows an increase of over 17,000 resi...

North Dakota's Supreme Court declared that the city of Fargo cannot ban people from selling guns and ammunition out of their homes in an opinion published Thursday. Fargo sued the state over a law that bans zoning ordinances related to guns and ammo. The Legislature passed the law in 2023, but Fargo had an ordinance th...

A North Dakota judge is criticizing President Biden's mass commutations and pardons he issues last week. It's reported that US. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland sent an email to the federal Department of Justice asking for explanations for commutations of sentences he and others in the state have issued. Hovland re...

A winter storm watch continues in eastern North Dakota and the James River Valley through 6:00 p.m. tonight. A circular system continues to move east, southeast with snowfall impacting the eastern parts of North Dakota, western Minnesota, and southern Manitoba. Heavy winds this afternoon gusting of up to 50 miles per ...

PAYTON GALL, KSJB LOCAL NEWS - A man was arrested in Fargo after allegedly assaulting a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper on Tuesday. This 44-year-old man from Moorhead was suspected of driving while intoxicated with children present in the vehicle. The man began to kick and strike troopers multiple times during the ...

PAYTON GALL, KSJB LOCAL NEWS- Two Maryland men have been sentenced for targeting older North Dakota women in a romance fraud scheme. Two men from Maryland were sentenced on Monday for a scheme where they posed as U.S. military members deployed in another country. These fake personas sought out and contacted elderly wom...

Body cameras on your cashier? That's the reality now at many of the big box stores you visit everyday. Walmart recently announced plans for their employees to wear the devices at locations that have experienced high amounts violent incidents. Walmart officials say this is to ensure customer and employee safety, and ...

A winter storm watch will be in affect for portions of central North Dakota and the James River Valley beginning this afternoon. A system moving eastward from Montana will intensify and begin to impact North Dakota this afternoon. The most heavily impacted areas are likely to be near Bismarck, in Stutsman County, and...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will put over $1 million into four tribal colleges in North Dakota to help aid in campus and facility development. According to a release from the USDA, the organization invested a total of $8 million in tribal colleges throughout the United States through its Tribal C...

Minot police say a New Town man has been apprehended in relation to a vehicle theft in Minot on Monday afternoon. According to the police report, officers got a call about a stolen purse at a business in southwest Minot. After the person reported the theft, they also discovered their vehicle was stolen. Using a trackin...

The Morton County Commission approved the formation of a new committee last Thursday. The committee will oversee the development of a new monument honoring the county's war dead. After years of weather conditions and snow removal, the existing monument in Morton County has suffered from damage. The new nine-member comm...

Fargo's Police Chief is raising the alarm on overcapacity at the Cass County Jail. Chief Dave Zibolski spoke at a Police Advisory Meeting this past week and commented that his department has began to count the number of people they couldn't arrest due to overcrowding issues. Zibolski said that number is now at 300 thi...

A Hankinson church was severely damaged in a fire on Monday, December 12. Smoke was reported billowing out of the St. Philip's Catholic Church around 4:30 p.m. Multiple agencies responded to the blaze, including the Hankinson, Lidgerwood, and Wahpeton fire departments. The fire took multiple hours to extinguish, and...

A 31-year-old has been convicted for Conspiracy to Tamper with a witness in Fargo after his role in a case where a witness was assaulted and stabbed with a pencil in the Cass County Jail. According to a press release, Shaquiel Mendez is scheduled to be sentenced on April 21 of next year. Mendez's role in the assault an...

A woman in Sioux Falls died after trying to get across a moving train on Sunday. Police say the incident occurred around 7:00 p.m. A slow-moving train was at the intersection of E 8th Street near N Weber Ave in Sioux Falls when it hit the woman. According to witnesses at the scene, the woman jumped onto the train, tryi...

Over 500 Farmers Union members gathered in Bismarck on Friday and Saturday. Mark Watne of Velva was elected to be the president of the North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) for his 12th term. The union discussed policies and more for 2025 and adopted new orders of business. There is a new farm bill on the way, plus a tax p...

Anglers around North Dakota are excited for another ice fishing season. The North Dakota Game & Fish Department expects it to be a great year for ice fishing, with ice already forming in many of the main waterways. The NDFG says walleye, pike, and perch populations are all above average and should make for some hea...

A highway patrol vehicle was struck while parked on I-94 investigating a crash scene on Sunday. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a trooper had parked his Ford Explorer on the shoulder with his emergency lights on while at a crash scene on I-94 in Cass County. While the trooper was outside of the vehicle investigat...

North Dakota's new state leadership has been sworn in. Governor Kelly Armstrong and Lieutenant Governor Michelle Strinden took their oaths of office on Friday, December 13 in Bismarck. Armstrong is the 34th Governor of the Peace Garden State, replacing Doug Burgum who has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to...

The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality was notified of industrial spills that occurred on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Jomax Construction Company reported a spill of around 10,000 gallons of bentonite on Wednesday, the product use for its pipeline drilling project in McKenzie County. The spill report...

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum's appeal is against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) updated Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the state. Burgum said that the plan would hurt electric grid reliability and jeopardize national security. He also said the plan would raise energy costs for consumers. The plan w...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $450,000 settlement with Arrow Pipeline LLC on Thursday for its Clean Air Act violations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Per an EPA release, visible smoke and smog was seen on the company's compressor stations during a June 2023 inspection. A...

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture and USDA have now confirmed two cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry flocks marking the second and third cases in the state this year. One case occurred in a commercial turkey flock, and the other in a backyard chicken flock. State Veterinarian's emphasized...

Purdue Extension has partnered with the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund (SWOF) to support Indiana farmers in adopting climate-smart practices like cover crops and reduced tillage. Funded by a $95 million USDA grant and $62 million in corporate commitments, this partnership is part of the Midwest Climate-Smart Commodity Pr...

The man in custody after a shooting in a Fargo parking lot in September is now facing additional charges. 24-year-old Tyreik Taylor Roberts was already facing murder charges after prosecutors say he shot and killed 25-year-old Jalab Moses on September 20th during an argument. Roberts says he acted in self-defense. Ca...

The North Dakota Industrial Commission has approved permits related to the Summit Carbon pipeline. The panel, led by Governor Doug Burgum, unanimously approved three proposed storage site projects in the Central part of the state. The permits allow for underground storage of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide t...

With temperatures dropping low this winter, water officials in Minot have elevated storage tanks that need warm water to move through the tank to avoid ice building up on the inside. Some newer tanks in the city have temperature sensors. Mark Paddock says that some of the larger tanks will need more attention in the Wi...

According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, a driver was cited for DUI after his involvement in a one-vehicle crash that injured two people on Wednesday. The crash took place at 10:00 p.m. on a gravel road nine miles southeast of Napoleon. 54-year-old Larry Magstadt of Steele lost control of his 2012 Ram 2500 and ran...

A North Dakota panel will review whether it should approve or deny permits for underground storage of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide that a proposed pipeline would carry form ethanol plants throughout the Midwest. If approved, it would be another win for Summit Carbon Solutions' controversial pipeline projec...

A North Dakota Judge has ruled that 'Dreamers' in the state aren't allowed to get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor issued his ruling this week from Bismarck, blocking healthcare access for those brought to the country illegally as young children. The Biden Administ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) recently launched the Green Fertilizer Grant Program, an initiative to promote sustainable agriculture by supporting local production of environmentally friendly fertilizers. Announced by MDA Commissioner Thom Petersen, the program offers grants ranging from $250,000 to $6....

The Mercer County Sheriff's Deputy who died in a high speed chase last November was honored in Jamestown on Wednesday, December 11. 54-year-old deputy Paul Martin died on December 6, 2023 after attempting to stop a fleeing suspect. That suspect, 43-year-old Ian Matthew Cramer, has since pleaded guilty to multiple char...

PAYTON GALL, KSJB LOCAL NEWS - Food insecurity is rising in Stutsman County, according to recent reports. Ethan Liu, a research specialist at North Dakota State University, compiled data that is indicating an increase in the overall food insecurity rate in North Dakota. Though food insecurity in North Dakota is less th...

PAYTON GALL, KSJB LOCAL NEWS - 26-year-old Carson Theodore Quam, a former Cass County deputy, faces 10 counts of possessing child sex abuse materials. The charges were filed earlier this December in Cass County District Court. Quam allegedly possessed the materials between September 2021 and September 2024 on a cellph...

The Jamestown Police Department have revealed the officer involved in last week's shooting outside of Fred's Den on December 3. JPD says it was Sgt. Cory Beckman who was the first officer to respond to the scene. Beckman is a member of the James/Valley Special Operations Team and has spent five years with the departme...

The state of North Dakota is getting a new public health testing lab. The facility under construction on the Capitol grounds in Bismarck will test for chemicals including polyfluoroalkyl substances, more commonly known as PFAS. These chemicals are in many household products and can end up in soil and groundwater. The...

Lake Sakakawea is set to be Minot's main water source starting next year. The lake is North Dakota's largest, and the goal of the water project is to bring a drinkable water source to the entire area around Minot. According to Mark Paddock, who is the city of Minot's Water Superintendent, the wells around Minot have co...

The Jamestown Police Department announced that Richard Garrett Staples, a 35-year-old resident, will reside at 401 4th St. SW No. 22. He does not drive a vehicle and weighs 187 pounds. He is 5-foot-7 and has brown eyes and black hair. The North Dakota Sex Offender Risk Assessment Committee has determined Staples to be ...

Mission Connection ranked its top 150 Zen cities in a new study, which is meant to be a place that evokes peace. According to the study, North Dakota's Bismarck, Fargo, and Medora made the list. Bismarck came in 56th with its growing wellness scene, having things like yoga classes, meditation centers, and wellness spas...

PAYTON GALL --- Fargo city commissioner Michelle Turnberg's proposed plan, "operation safe Fargo," aimed to address the city's growing homelessness crisis. She proposed to move the warming center to the Fargo Civic Center, as well as doing checks at the door for people with warrants out for drug charges. Howe...

PAYTON GALL --- 18-year-old Isaac Arndt of Moorhead has been accused of killing 14-year-old Jaelyn Walker on August 19th. Arndt admitted to stabbing Walker, cutting her throat and throwing her body into the Red River. After a court-ordered competency evaluation on Monday, Isaac Arndt was found fit to stand trial in Feb...

Lawmakers are uniting in their criticism of North Dakota's Insurance industry. State legislators reacted to a report on the North Dakota Insurance Reserve fund, with many residents claiming they were denied or delayed coverage for life changing events. State Rep. Austen Schauer of West Fargo grilled Keith Pic, the C...

The "Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024" is set to pass with bipartisan support, addressing critical U.S. water infrastructure needs. The legislation adjusts the federal cost-share for inland waterway construction and rehabilitation projects to 75%, reducing the share covered by t...

Creighton University experts warn of potential disruptions to agricultural and manufacturing sectors if Atlantic and Gulf Coast port workers strike in mid-January, after the extension has expired. The tentative agreement between the International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd.,...

Two people have been arrested after investigators found animal bones "too numerous to count" on their property. Beltrami County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 65-year-old Debra Marshall and 49-year-old Douglas Erickson after investigating a tip about serious animal abuse and neglect at their home in Hines, Minne...

PAYTON GALL --- Since 2022, reconstruction crews have been repairing the stretch of roadway in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park's south unit loop that collapsed after a series of landslides, ineffective drainage, and poor road subgrade material caused a four-mile section of the road to slide down a hill in 2019. Pa...