GRAND FORKS — College athletes, especially those competing in the power conferences, have taken advantage of NIL opportunities since the NCAA changed its rules surrounding athletes’ ability to profit off their name, image and likeness in 2021. UND athletes, like those at other mid-major schools, are starting to make use of the changes to NIL rules. Fighting Hawks women’s basketball players, thanks to a changing landscape surrounding women’s college basketball, are among those taking advantage of NIL opportunities this summer. “Not only do you get to promote yourself as an...

Comcast, part owner of Midco, and Diamond Sports announced Monday that 15 regional sports networks will be available on Thursday after being blacked out for three months. The Bally Sports networks were no longer available to Comcast subscribers on May 1 due to a contract dispute. Under the agreement, subscribers to Comcast’s Xfinity Ultimate TV package will gain access to the Bally RSNs. Additionally, Xfinity Ultimate TV customers will be able to stream Bally’s content on the Bally Sports app. Comcast is Diamond Sports’ third-largest distributor. Diamond Sports has been...

FARGO, ND — Smoke from wildfires in Canada and the western U.S. is causing hazy skies and poor air quality across North Dakota.

The Department of Environmental Quality says the smoke can be hazardous for children, the elderly, and those with lung conditions. Those groups are encouraged to limit their time outdoors.

You can find more information about smoke conditions across North Dakota and across the United States by clicking here.

NORMAL – Although well represented on the Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason team, Illinois State was picked sixth in the 11-team league’s preseason poll Monday. Two-time defending national and league champion South Dakota State received 42 of a possible 44 first-place votes and led the way with 482 points. North Dakota State was second at 437 points with South Dakota third at 371, Southern Illinois fourth at 293, North Dakota fifth at 276 and ISU sixth at 264 points. “I don’t put much stock in them really, good or bad,”...

GRAND FORKS – A group of Bangladeshi university students gathered on UND’s campus Thursday in a show of solidarity with anti-government protests in their home country. Around three dozen students associated with the Bangladesh Students Association marched up Second Avenue North shortly after noon, waving signs and their national flag. The display was meant to raise awareness and show support for ongoing protests in Bangladesh, where students have vowed to shut down the country over a quota system for government jobs they say favors the ruling party. “It is an...

MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO WCCO) – The Minneapolis City Council voted to approve the contract for the Minneapolis Police Officers union in a 8-4 vote Thursday morning. The contract will increase wages for Minneapolis officers by nearly 22%. The deal has already been ratified by the union’s rank and file. The deal would add $9.2 million to the city’s budget starting next year. “This vote was extraordinarily important,” said Mayor Jacob Frey. “It marks a turning point for the city of Minneapolis. It shows that we’ve turned a corner to recognize that...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Several people are hurt after being thrown from a vehicle in a Sebeka, MN rollover Wednesday afternoon. The Wadena County Sheriff’s office says it happened yesterday, July 17th, around 3:17 p.m. in Red Eye Township on 298th Street. Authorities say when they arrived they found a heavily damaged 1997 GMC pickup and five people outside of it, four of them children. Law Enforcement say three of the five occupants were ejected during the crash. Three medical helicopters and an ambulance were brought in to...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A strawberry plant on an individual’s property caused a dispute between two neighbors in Fargo. On Monday, July 15, around 6:20 a.m., Fargo Police were called to the 1300 block of 16 1/2 St. S. for reports of a disturbance between neighbors. Upon arrival, officers say they found damage had been done to some strawberry plants on an individual’s property. The officers spoke to each neighbor separately to learn more details about the situation. Officers say after the conversations, it was determined there was...