Author: Alex Bertsch

Sharing North Dakota’s Cold War History

COOPERSTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — Just outside of Cooperstown, N.D. lies the former site of Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility. It is now the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site, where travelers can come to get a glimpse of where U.S. soldiers stood ready to launch in case of nuclear war. Site Supervisor Robert Branting has been working at the site…

Man dies in crash near Ulen, Minnesota

ULEN, Minn. (KVRR) — One man is dead after a crash northwest of Ulen. Just before midnight on Saturday, first responders were dispatched to the crash in rural Clay County. The man was already receiving CPR when Ulen Rescue and Ulen Fire arrived on the scene. Sanford Ambulance and Sanford Airmed continued life saving efforts, but the man was later…

Mudding damaging rural roadways

FARGO (KVRR) — As temperatures get warmer, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office is reminding the public about the cost of damaging rural roadways. Sheriff Jesse Jahner says that every year Cass County’s rural roadways see significant damage from recreational mudding, when drivers purposefully spin their tires to create deep tracks in the roadway. This damage is expensive to repair, especially…

Update: Names released in Fargo Firetruck Crash

FARGO (KVRR) — A Fargo Fire Department Firetruck was involved with a crash with a motorcycle at the intersection of 45th St. and 40th Ave. S in Fargo, resulting in serious injuries to the motorcyclist. The crash occurred just before noon. The firetruck, driven by Fargo Fire Department’s Andrew Payne, had its lights and sirens on, and was heading north…

Riley Gaines visits NDSU

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Turning Point USA brought speaker Riley Gaines to campus. Gaines is an activist seeking to “reclaim feminism.” Gaines has spoken across the country about barring transgender women from women’s sports, on the basis of safety and fairness.  Gaines was a college swimmer at the University of Kentucky, who came to prominence for criticizing Lia Thomas’s participation…

Governor Burgum presents North Dakota Tourism Awards

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Tourism wrapped up their annual Travel Industry Conference with the Governor’s Photo Contest and Travel and Tourism Awards in Fargo. Governor Burgum and Lt. Governor Tammy Miller presented the awards, which recognize efforts by North Dakotans to drive travel and tourism to the state by The Photo Contest highlighted the best photos showcasing North…

NDGOP and Dem-NPL Endorse Candidates

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The North Dakota GOP and the Democrat-NPL endorsed their candidates for the 2024 elections on Saturday. The NDGOP held their convention here at the Sanford Health Athletic Complex, where spoiled ballots for candidate Rick Becker caused some confusion with the nomination for U.S. House of Representatives. In the vote for the house nomination, Public Service Commissioner…

Shrine Circus comes to the Fargodome

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The annual El Zagal Shrine Circus came to Fargo Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The show helps raise money for the operations of the El Zagal Shrine, and frees the Shriners up to do more volunteer work in the community. They partnered with a new circus producer this year, and say that the response has been fantastic….