Doug Burgum / Interior Secretary NomineeUPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world. Burgum, in his new role, will oversee a panel that crosses all executive…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Governor Tim Walz announces $112 million in federal funds have been awarded to the Minnesota Energy Assistance Program. The funding will provide energy assistance to income-eligible Minnesota homeowners and renters to help keep their homes warm this winter. Walz says higher utility bills in the winter can put a strain on budgets and this program…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is arrested after leading West Fargo police on a pursuit. Shortly before 1:00 a.m., police tried to pull over 31-year-old Austin Muck for a traffic violation in the 900 block of Eaglewood Avenue West. Muck took off and went north towards the 2000 block of Sheyenne Street where officers used a PIT…
Gowri Pillai at Great Plains Food BankFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo teen and her family exceed their goal of raising money to help feed hungry families. The Great Plains Food Bank says the 12th anniversary of Gowri’s Annual Food Drive raised more than $4,000. Gowri Pillai had a goal of $3,500. They also collected nearly 1,400 pounds of…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Fargo Police Department will be doing a series of law enforcement trainings this week and again during the week of Thanksgiving. They are being held at Prairie Heights Church this Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. The trainings will return again on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 26th and 27th from noon…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fergus Falls man died after he was pinned underneath a vehicle north of Fergus Falls. It happened early this morning. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says 64-year-old Vaughn Ebbighausen was working in a garage near Jewett Lake when he became pinned under the vehicle. He was discovered by family, who managed to…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — We’re one week out from the election and county election offices in Minnesota have been getting e-mail bomb threats ever since. The Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State says over half of the counties in the state have received them. The threats have been reported by county, state and federal partners. Steve Simon says…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — Jamestown police respond to a terrorizing incident at Leapaldt Park just before 6:00 this evening. It happened in the 1500 block of 9th Avenue Northeast Police say an intoxicated Native American man came up to two men and two juveniles and told them to leave. He then fired at least two rounds from a handgun into…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Essentia Health is bringing the opportunity to get mammograms to rural communities Starting today, their mobile mammography team will begin making regular visits to Ada, Aurora, Deer River, Deerwood, Hibbing, Pine River and Staples in Minnesota, as well as Valley City in North Dakota. Contact your Essentia Health clinic to find out when the team will…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Midco announces the completion of its extensive fiber build along Highway 10 in Minnesota. The company says the project brings high-speed internet access to more than 10,000 homes and businesses to Audubon, Lake Park, Hawley and Detroit Lakes. A $4 million investment will also provide Midco’s fiber network to more than 17-hundred residents and businesses…
