FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Hector International Airport sees a record number of people flying in July. Last month, the airport had a record 44,902 passengers board a plane. The previous record for July was set in 2019 with over 43,000 passengers. The boardings last month represent a 13 percent increase over 2022 numbers. Executive Director Shawn Dobberstein says, “Travel numbers…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — One DUI arrest was made during a sobriety checkpoint held recently in Cass County. The sheriff’s office, along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol, Vision Zero, and Essentia Health of Fargo, conducted the checkpoint on Friday, August 25th. They were set up between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on County Road 26,…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Gov. Tim Walz promotes Natalie Hudson to become the next chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, making her the first person of color to lead the court. Hudson has been an associate justice since 2015. She will lead the high court when current Chief Justice Lorie Gildea retires in October. The Plummer, Minnesota native…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A fire destroys a house in Otter Tail County, between Battle Lake and Perham. The Battle Lake and Ottertail Fire Departments and deputies responded to 40655 28th Street shortly after 2:30 this morning. The fire was out, but the house is considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation by…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Fargo Police Department Chief Denis Otterness says he is retiring. Otterness was appointed as Chief of Police in September 2020. The chief retires with 33 years of law enforcement experience in a variety of agencies. He first got his start as a police officer with the Bloomington Police Department in 1998. His retirement takes…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — New students at Concordia College are already making a difference in the community. During orientation week, students are helping out with the annual Hands for Change outreach event. One of the locations is at Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Moorhead. They are spread out at 24 different service projects in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Classes…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo native is cast to play the lead role in the North American tour of “Mean Girls.” Natalie Shaw will play “Cady Heron,” who was played by Lindsay Lohan in the 2004 movie. Shaw graduated from Davies High School in 2015 and from the University of Minnesota in 2019. Growing up in Fargo, she was…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/CNN) — The Minneapolis City Council voted to approve a new rideshare protections ordinance. The vote passed 7 to 5. The ordinance will set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers with Lyft and Uber. Lyft sent a letter to the city council earlier this week and said it will be forced to cease operations in the city on…
RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Red Lake Nation in northwestern Minnesota plans to roll out a mobile dispensary. The on-reservation NativeCare was the state’s first recreational marijuana store to open this month. The dispensary, which will resemble a food truck, will allow the tribe to expand its cannabis business into other markets, but only on tribal lands. It’s estimated…
KENMARE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a Fargo man is hospitalized in Minot with life-threatening injuries after his semi crashed into another semi. The collision happened Wednesday on Highway 52 near Kenmare. Forty-two-year-old’s Victor Moreno’s truck approached a construction zone where a flagger had stopped traffic. The semi failed to stop and rear-ended a second semi…
