Denise KolpackFARGO (KVRR) – The number of candidates running for the Fargo City Commission has climbed to 10. Denise Kolpack is a retired Blue Cross-Blue Shield executive who has also served as executive director of the North Dakota Newspaper Association and the North Dakota Water Coalition. She currently serves on the Fargo City Arts and Culture Commission. “I am excited…
FARGO (KVRR) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says law enforcement officers carried a “severely hypothermic” man out of a slough Monday evening, following a pursuit that began on I-94 in Stutsman County. Capt. Bryan Niewind says it all started at 7:21 p.m. when a state trooper attempted to stop the man on I-94 for traveling 98 mph east of…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature have offered a voluntary proposal for paid family and medical leave. It would rely on tax credits for employers who choose to participate, in contrast with Democratic proposals that would require paid time off. Republicans depicted their plan Monday as an innovative way to support employees who need time off after…
Elm St. in Fargo is closed in anticipation of minor flooding. FARGO, N.D. – The National Weather Service says any fears of an extended spring flooding season in the Red River Valley have been virtually eliminated thanks in large part to the area’s soil-stained snow. The weather service said Monday that the area’s good flooding forecast was a strange benefit…
Curtis BrovoldMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Prosecutors say a man who was captured in Mexico after evading sex crime charges in Moorhead for more than two decades tried to silence his victim by paying her off. Court documents say that while in custody, 67-year-old Curtis Brovold sent text messages to two people, asking that they help track down the victim and…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Prosecutors have accused a West St. Paul woman of trashing a Target store during an angry outburst. Twenty-three-year-old Gaylynn Atlene Bailey is charged with felony first-degree criminal damage to property. According to the criminal complaint, Bailey entered the West St. Paul Target store on Tuesday morning and smashed display cases with a golf club, knocked over…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – Becker County administrators say a tentative agreement has been reached with representatives of Teamsters Local 320, who were set to go on strike as early as 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. “Becker County has reached a tentative agreement with Teamsters 320 during negotiations this last Saturday. The bargaining unit will vote on the contract this Tuesday evening,…
DETROIT – Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage that stopped trains across Canada and interrupted shipments to and from the U.S. More than 3,000 CP Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job after negotiators failed to reach a deal by a midnight deadline….
Mark J. LindquistMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Democratic U.S. House candidate Mark J. Lindquist of Moorhead has suspended his campaign and plans to travel to Europe to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Lindquist announced his change of plans in a social media post Sunday. “Due to world events, I am officially suspending my campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives until…
GARDNER, N.D. (KVRR) – Two people were taken by ambulance to a Fargo hospital Friday morning when a semi carrying refrigerated french fries rolled over on I-29 near Gardner. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 42-year-old Balbahadur Aulakh of Winnipeg was driving south when the semi partially entered the ditch. The driver tried to get back on the road, but…
