BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KVRR) – Registered nurses at CHI St. Francis Health in Breckenridge have voted to join a union. The nurses will join AFSCME Council 65, which represents 15,000 workers in government, non-profits, and healthcare facilities in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. “As larger and larger healthcare systems continue to run small hospitals like ours, it’s important to have…
FARGO (KVRR) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says November’s fatal police-involved shooting in Fargo was “reasonable, justified and lawful in every way.” Wrigley announced the findings of his department’s investigation during a news conference Wednesday in Fargo. 65-year-old Peter Greco was shot and killed outside a home in the Deer Creek neighborhood. Greco was having mental health issues…
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A judge in Becker County is granting a request for audio and video coverage of the burglary trial of state Senator Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury. The order says audio and video coverage of the trial is appropriate due to Mitchell’s position as an elected official. However, the judge denied…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-Prairie Public) – Xcel Energy’s North Dakota electric customers will see higher rates on their monthly bills. Xcel is asking for a 19.3 percent rate hike, which would add another $22.34 to the bill. The North Dakota Public Service Commission granted the utility an interim increase, while the Commission considers a rate case Xcel filed late in 2024….
BISMARCK, N.D (KVRR-KFGO) – A Fargo insurance agent has been fined $136,500, and his license to sell insurance in North Dakota has been placed on probation for four years for violating the state’s rebating laws, prohibiting insurance agents from providing gifts valued at over $100 per year to clients or potential clients. Tyler Bjerke was penalized following an investigation by…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks owner and local businessman Bruce Thom has died at 83. Thom died January 2 in his home, according to his obituary. Thom led the RedHawks organization since the team was founded in 1996. In 2004, he bought the team from Otter Tail Corporation. His son, Brad, is president and CEO of the club. He was…
FARGO (KVRR) – Sanford Health has completed its merger with Wisconsin-based Marshfield Clinic Health System. Sanford says the combined system will serve patients and communities across the upper Midwest, including North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan. “Today’s historic milestone paves the way for us to advance world-class care across the rural Midwest…
Abdikhadar MohidinMANKATO, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – An 18-year-old Moorhead man was arrested in southern Minnesota after a shooting on New Year’s Eve. The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to a business west of Mankato on a report of broken glass and a handgun in the parking lot. A short time later, deputies learned a female who was…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Twenty-five years ago, emergency managers and computer programmers were among those anticipating the effects of “Y2K.” Experts were concerned that the arrival of the 21st century could cause critical infrastructure to shut down because some computers weren’t designed to operate past 1999. Former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer supervised the state’s emergency response plans at the…
FARGO (KVRR) – A Fargo man is in custody, accused of driving a stolen vehicle to Scheels, where he allegedly stole merchandise from the store on 45th St. S. Police were called to the store on Monday to locate a stolen vehicle from Moorhead. The vehicle was tracked on the Fargo Police Department’s FLOCK license plate reading system. Scheels employees…
