FARGO (KVRR) – The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning, which goes into effect at 3:00 a.m. Wednesday. Near whiteout to blizzard conditions are expected to develop in the Red River Valley and northwest Minnesota. Due to the weather, all Fargo Public Schools classes and extra-curricular activities have been canceled for Wednesday, December 23. School officials say they…
FARGO (KVRR) – Beginning this week, Fargo Cass Public Health plans to administer 300 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to people in eligible priority groups, as identified by the North Dakota Department of Health. Vaccine recipients include people employed in fire departments, EMS and law enforcement. Members of area fire departments, including Fargo and West Fargo, along with EMS…
OMAHA, Neb. – The University of North Dakota is among four Midwestern universities that have formed a space-oriented academic and research alliance to lure the U.S. Space Command headquarters to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. University of Nebraska President Ted Carter says the partnership with the University of North Dakota, Kansas State University and Purdue would develop new degree…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – The COVID-19 pandemic has led to more North Dakotans shopping online. Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger says online sales tax collections were up 7.8 percent in the third quarter of 2020, compared with the previous year. Rauschenberger says while that helps the state’s bottom line, it’s not helping local business. Rauschenberger says that after more people are…
FARGO (KVRR) – Police are asking the public for information regarding a report of gunshots and a stolen vehicle. On Sunday at 10:31 p.m., police were called to Trollwood Park, 3664 Elm Street North, for a report of gunshots. An officer on scene spotted a vehicle which matched the description that a caller gave to another officer. As the vehicle…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health on Monday reported 2 additional deaths from COVID-19. There are currently 2,655 active cases in the state, a decrease of 140 since Sunday. 158 people are hospitalized. Burleigh County reported the largest number of new cases with 19. BY THE NUMBERS 1,619 – Total Tests from Yesterday* 1,269,206 – Total…
HILL CITY, Minn. – A contractor working on the Enbridge Energy Line 3 pipeline project has died in a fatal accident. Enbridge Energy spokeswoman Juli Kellner says the accident happened Friday at a construction yard in Hill City. Kellner said work in the area was stopped on Friday, but resumed Saturday. An investigation continues. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News Tags:…
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has unsealed charges against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The attack killed 259 people in the air and an additional 11 on the ground. Fargo South High School graduate Steven Berrell was among the 270 people who were killed. Berrell was with a group of…
FARGO, N.D. – Nearly 200 nursing and pharmacy students at North Dakota State University are helping administer the coronavirus vaccine to frontline healthcare workers over the next several months. The university says the upper-level students have received training to administer the shots at healthcare systems in the region and are being supervised by faculty members in the clinics. NDSU Nursing…
AUSTIN, Minn. – A teenage boy stepped in to save his mother from an attack by her husband, only to end up being fatally stabbed by the man. Authorities say five younger children were hiding upstairs during the attack Tuesday and were not hurt. According to criminal charges, 27-year-old Jaime Vaca and his wife were arguing when one of the…
