FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Morty is back home. The artwork, along with an apology note, has been returned by the person who apparently stole it from the front yard of artist Christina Johnson in north Fargo. “Morty just came home! With an apology note that I’m willing to believe is genuine, because I want to. I’m happy to let 2020 surprise…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Federal investigators say pilot error most likely caused the 2018 crash of a medical plane in North Dakota that killed all three people on board. The National Transportation Safety Board’s final report attributed the Bismarck Air Medical crash in Morton County to “the pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane in dark night conditions.” It said…
MURDOCK, Minn. – The city council in a small Minnesota farming community has voted to grant a permit that allows a Nordic heritage church that has been identified as a white supremacist group to gather at an abandoned church. The vote Wednesday night came after the council in the Swift County community of Murdock was advised by the city attorney…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health on Wednesday reported 16 additional deaths from COVID-19. There are currently 4,554 active cases in the state, a decrease of 220 since Tuesday. 284 people are hospitalized. Cass County reported the largest number of new cases with 116. Categories: Coronavirus, Local News, Minnesota News, North Dakota News Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19,…
BOWDLE, S.D. – The U.S. Geological Survey says it detected a small earthquake in northern South Dakota late Tuesday night. The USGS says the earthquake just before midnight registered at 3.2 on the Richter Scale, which is just above the threshold for feeling a tremor. The agency says three people within 15 miles of the epicenter near Bowdle reported feeling…
Bob HarrisFARGO (KVRR) – A longtime Fargo radio personality is hospitalized in critical condition with complications from COVID-19. KFGO radio’s Bob Harris was admitted to the hospital on Thanksgiving Day, according to Harris’s sister, Jeanie Smith. “He is basically in a coma” Smith said. Harris went into cardiac arrest twice and remains unconscious and intubated, although doctors believe his lungs…
FARGO (KVRR) – A Williston, N.D. man is in custody after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase in Cass County. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a state trooper responded to a call about a reckless driver on I-94 in the Casselton area. After a traffic stop was attempted, the driver fled southbound on Cass County 15 reaching speeds…
FARGO (KVRR) – Representatives from BLM-Fargo and the NAACP claim that NDSU President Dean Bresciani refused to meet with them to discuss recent hate speech incidents and social media posts made by NDSU students. The university issued a statement after we asked whether the groups’ claims are true. “NDSU administrators, faculty and staff are focusing on working with NDSU students….
Henry SibleyMENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. – A Twin Cities-area high school will no longer be named after Henry Sibley, Minnesota’s first governor. The West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Area School Board voted Monday evening to drop the name, following complaints by community members and alumni about Sibley’s treatment of the state’s Dakota people. Sibley, who commanded troops in the U.S.-Dakota War, established…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz is detailing Minnesota’s plans for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine. Categories: Coronavirus, Local News, Minnesota News Tags: COVID-19, GOV. TIM WALZ, minnesota
