Author: Juliana Pelaez

Several services provided by Department of Veterans Affairs are affected by the government shutdown

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Nearly a week into the government shutdown, several services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs are being affected. An email sent out in the last week said that there would not be any maintenance and placement of headstones at national cemeteries. As of Monday, Fargo National Cemetery has not seen any effect to its maintenance…

Xcel’s coal exit an issue in North Dakota electric rate case

Electric transmission lines cross a field in central North Dakota. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor/KVRR) — Xcel Energy customers in North Dakota are facing an unusually large increase in their electric bill, which a North Dakota official attributes in large part to the company’s move away from coal. Northern States Power Co., part of Minnesota-based…

BBQ and Grillers alike come down for the fourteenth annual ND BBQ Championship

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s smoking hot! Scheels Home and Hardware has once again brought over forty teams from across the country and Canada to give a taste of sweet and savory barbecue. 12 “We are currently at the fourteenth annual North Dakota barbecue championship. And so there’s two different portions happening right now. We have teams from all over…

Downtown Fargo introduces new business, Fergie’s & Frenchie’s Creperie, into Roberts Alley

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Roberts Alley officially welcomed a new business on Friday with sweet treats and drinks alike. Fergie’s & Frenchie’s Creperie opened its doors, bringing a taste of fresh crepes and flavorful dirty sodas. Crepes include the classic French crepe, strawberry, banana, Nutella, and savory crepes like a salmon-style crepe. The new creperie is owned by the owner…

Minnesota State Moorhead receives $5.5 million gift to help establish next generation of educators

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota State Moorhead is celebrating the school’s largest gift in history from the Nibbe (nib-ee) Family Foundation. The $5.5 million gift establishes the Nibbe School of Teaching and Learning, scholarships, study abroad opportunities, and more. The family has had three generations of family members who went to Moorhead and several became educators. They hope that their…

MSUM deans face off with their ladles in annual chili competition

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Chili, chili, and more chili. These chilis aren’t your typical chili from a can, but a recipe from home. “It’s the taste of nature. It’s all vegetables, it’s all plant-based, then it’s just – I think tasty,” said Lee Vigilant, Interim Dean of the College of Education and Human Services “It’s really sweet with the sweet…

Cass Clay Creamery donates more than 24,000 cartons of milk to local food bank

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — In their battle to fight food insecurity, Cass Clay Creamery once again teamed up with Hornbacher’s to donate milk to Great Plains Food Bank. Cass Clay Creamery donated over 24,000 “Giving Cow” cartons of milk. In North Dakota, 77,000 people face hunger, and over 25,000 of whom are children. As one of the most requested items…

Walsh County Commission selects Elevatus Architecture to construct new jail

GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — It was a three-to-two motion for Elevatus Architecture of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to be the main firm handling construction on the new Walsh County Jail. Months after voters in Walsh County rejected plans for a new jail and sheriff’s office, the county is moving ahead with building using a sales tax increase that was approved by…

North Dakota Attorney General reveals investigation into unlawful images started months ago

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Over the last week, several students at Fargo Davies High School have been under investigation by North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, the BCI, and other law enforcement agencies for sharing unlawful images. And Wrigley shares that these images weren’t the beginning. “Back in April of 2025, a resource officer with the West Fargo middle school,…