FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Over 80% of U.S. counties lack adequate access to healthcare, according to a recent study done by Nursa, a healthcare staffing company dedicated to connecting nurses to work in facilities in need of help. The study also reports that North Dakota ranks at the second highest for over 200,000 of its residents having to trek more…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Food insecurity continues to be an issue in the community, and local leaders in the area are working to address the stigma. The Great Plains Food Bank, West Fargo Eats, and West Fargo Public Schools were invited to discuss their takeaways from working in the community, to the schools, and their needs. In the last year,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — For nearly six months, Angela Lipps was jailed in both Tennessee and North Dakota. And when criminal defense attorney Jay Greenwood was assigned to Lipps, it didn’t take long for him to figure out that she was the wrong person “I think if they had talked to Angela in July, they would’ve been able to establish…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Three power and energy companies in Minnesota are looking to finalize comments for the second phase of the regional grid, the Maple River – Cuyuna transmission project. The project is one of 24 projects approved in December 2024. Construction would include an approximately 160-mile-long, single-circuit, 345-kilovolt transmission line on double-circuit-capable structures. With the construction of these projects,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — For over a week, Fargo Police have been faced with scrutiny after news of a Tennessee woman was held for nearly six months in jail for a crime she did not commit. “We just feel so bad that this happened for this lady. I mean this disrupted her life totally. And so there’s things that we…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Angela Lipps, a Tennessee resident, was arrested in a bank fraud investigation in Fargo and spent nearly six months in jail. When the case was dismissed and she was released, F5 Project CEO Adam Martin says Lipps had no ID, winter clothing, or a phone. With the help of Martin, she was able to get some…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota will be ordaining the first woman bishop in the region. The Very Rev. Shay Craig will be ordained and consecrated at Gethsemane Cathedral on March 14th. Several bishops, priests, deacons, and lay persons from across the country and Canada will gather for the celebration. Craig was elected to the position…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo attorney who represented a Tennessee woman who spent nearly six months in jail says this should never have happened. Fifty-year-old Angela Lipps was held after authorities mistook her as the person involved in a Fargo fraud investigation. Lipps claims she has lived in north-central Tennessee her entire life and never set foot in North…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Village Family Service Center is expanding its services with a teen addiction recovery program. “We’ve noticed there’s been a huge need for adolescent substance use in the Fargo-Moorhead area. There hasn’t been a program for several years. So we were able to establish an adolescent IOP program to help our youth in the community,” said…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) — Local activists are raising concerns about the Save America Act moving through Congress. The bill introduces a ruling that would require all voters to present proof of citizenship, such as a passport or a driver’s license paired with a birth certificate, adoption paperwork, or a certificate of naturalization. Many who have changed their names would also…
