Author: KVRR Staff

Fargo’s winter warming operation at capacity in first week

Downtown Engagement Center in FargoFARGO (KFGO) – Fargo’s winter warming plan has been operating for one week and public health officials say they have been at, or near, capacity every night. The winter warming operation at the Downtown Engagement Center (DEC) opened on Nov. 24. Holly Scott with Fargo Cass Public Health (FCPH) says they have averaged about 50 guests…

Pipeline developer asking North Dakota Supreme Court to weigh in on foreign Greenpeace case

Flags from tribal nations are displayed near Cannonball, N.D., in August 2016 in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline is appealing a North Dakota’s judge’s decision not to interfere in a free speech lawsuit…

UPDATE: 88-year-old man dead after McLean County crash identified as North Dakota entertainer

The North Dakota Highway Patrol is determining whether or not to press charges against the driver of the other vehicle.

Gordy “Crazy Fingers” Lindquist / YouTubeMCLEAN CO., N.D. (KVRR 8PM 11/30/25 UPDATE) — Family members have identified the victim of a fatal crash on Friday afternoon as 88-year-old Gordy Lindquist. He was known affectionately as “Crazy Fingers” for his piano playing skills and was a mainstay at the annual Norsk Hostfest celebration in Minot. According to social media posts, Lindquist…

Garage and vehicles destroyed by fire in Breckenridge

Breckenridge garage fire on Nov. 27, 2025BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) — A garage and several vehicles were destroyed by fire in Breckenridge, Minnesota on Thursday, Nov. 27. Firefighters responded to 212 8th Street South around 8:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving. Breckenridge Assistant Fire Chief Rob Jirak says a detached garage was fully engulfed when they arrived. Firefighters and Breckenridge Police had roads…

Hillsboro woman air-lifted after rollover crash

HILLSBORO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — One person has serious injuries after a crash in Traill County, North Dakota, on Nov. 27. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it happened in the 166 block of 3rd Street Northeast, commonly known as Traill County Road 13, about 8 miles northeast of Hillsboro just after midnight on Thanksgiving. Troopers say the roads were covered…

Food uncertainty drives more people to seek help on Thanksgiving

Julia Sadee carries groceries she received at a free food pantry at The Arbors at McCormick Park housing complex in Fargo, North Dakota, on Nov. 18, 2025. Community meals and food pantries are seeing higher demand this year, even as federal food assistance payments resumed. (Photo by Dan Koeck/For the North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Days before…

Rare T. rex find in North Dakota, mammoth fossil digs ‘significant’ for research

State Paleontologist Clint Boyd shows part of a T. rex skeleton discovered at a dig site in Bowman County. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota Geological Survey has found a new Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton at a dig site in southwest North Dakota. Researchers first discovered the bones in September 2024 while searching for…

Ballot measure would provide free school meals to North Dakota students

Students eating lunch at Carl Ben Eielson Middle School in Fargo. (North Dakota Monitor)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakotans may have the chance to cast their ballot on whether every public school student in the state can have breakfast and lunch for free. Advocacy organization Together For School Meals plans to submit language for the potential ballot petition to the…