Xcel Energy is laying off 150 employees, including 60 in Minnesota. About 400 workers across the company accepted voluntary retirement offers and will retire by the end of the year. In a statement, Xcel blamed “financial headwinds” from inflation, increased hiring during the pandemic, and supply chain pressures. Xcel says the layoffs impact about 2 percent of its non-bargaining workforce….
Wolseley, Saskatchewan (KVRR/KFGO) –Just days after Shania Twain played to a full house at Fargodome, a bus carrying members of her crew was involved in a crash about an hour east of Regina, Saskatchewan. Twain was not on the bus at the time of the rollover Wednesday morning. Firefighters used an emergency hatch in the roof to rescue 13 people…
FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo repair shop is out nearly $60,000 in tools and equipment after an early Tuesday morning burglary. Corey’s Car Care co-owner Frank Neisen said security video shows the thief walking around the building at about 3:30 a.m. Neisen said the man pried open an office window and spent a couple of hours inside the building before…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s actors union reached a tentative deal with studios Wednesday to end its strike, ending months of labor strife that ground the film and television industries to a historic halt. The three-year contract agreement must be approved by votes from the union’s board and its members in the coming days, but the leadership declared that the strike will…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Gas prices around Fargo are flirting with the $3 per gallon mark for the first time since April. The decline comes after gas prices peaked at just over $4 per gallon on September 13th. According to GasBuddy.com, you can find gas for as low as $2.89 at Costco and Sam’s Club, but you need to be…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – M State is working with the Institute on Open Educational Resources to expand the use of discounted and free textbooks. They are one of 48 colleges across the country working with the national institute for the 2023 to 2024 school year. The institute offers educational materials that are free for teachers and students to use. Staff…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot under a constitutional provision that forbids those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. The state’s high court declined to become the first in history to use Section Three of the 14th Amendment to prevent someone…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – With November being Native American heritage month, NDSU partnered with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to host the Who Stewards Our History discussion. They talked about contested artifacts from the Holocaust and American Indian History. The speakers discussed the return of disputed objects from Jewish victims of the Holocaust and from Indigenous populations in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The first Fargo-IFL Gridiron Classic is coming this spring and includes a team that could be making Fargo its home. The Bucks are hosting the classic along with Scheels Arena. It’ll feature Sioux Falls Storm taking on Massachusetts Pirates on April 27th. The teams general manager has been in talks with arenas all over the state…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota district judge said Tuesday he’ll decide soon on whether to temporarily block the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for children, among the latest in a series of similar lawsuits playing out across the U.S. Three families and a pediatrician are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in September. They want a temporary restraining order and…
