Author: KVRR Staff

Sanford Health to Merge With Fairview Health Services

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KFGO) — Sanford Health and Twin Cities-headquartered Fairview Health Services have signed a non-binding letter of intent to combine and create a new health system. A joint statement says the combined system would bring together Sanford’s rural population hospitals and clinics with Fairview’s experience in serving urban populations and would be uniquely positioned to provide more people…

Russian missiles cross into Poland during strike on Ukraine

A damaged building at the scene of Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries Tuesday, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova. It was Russia’s biggest barrage yet, and some of…

Carbon Monoxide Awareness week

Sanford health experts give key tips on how to detect carbon monoxide

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week is underway. The gas is odorless, tasteless and color-free. It can be dangerous because the symptoms can often be mistaken for the flu. They  include headaches, dizziness and nausea.  Experts suggest putting a carbon monoxide detector on every floor of the house and placing them 15 feet away from any burning fuel….

Fire Destroys Part of Grain Elevator in Edgeley, North Dakota Friday Night

Courtesy Raymond DeLaurier/FacebookEDGELEY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fire destroyed part of the CHS Grain Elevator in Edgeley, that’s located about 40 miles south of Jamestown. Fire Chief Steve Powers says the elevator was built in different stages over the years, and the wood structure is completely gone. The cement structure that was added on is all still standing. Powers says they…

Vikings get critical Allen turnovers, stun Bills 33-30 in OT

JUSTIN JEFFERSON’S INCREDIBLE ONE-HANDED CATCH KEEPS VIKINGS ALIVE AGAINST BILLSORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Patrick Peterson intercepted Josh Allen with 1:12 left in overtime to finally end a sloppy, yet thrilling back-and-forth game between two of the NFL’s best teams, and the Minnesota Vikings completed their rally from a 17-point second-half deficit to beat the Buffalo Bills 33-30. The Vikings…

Fire Extinguisher Crashes Through Woman’s Windshield North of Alexandria

CARLOS TOWNSHIP, Minn. (KFGO) — A Douglas County woman is hospitalized after a fire extinguisher came crashing through the windshield of her SUV north of Alexandria. The Minnesota State Patrol said Lindsay Fluegel, 27, of Carlos was driving on Highway 29 Friday morning when it happened. Fluegel was taken to an Alexandria hospital with non-life threatening injuries. State troopers are…