FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Multiple Fargo Fire Department crews are on scene at an apartment building in south Fargo a few blocks from Essentia. At least three engines arrived around 8 p.m. along with police and an ambulance. There were no smoke or flames visible from the three-story building at the time. People could been seen outside the building, including…
MIDDLE RIVER, Minn. (KVRR) — To comedian Judy Tenuta it was the “squeeze box”. But to a musician in rural Middle River, Minnesota it’s simply the accordion. And after nearly a lifetime of playing it, Cathy Erickson will become one of the newest inductees to the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. A letter in the mail before Christmas notified…
Interim Fargo Police Chief Travis StefonowiczFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An effort is underway to make Interim Fargo Police Chief Travis Stefonowicz, the police chief. A letter sent to city leaders by officers, investigators, detectives and civilian staff with Fargo Police Department call Stefonowicz the right leader to serve as the next Chief of Police. They say with 20 years of…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — There is a very strong chance North Dakota voters will decide a constitutional initiative to offer breakfast and lunch to all students at no cost. The group “Together for School Meals” has delivered petitions to the Secretary of State’s office in Bismarck. They turned in nearly 19-hundred petition packets containing around 57,000 signatures. A little more…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A second woman involved in the March 2024 death of a toddler in Moorhead, pleads guilty to second-degree murder and avoids going to trial. 24-year-old Shiann Erickson was charged in the death of 3-year-old Eastyn Deronjic along with Rosa Garza. Police began investigating the death after a medical call for a child not breathing in the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota announces a fifth flight in 2026. The flight will depart from Grand Forks International Airport in November and head to Washington, D.C. The organization says that means even more of our region’s veterans will have the opportunity to visit D.C. at no cost, to visit the memorials built in…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong tells state agencies that there is a balance problem in the state budget. He says twenty years of growth in the state has come with twenty years of growth in the state budget and it is unsustainable. He has presented his executive budget guidelines for next biennium. Agencies with general fund budgets of…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Minnesota BCA Alert has been issued for a missing Moorhead teen. It was requested by Moorhead Police for 16-year-old Shady River. Jr. He was last seen on March 8. Shady is described as 5’8″ and 125 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. He was last seen wearing a pink sweatshirt, gray jeans with holes,…
WARREN, Minn. (KVRR) — A Warren, Minnesota woman is arrested for having a suspected DMT lab. Authorities say it is a Schedule I hallucinogen and the manufacturing process is extremely flammable. Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force assisted probation with the search at Carla Swenson’s home on Monday. They found multiple jars of black liquid which the suspect claimed was…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Matt Rife has gone from growing up in a small town in Ohio to performing on some of the biggest stages around the globe. Last year, he became the youngest comedian to sell out New York’s Madison Square Garden. The comic is bringing his “Stay Golden World Tour” to Fargodome on Saturday, June 13. A Citi…
