Pembina Gorge west of Walhalla on the Rendezvous Region Scenic BackwayBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Parks & Rec is moving forward with developing the state’s 14th state park at the Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area. They are currently accepting construction bids for the project. Located near Walhalla, Pembina Gorge State Park will feature approximately six cabins and over 50…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — An 83-year-old Valley City woman is in a Fargo hospital after getting hit by an SUV while walking. The driver of that SUV had the vehicle in reverse and also hit three parked, unoccupied vehicles and an office/apartment building. It all happened around three Sunday afternoon in the 100 block of 3rd Street Northwest in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota State University is getting a new agriculture policy research center. Two million dollars for the center was included in the 2024 Agriculture Appropriations Bill which passed the Senate on Friday by a vote of 72 to 22. It previously passed in the House. It will help address farm and agribusiness challenges through in-depth policy…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A Department of justice witness testifies that during the eight-month long DAPL protests, the DOJ believed sending federal law enforcement to assist North Dakota would escalate and destabilize the situation. Patrick Hornbuckle’s comments were made in a video deposition in the fourth week of the trial of North Dakota vs. United States. The state is trying…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Sen. Tina Smith has invited the director of Red River Women’s Clinic to be her special guest at the State of the Union. KVRR Local News had a chance to talk with Sen. Smith and Tammi Kromenaker just hours before the president’s address to the nation. Smith says women from all across the region depend on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man was arrested Tuesday for robbery after threatening a clerk with a knife. 33-year-old Lucas Tavares was taken into custody in the 1400 block of Dakota Drive North, just hours after the crime. The robbery happened around 4 a.m. Tuesday at Loaf ‘N Jug in the 1200 block of North University Drive. The clerk…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Minnewaukan, North Dakota man is sentenced to 5 years in prison for assault while brandishing a firearm. 21-year-old Dantae Whitetail pleaded guilty for his role in the May 2022 crime in St. Michael, North Dakota. Whitetail appeared in U.S. District Court in Fargo on Wednesday for the sentencing. The judge gave him one year for…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR:UPDATE 1:35PM 3/7/24) — A juvenile is in custody for murder after a deadly stabbing early this morning in Grand Forks. Officers responded to an apartment building in the 1700 block of 36th Avenue South around 3 a.m. They found 24-year-old Anfernee Economy of Grand Forks on the ground with a stab wound to the upper part…
Tammy Kromenaker and Sen. Tina Smith MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The director of Red River Women’s Clinic in Moorhead is headed to President Biden’s State of the Union Address. Tammy Kromenaker will be Sen. Tina Smith’s guest at the address Thursday night. She ran the only abortion clinic in North Dakota and was forced to relocate from Fargo to Moorhead…
CHIPPEWA CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Pelican Rapids, Minnesota semi driver is dead after a crash early Tuesday evening in Chippewa County. Minnesota State Patrol says 59-year-old Timmy Tarnowski collided with a truck at the intersection of Highway 7 and County Road 4 north of Maynard, near Granite Falls. Tarnowski died in the crash. The driver of the pickup, a…
