BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — West Nile cases are on the rise in North Dakota. Health and Human Services reports nine human cases with additional cases pending results. Eight of the nine had to be hospitalized, and seven were neuro-invasive, meaning the nervous system of the patient was infected. Most people who get West Nile virus will not show symptoms, but…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The annual Island Park Show is back this weekend. Billed as one of the region’s largest outdoor craft fairs, it takes place each year at Island Park in downtown Fargo. This is video from last year’s event. If you go you’ll find around 100 different booths featuring makers of fine arts and crafts. The show has…
WINGER, Minn. (KVRR) — A small fire was found in a building at Lucken Trucks and Parts in Winger, Minnesota Saturday morning. Polk County Sheriff’s Office was notified about smoke coming from the building around 6:30. Winger, Erskine and Fosston Fire Departments all responded and put out the small fire within the building. There was moderate damage to the building,…
Spencer MoenWEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo man, 31-year-old Spencer Moen, is arrested for murder. Officers responded to a medical emergency around 7:30 Thursday morning in the 1100 block of Eaglewood Avenue West. They arrived to find a woman dead inside the home. Evidence at the scene resulted in the arrest of Moen for murder. He is currently…
Red River Valley SWAT TeamWEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley SWAT Team will be in action Thursday night in West Fargo for a training exercise. It’ll be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. near the 500 block of 1st Avenue Northwest. People in that area will see SWAT Team members and other officers carrying firearms with no…
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is spending a second day checking in on our troops helping secure the border in Texas. He is joined by North Dakota National Guard’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann. Burgum says he is there to thank them for supporting efforts by state and federal officials to secure the border,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum has granted a request from the North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board to declare a teacher crisis. It will allow school districts flexibility to temporarily allow expanded use of student teachers to help address the state’s teacher shortage. North Dakota Unite, the teachers union, has opposed the move. Burgum says of 167…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — It took crews well over an hour to free a woman trapped in a vehicle that got stuck in a culvert after running off the road near East Grand Forks. Fire crews responded around 7:30 Tuesday morning. They say 38-year-old Tonya Jensen of East Grand Forks was alert and talking as they worked to get…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A fire in the kitchen ceiling does some moderate damage to Mas Tequila in West Fargo. Fire crews were sent to the restaurant around 7 Tuesday morning. They arrived to find light smoke inside the building. The fire was found in the ceiling and crews worked to put it out and prevent it from spreading….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Police officers in Moorhead must now carry Naloxone while on duty. It is a life-saving medicine that can reverse an overdose from heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioid medications. A new state law went into effect on August 1st that requires all on-duty police in Minnesota to carry two doses of Naloxone, also known as Narcan, and…
