FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commission votes to approve the mayor’s 2024 preliminary $120 million budget, but the vote was not unanimous. Commissioners say they are hearing a lot of response to the proposals for a two-mill property tax increase and to raise franchise fees for public utilities. In the past, the fees were 2% and that will be…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRRKDLM) — It was another busy and long weekend for law enforcement dealing with traffic and crowds at WE Fest in Detroit Lakes. Becker County Sheriff’s Office logged more than 600 emergency calls-for-service during WE Fest: that was nearly triple the normal call volume for all of Becker County. They responded to 12 assaults, some involving multiple…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Officer Tyler Hawes has been released from the hospital. Fargo Police Department putting out video of the joyful moment Hawes got up out of a wheelchair and made his way out of Sanford Medical Center Monday. His release comes just days after fellow Officer Andrew Dotas was released from Sanford Medical Center. Both men…
Courtesy: Gov. Doug Burgum’s OfficeBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is taking a break from the presidential campaign trail on Monday to visit North Dakota National Guard soldiers helping secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Burgum is commander-in-chief of the state’s National Guard. He will visit around 100 members of the Wahpeton-based 188th Engineer Company in Texas. The group began a…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Three days and nights of country music and camping comes to an end at Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes. WE Fest’s final headliner, Kane Brown, hit the stage around 11 Saturday night due to a rain delay. Organizers issued a shelter in place around 8:30 due to the threat of weather. But the show…
Cobber Corn Feed from August 2017MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — If you’re a fan of corn on the cob, get ready to mark this down on your calendar. The annual Cobber Corn Feed is set for Wednesday, August 16 at Concordia College in Moorhead. It’ll be the first feed for new president Dr. Colin Irvine. It’s open to everyone from alumni,…
STUTSMAN CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Medina, North Dakota woman is dead after her vehicle ended up submerged in a slough in Stutsman County. North Dakota Highway Patrol says Stutsman County Dive Rescue Team arrived this afternoon and located the vehicle in the slough about 7 miles south of Cleveland. They were able to pull the 64-year-old woman’s body from…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — A Mahnomen man is accused of illegally selling marijuana out of the Asema Tobacco and Pipe Shop in Mahnomen. Sheriff Josh Guenther says a warrant was executed at the smokeshop owned by 53-year-old Todd Thompson and at his home and large amounts of marijuana were seized. Thompson was posting on Facebook that he was open for…
STUTSMAN CO., N.D. (KVRR) – The pilot of a crop duster escapes injury after a failed takeoff west of Jamestown. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 29-year-old pilot from Louisiana was taking off from a private airstrip west of Jamestown around 9 a.m. The pilot failed to gain enough speed to create enough lift to takeoff and ran into…
Officer Andrew Dotas and Officer Tyler HawesFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Department issuing a great update on the two other officers injured by the shooter on July 14. They say Officer Andrew Dotas was recently able to walk without the assistance of a walker. He is listed in serious but stable condition at Sanford which is also where Officer…
