FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — It’s been more than seven months since construction started on the massive Amazon Fulfillment Center north of Hector International Airport in Fargo. A union leader says progress is moving ahead at a rapid pace. The earliest completion date is set for August. Jason Ehlert, president of the North Dakota Building Trades Unions, says structural steel, pre-cast…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Department of Transportation announces more than 200 construction projects for the season. They will help maintain the state’s roads and bridges, improve safety and support thousands of construction jobs. One of the big projects in west central Minnesota includes the resurfacing of Highway 87 from Frazee to the Becker/Wadena County Line. The project includes 26…
FARGO, N.D. — Movies and stage productions are coming back to the Fargo Theatre. After being closed for a year due to the pandemic, the theatre is reopening Saturday, May 1. It will host film screenings, private event rentals and first up: FM Ballet’s Copeland Dance Concert featuring Quilters will be held May 1 and 2. Tickets are available exclusively…
VERNDALE, Minn. — A mother in Verndale, Minnesota tries to save her one-year-old girl during a house fire, but can’t find her. Fire crews from Verndale and Wadena arrived just before 10 p.m. Wednesday and entered through an upstairs window and found the girl. She was taken, along with her mother, to Tri-County Hospital before the girl was flown to…
BURKE CO., N.D. — Following his trip south last month, North Dakota Senator John Hoeven is getting a look at operations along the northern border. The Republican is a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Committee. He was joined by county sheriffs from Burke, Divide and Renville counties along with Border Patrol and other local law enforcement officials. They…
FARGO, N.D. — Free community clinics to get the COVID-19 vaccine are being offered in Fargo, Moorhead and Grand Forks this week. In Fargo at the former Gordmans, those 16 and older can get the Pfizer Vaccine on Tuesday from 9-7. Those 18 and older can get a Johnson & Johnson, single-dose shot, on Thursday from 2-7. Sign up at…
FARGO, N.D. — Bad news for fans of Maroon 5: the band has now canceled its rescheduled tour stop in Fargo. They were supposed to be at the FARGODOME on August 6. The band was originally set to be in Fargo on Saturday, August 8, 2020 but then the COVID-19 pandemic stopped all touring. The band’s website shows that its first…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — A man who failed to return to the Otter Tail County Detention Center after attending a funeral has been caught in Richland County. Authorities say Jesse Bommersbach was given a court ordered furlough to attend the funeral on Friday, but didn’t return. He was found Sunday in Richland County and taken into custody. Bommersbach was…
Badlands Search & Rescue Service / FacebookBILLINGS CO., N.D. — A grass fire that forced the evacuation of the small tourist town of Medora, North Dakota is now 85% contained. Another fire was reported on USDA Forest Service national grasslands on Saturday that has now started burning into the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, south of Watford City….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Crews respond to two house fires over the weekend in Grand Forks that each did around $50,000 in damage. Saturday night, they were called out to 1126 Hammerling Avenue. They arrived to find fire and smoke coming from the back of the house as well as the roof. One person inside was checked out for heat…
