FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Heat across the country is having a negative effect on the nation’s emergency blood supply. It impacted around 100 blood drives in July in nearly every state where the Red Cross collects blood. That resulted in a shortfall of 19,000 blood donations last month. In fact, the Red Cross national blood supply has fallen by more…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo voters will get the chance to vote on two tax increases in November. City commissioners unanimously approved putting a quarter cent, 20-year sales tax to remodel Fargodome on the ballot. It would not be for a convention center. Last December, voters rejected the plan to add one and remodel the dome at a cost of…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Two people from Bemidji are indicted for selling fentanyl in and around Red Lake Indian Reservation and throughout Minnesota. 28-year-old Derek Paddy and 20-year-old Robyn Lussier had over 40 grams of fentanyl on them when arrested last November. They made their initial appearances in U.S. District Court last Friday. They are both charged with one count…
If you’re heading towards Alexandria tonight you’ll come across a detour. Interstate 94 will temporarily close between Alexandria and Osakis starting at 9:30 p.m. Beams for the bridge replacement project are being delivered and installed. During the closure, traffic will be detoured to Highway 29, County Road 82 and Highway 27. It will last for approximately three hours. Categories: Local…
p.train_throws/InstagramPARIS (KVRR) — He might have come up short in his quest for an Olympic medal, but former NDSU Bison shot putter Payton Otterdahl still had a big win in Paris. The Olympic athlete proposed to his girlfriend, Maddy Nilles, beneath the Eiffel Tower and she said ‘Yes!’. Otterdahl sharing the happy news on his Instagram page writing “Meanwhile, in…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR) — A Devils Lake woman who died after her vehicle was hit by a semi on Friday morning has been identified. Highway Patrol says 70-year-old Joann Burt was pulling out of a driveway to cross the eastbound lanes of Highway 2 when she was hit. It happened just before 10 a.m., about two miles east of…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR: 5pm Update) — A man stabbed in the chest in north Moorhead has died of his injuries at Sanford Medical Center. 47-year-old Connie Jo Frank is booked into Clay County Jail for second degree murder and DWI. Police will not release the name of the victim until family members can be notified. Police say they responded to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The man charged with murder for a deadly stabbing outside a Fargo bar earlier this year has entered a not guilty plea. Michael Diedrich is accused of stabbing and killing 22-year-old Ethan Larson of Newfolden, Minnesota during a fight outside SouthTown PourHouse on March 28. Investigators say a bartender reported that the men agreed to go…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — State charges against a Fargo man for unlawful possession of a firearm, escape and refusal to halt have been dropped after he was indicted in federal court. Kadar Pearson made his initial appearance and arraignment this morning after the grandy jury indictment was unsealed with a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon….
FRAZEE, Minn. (KVRR) — Afternoon storms cause some damage around Frazee and Detroit Lakes. These pictures come to us from Highway 10 by the hotel and campground outside Frazee. Some campers were overturned, trees uprooted, and buildings were damaged. Some people online reported hail and lots of wind east of Detroit Lakes. One woman said she saw the roof blown…
