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Davies High School Social Studies Teacher, Coach Receives Teacher of The Year Award

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Public Schools surprised Davies High School Social Studies teacher with the 2025 Teacher of The Year award. Bart Manson has been a teacher with Fargo Public Schools since 2008 and the Davies head boys’ basketball coach since 2010. Following in his parent’s footsteps of becoming a teacher, Manson has been a role model for his…

Demonstrators Appear Outside Fargo Post Office To Express Concerns Over Immigration And Federal Funded Programs

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –A small crowd huddled outside the downtown Fargo post office to express their concerns over immigration and other issues, including Medicaid and the SNAP program. “We need to do something. We just can’t sit in our houses and be upset about stuff. We have to get out and try to make a change,” said Marlene Christian, Fargo…

Cass County Sheriff Forms ‘Sheriff’s Quick Response Team’ to Respond to High Risk Situations

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County Sheriff’s Office has assigned ten deputies to a new team called the Sheriff’s Quick Response Team. The deputies will receive additional training once a month to prepare to respond to active shooters, barricaded subjects, mass casualties, and other high-risk situations. Deputies will remain in their current roles during their shifts and will respond to…

Consul General of Canada States That Seventy-Nine Percent of Exports Go to Canada from North Dakota

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –President Trump stated on Saturday that he would be putting down a twenty-five percent increase of tariffs including an additional ten percent on Canadian oil, natural gas, and electricity. In response, Canada had countered on Sunday with a list of U.S. goods they would be imposing 25% tariffs. The release stated, “These countermeasures are effective immediately and…

LIVE: Get Ready for Super Bowl Sunday with the Biggest Party Animals Around

FARGO — We’re wild with excitement about Super Bowl Sunday, which you can catch with daylong coverage starting Sunday morning and all day long right here on KVRR. So excited, in fact, we went to the Red River Zoo to find out more about the team mascots — eagles, for the Philadelphia Eagles, and the wolves, which are the Kansas…

North Dakota trade official and a Fargo truck driver who hauls imports discuss tariff threat

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — “Canada is not the problem and we’re the United States the Trump administration has picked a fight with our neighbors that wasn’t necessary,” said Vern Thompson, Thompson Transport LLC. Thompson, a Fargo truck driver, drives frequently from North Dakota through the Canadian border. Today it took him an hour and a half. “Today it was the…

Charges Filed Against Former West Fargo Public Schools Swim Coach

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Charges have filed been against a former West Fargo Public Schools swim coach accused of having sexual contact with a minor. Thirty-eight-year-old Ronald Hehn has been charged with Gross Sexual Imposition, a Class AA Felony. Court documents say Hehn had been providing private swim lessons to about 20 other people. The complaint says the alleged incident…

LIVE: Something to Cheer About for Super Bowl Week

FARGO — We’ve got something to cheer about here on KVRR Local News: it’s less than a week to go until Super Bowl Sunday. So we got some help cheering from the experts. The students, parents and coach at North Dakota Elite, North Dakota’s first cheerleading gym, joined the Morning Show to demonstrate some of their amazing skills, and teach…

Protest Against ICE and Deportations Moves Through Downtown

The protest was organized on Facebook by Latino Networking FM.

A protester stands outside Fargo City Hall holding her message.FARGO, N.D. – On Saturday, protesters gathered in front of Fargo City Hall, braving the elements to fight for the rights of those affected by Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. “We’re standing here not just for ourselves, but for our families, our ancestors, and the generations to come,” said protest organizer…

House Burns Down in Otter Tail County

Investigators believe it was an electrical fire.

near AMOR TOWNSHIP, MN – Several people are looking for a new place to lay their heads after a fire in Otter Tail County on Thursday completely destroyed their home. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office received a call just before 4:30 p.m. on January 30 from a resident in rural Amor Township, which is west of Otter Tail Lake….