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Payless Shoes Requesting to Close More Stores in Wake of Bankruptcy

The company filed for Chapter 11 in April

  NATIONAL — The company behind Payless Shoes is asking a bankruptcy court for permission to close 408 more stores. Company officials say they need to cut at least 10 percent more of their volume after the closure of about 400 stores in the last two months. The company filed for Chapter 11 in April. The Payless store in Moorhead is…

Bug Season Starts: NDSU’s Bug Man

Don Carey has bugs. Now we're bugs -- for bugs.

We’re in the middle of mosquito and tick season, which means the danger of Lyme disease, West Nile, and in some parts of the United States, even Zika virus. And as if the spread of disease weren’t worrisome enough, insects can also be a nuisance and create property damage problems around the home. But they can also do a great…

Newman Center Honors Murder Victim With Award In His Honor

The double murder trial of Ashley Hunter will continue Tuesday after the Memorial Day weekend

FARGO, ND– The double murder trial of Ashley Hunter will continue Tuesday after the Memorial Day weekend. It is on the minds of many students who knew one of the victims. Sam Traut was a leader to many at the Newman Center, a Catholic Students’ group right across the street from NDSU. “So this is Sam’s picture from when he…

West Fargo High School Celebrates 300 Graduates

They say the tassle is worth the hassle when it comes to graduation

FARGO, ND– They say the tassle is worth the hassle when it comes to graduation. 300 West Fargo Students received their high school diplomas. Seniors in green gowns fill the Scheels Arena floor while friends and family fill the stands. The graduates chose 2 class representatives to give speeches during the ceremony. The celebration includes special performances by senior band…

People Salvage Belongings After Garage Fire

Several garages were affected by the fire

WEST FARGO, N.D. — Crews respond to a fire in West Fargo damaging more than 15 garages around 8:40 Friday night. West Fargo Fire found flames starting out of an apartment garage unit. The fire then spread to the surrounding stalls. The Fargo Fire Department, as well as F-M ambulance, were also called to the scene. Smoke from the garage…

The Search For Dawn Carlson May Have Come to an End

Carlson's car and identification was found in a river along with a body

KITTSON  COUNTY, Minn., — The search for a missing Lake Bronson woman may be over tonight. Dawn Carlson disappeared in October 2013. She was last seen leaving her aunt’s house in Karlstad. Thursday night, law enforcement pulled a 2001 Mercury Sable belonging to Carlson out of a river channel. Inside of the car a purse with Carlson’s identification was found…

Ashley Hunter’s Trial Continues with Former Partner Taking the Stand

Megan Wartman takes the witness stand in the Hunter murder trial

FARGO, N.D. — The double murder trial of Ashley Hunter ends its first week after hearing from a witness who says she was there when it started.  Hunter’s former partner, Megan Wartman, took the witness stand this morning. Wartman claims to have been in the house at the time of Clarence Flower’s death. She says Hunter tried to frame her…

Body, Car Pulled from Lake Bronson Believed to be Missing Kittson County Woman

Carlson disappeared on October 2nd, 2013 after leaving her aunt's home in Karlstad

  LAKE BRONSON — The nearly four year search for a missing Kittson County woman may be over. Authorities said they pulled a car registered to Dawn Carlson out of a river channel near Lake Bronson State Park. They said there was a body inside the 2001 Mercury Sable along with a purse with Carlson’s identification. Authorities said the car…

Experiments with KVRR Meteorologist Scott Sincoff: Pop Can Implosion

Fun and Easy Science Experiments

This week, Meteorologist Scott Sincoff worked with Benjamin Franklin Middle School Earth Science Teacher Barry Olson to create a Pop Can Implosion. Here’s What You Need: Empty Pop Cans Heat Source Large container of water About 3 lb. of ice Tongs/Oven Mitts About 1–1 ½ oz. of water in each pop can How to create your own Pop Can Implosion:…

Slamabama Honors Moszer Family, Officers in LIVE Performance at Hooligans

Moszer family members said the song moved them to tears

WEST FARGO, N.D. — Singer-songwriters from Alabama are honoring Jason Moszer and other fallen officers with a song called “Water Tower”. The band, Slamabama, traveled all the way to the metro to meet the Moszer family. “Jason’s death was that one piece of news that I think came across to us and really personified the attack and the war on…