Boone is a handsome sweetheart with a shy personality that means he’ll need an extra helping hand to come out of his shell. The good-looking guy really needs it, too. He’s been stuck in the shelter now for more than a year and a half. Specifically, Thursday the 16th is his 629th day with Homeward Animal Shelter. No cat wants…
James VanRadenFARGO (KVRR) – A Moorhead man is facing the possibility of life in prison after agreeing to plead guilty to federal sex crime-related charges. Forty-six-year-old James VanRaden has signed an agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to attempted sex trafficking of children and two counts of distributing child pornography. The case began in 2019, when VanRaden responded to…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The West Fargo Rural Fire Dept. says a recent donation will pay for up to 10 grain bin rescue tubes. The donation, from Peterson Farm Seeds, will also cover the cost of related equipment. The tubes are used to surround a victim who is trapped in a grain bin. They enable grain removal from the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Village Family Service Center is getting a new President and CEO as Jeff Pederson is stepping down. “I’m excited but it’s been kind of a rollercoaster ride to make the decision to retire. I tried to retire once before and failed at it,” Pederson said. Pederson was in retirement when The Village was in search…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -Plans for the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion and Red River Valley Water Supply Project are picking up speed. The diversion is the first public-private partnership flood management project in North America. “Protection for the community is the most important part – anticipated to safeguard more than 235,000 people and 70 square miles overall, designed to withstand over a 100…
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (KVRR) – North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and North Dakota National Guard adjutant general Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann met with 125 soldiers from the Bismarck-based 957th Engineer Company serving along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. The two saw how their mission is going and thanking them for helping U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The unit…
FARGO (KVRR) – An extraordinary number of patients are stretching resources to the limit at local emergency rooms. “We are at — and often beyond — capacity every single day” according to Essentia Health spokesman Louis St. George. “This is due to a combination of COVID-19 patients and non-COVID patients. Unfortunately, throughout this pandemic people have delayed seeking care and…
MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota has topped 10,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths while hospitals around the state continue to delay surgeries as the coronavirus patients crowd hospitals. The state Department of Health on Wednesday reported 54 new deaths due to the virus, lifting the total fatalities to 10,018 since the start of the pandemic. Another 124 deaths were likely because of COVID-19 but…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The company responsible for the largest oil field spill in North Dakota history has reported a leak from a pipeline within two miles of the record discharge in 2015. The latest spill from a Summit Midstream Partners pipeline leaked saltwater onto agricultural land “very close to the creek” contaminated by the record spill reported north of Williston….
DICKINSON, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner says he will not seek reelection next year. “Three years ago, I made the decision that this term would be my last, and while this is a bittersweet day for me, I am proud of the many goals I have accomplished. I have worked hard to help improve the…
