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This Month’s Spotlight Is On Local Business Successes

We Check Out Spotlight Media's Publications For February

  FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – You can find out about the local flair that makes our region unique this month at local newsstands across. Spotlight Media’s Fargo Inc. profiles Alex and Britt Belquist. The couple went from working in restaurants to owning multiple local restaurants, including 701 Eatery and Brew Bird. Then, the newly-expanded Fargo Monthly magazine highlights our area’s…

Minnesota poultry producers concerned about return of bird flu

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota’s poultry producers are monitoring cases of bird flu found in wild birds in other parts of the United States and Canada. A state veterinarian says it’s an early warning for producers in Minnesota ahead of the spring waterfowl migration. Minnesota Board of Animal Health senior veterinarian Shauna Voss says it’s just a matter of time before…

Journalists settle lawsuit over mistreatment while covering riots

MINNEAPOLIS – The state of Minnesota has agreed to pay $825,000 and change several policies to settle a lawsuit brought by journalists who say they were hurt or harassed while covering violent protests over the police killings of George Floyd and Daunte Wright. The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and the state’s Department of Public Safety announced the settlement….

Employee trapped, killed in workplace accident at 3M plant in Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. – An investigation is underway into a fatal accident at the 3M plant in Alexandria, Minnesota. Authorities say a female employee got trapped in some machinery Tuesday during an overnight shift. The Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration is trying to determine how the worker became trapped. A statement from company officials at 3M’s headquarters in Maplewood said…

Jamestown man who was once paralyzed is walking again

He suffered a traumatic brain injury, couldn't speak and was temporarily paralyzed. Doctors told Brown he would never walk again.

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) – Josh Brown is nearly two years removed from the tragic four wheeler accident that almost took his life. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, couldn’t speak and was temporarily paralyzed. Doctors told Brown he would never walk again. “I just started walking with help, my sisters helped me and my parents, they helped me stay alive,”…

Amy Anderson honored as Fargo Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo’s Teacher of the Year award goes to Amy Anderson, an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher. Anderson was surprised by Superintendent Dr. Rupak Gandhi and awarded the trophy. She teaches at Longfellow and is an Early Childhood Literacy Partner at Agassiz. Anderson works with children ages three to five with a wide variety of special needs….

Cass County prosecutor announces run for State’s Attorney

Prosecutor Kim Hegvik wants to take over for Birch Burdick who is stepping down from the position

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Another person has dropped their name in the race for Cass County State’s Attorney. Prosecutor Kim Hegvik wants to take over for Birch Burdick who is retiring in December. Hegvik has been an Assistant State’s Attorney at the Cass County State’s Attorney’s Office for over 15 years. She’ll be running against Assistant Cass County State’s Attorney…

Minnesota lawmakers seek no-knock ban after Amir Locke death

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota lawmakers say they will push to significantly limit the use of no-knock warrants after a Minneapolis SWAT team entered a downtown apartment while serving a search warrant last week and killed Amir Locke. The bill that would narrow the use of no-knock warrants to only a handful of situations such as false imprisonment, kidnapping and…

Civil Service Commission hears appeal of fired Fargo police officer

Justin Nachatilo and attorney Leo Wilking FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The Fargo Civil Service Commission heard the appeal of former Fargo police officer Justin Nachatilo on Tuesday. Nachatilo was fired in December after an internal review concluded he mishandled two cases.  He claims that improper considerations played a role in his firing, including inconsistent application of consequences for his situation versus…