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Enrollment Numbers Up Slightly On First Day At Fargo Public Schools

August 25, 2021

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — It’s back to school for kids in Fargo Public Schools and the first day enrollment numbers are in. The district has 11,419 students in grades K through 12. That does not include numbers for the Explorer Academy program which opens September 7. Enrollment is up 84 kids from the start of school in 2020. Categories: Local News,…

Moorhead Officer Given Lifesaving Award

August 25, 2021

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. — A Moorhead Police Officer is honored for helping save a woman’s life. On July 8th, Officer Brett Kvam was first to arrive on scene for a female in cardiac arrest in her apartment. He quickly moved her to the floor and started CPR. As other first responders arrived, she regained her pulse. Kvam was given the Moorhead…

Voting organizations call for fair districting in North Dakota

"This is about representation. This is about having equal access to electing somebody that knows the community."

August 25, 2021

Aaron Walling,

NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) — State voting leaders are discussing the 2021 legislative redistricting process in North Dakota. Leaders from Voters First, the League of Women Voters, Native Vote and the BadAss Grandmas for Democracy are calling for fair legislative districting by the 2021 North Dakota legislative Redistricting Committee. The organizations are asking for districting concepts that would give better representation…

Parent group says it has signatures to recall four Fargo school board members

August 25, 2021

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A parent group says it has the necessary signatures needed for a special election to recall four members of the Fargo School Board. The Recall Fargo School Board Committee represents those upset with what they say is a board that does not listen and does not represent constituents. Allie Ollenburger, one of the organizers of the recall…

Burgum will not require COVID-19 vaccine for state employees

August 25, 2021

Jim Monk,

Gov. Doug Burgum receives a COVID-19 vaccination.BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he no plans to order state employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. “We’re going to keep focusing on education, not mandates. The mandates seem to have a bad reaction in our state. They probably work somewhere, here they probably have the reverse effect” Burgum…

Sanford directs employees to wear masks regardless of vaccination status

"We are seeing unprecedented high patient volumes in our hospitals along with sharply rising cases of COVID-19 across our footprint"

August 25, 2021

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KVRR) – Effective Thursday, Sanford Health will require all employees to wear face coverings, including workers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The announcement was made in an email sent to employees Wednesday from Sanford Chief Physician Dr. Jeremy Cauwels. “We are seeing unprecedented high patient volumes in our hospitals along with sharply rising cases of COVID-19 across…

Devils Lake strip club shooter sentenced

August 25, 2021

Jim Monk,

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – A Florida man who prosecutors say fired gunshots into a strip club on the outskirts of Devils Lake on Feb. 13 has been sentenced five years in prison. Ramsey County State’s Attorney Beau Cummings says 23 year-old Mauricio Colindres of Miami pleaded guilty to three felonies in connection with the shooting at Wally’s Wild West…

Delta Air Lines will make employees pay for not being vaccinated

August 25, 2021

Jim Monk,

Hector International AirportATLANTA – Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a policy the airline’s top executive says is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $40,000. CEO Ed Bastian said that all employees who have been hospitalized for the…

Afghan-American Minnesota woman fears for her family members’ lives in Kabul

August 24, 2021

Site Staff,

MINNESOTA (KVRR) – As evacuations continue in Kabul, a young Afghan-American woman said she’s praying her family will be one of the lucky ones able to escape. “It is just so painful to see that the Taliban is ruling my country,” she told KVRR on Tuesday. The woman, who is not sharing her name due to safety concerns, moved to…

Fargo students’ growth in math and reading declined in the 2020-2021 school year

August 24, 2021

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Students in Fargo Public Schools’ growth in math and reading fell amid distance learning in the 2019-2020 school year. The district’s Measures of Academic Progress results from last winter for students in grades three through nine were presented at Tuesday night’s school board meeting. Only third and ninth graders met their individual growth goals in reading…