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Program seeks to educate staff at assisted living facilities about COVID-19 vaccines

The first set of presentations took place at Bethany Retirement Living on University Drive

March 25, 2021

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A pilot program launched by NDSU aims to educate employees at assisted living facilities about the importance of getting vaccinated. Tiffeny Hestdalen is an Infection Preventionist for Bethany Retirement Living. As you can imagine, she’s kept busy this past year. “It’s been definitely a whirlwind. It’s really made us rethink everything that we’re doing and how…

Line 3 Pipeline Protest Arrests Include Fergus Falls Woman

March 25, 2021

TJ Nelson,

ST. LOUIS CO., Minn. — A Fergus Falls woman is among the latest group of Line 3 pipeline protesters to be arrested. 30-year-old Brittney Jo Kakac was taken into custody along with 6 other people from across the country near Floodwood, Minnesota. St. Louis County Sheriff’s deputies say four protesters locked themselves to heavy machinery used by pipeline workers. The…

UPDATE: Two arrested in connection to a Sunday shooting in West Fargo

March 25, 2021

KVRR Staff,

UPDATE: Two people are arrested in connection to a shooting on Sunday, March 21 in West Fargo. Twenty-year-old Garrett Morin of Moorhead and 20-year-old Deonta Taylor of Fargo were taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder. Authorities say the shooting was a result of an altercation that happened earlier in the day. A juvenile who was in the…

Wanted Man Turns Himself In To Fargo Police, Charged With Attempted Murder

March 25, 2021

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Police say a wanted man turned himself in and is now charged with attempted murder. 30-year-old Pajebo Duncan of West Fargo is accused of stabbing a person and running them over with a vehicle at Love’s Travel Stop in Fargo. It happened shortly after 10:30 Monday night. The victim’s injuries don’t appear to be life threatening….

Charges Filed Against Suspect In West Fargo Shootout, Juvenile Shot

March 25, 2021

KVRR Staff,

CJ CarruthersFARGO, N.D. — A Fargo man is now charged in a Monday night shooting in West Fargo where a juvenile was shot in the head by a stray bullet. Police say 19-year-old CJ Carruthers and a 17-year-old boy were planning to rob the driver of a car that they had arranged to meet with. Gunfire was exchanged around 9th…

Minnesota To Expand Vaccine Eligibility To Those 16 And Older

March 25, 2021

TJ Nelson,

ST. PAUL, Minn. — All Minnesotans 16 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination starting Tuesday. The federal government has promised an increased supply of vaccine to the state by April. A spokesman for Gov. Tim Walz says he will release more details Friday when he addresses Minnesotans live at 11:30 a.m. This week Minnesota was ranked number one…

Recreational pot bill fails in North Dakota Senate

March 25, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – The North Dakota Senate has soundly rejected a bill that would have legalized recreational marijuana. Supporters say the bill was designed to head off a potential initiated Constitutional measure, which would be more wide open than what the bill would have allowed. Republican Sen. Judy Lee of West Fargo told her colleagues she believes adult marijuana…

Shelter in place ordered while deputies attempted to serve eviction notice

March 25, 2021

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – A Fargo neighborhood was told to temporarily shelter in place Thursday while Cass County deputies attempted to serve an eviction order. Sgt. Tim Briggeman says deputies were attempting to serve the eviction to a man living in the 500-block of 22nd Ave. N. Briggeman says the deputies noticed concerning conduct that appeared threatening in nature. Deputies set up…

North Dakota warned Ten Commandments bill could lead to lawsuits

March 25, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota lawmakers are being warned that a bill seeking to shield schools and teachers from lawsuits arising from posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms is unconstitutional. Attorneys and education officials say the bill would lead to costly and unwinnable legal fights in federal court. They told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the bill likely violates…

Supreme Court says Ford can be sued in Minnesota court

March 25, 2021

Jim Monk,

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has ruled the Ford Motor Co. can be sued in the state courts of people who were killed or seriously injured in accidents involving Ford vehicles. The justices unanimously rejected Ford’s argument that its ties to Minnesota and Montana were too tenuous to allow it to be sued in those states by accident victims. The…