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Minnesota Housing awards grant money to 33 cities across greater Minnesota

October 14, 2025

KVRR Staff,

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Housing board has approved more than four million dollars in grants for affordable and workforce housing in towns across the state. Thirty-three cities with populations below ten thousand in greater Minnesota have been awarded the grant. Funded through the state legislature, the Greater Minnesota Small Cities Housing Aid Grant Program can be used to…

Employee retention focus of FMWF Chamber Pulse event

October 14, 2025

KVRR Staff,

The Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce event featured a panel discussion on employee retention. Oct. 14, 2025.FARGO — Business and community leaders meet to talk about the challenges of employee retention at a Chamber event called “Pulse of Talent Retention”. Keeping people in the community was the theme of the event put on by the Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo…

Fargo, Minneapolis airports not showing Noem shutdown video

October 14, 2025

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KFGO) – So far, a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming the government shutdown on Democrats is not showing at Hector International Airport in Fargo. Airport Authority Executive Director Shawn Dobberstein says the airport does not have equipment for such videos. He says TSA and the Department of Homeland Security have the ability, but has thus far…

Man wanted on felony warrant arrested in Grand Forks pursuit

October 14, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is arrested on a number of charges after leading Grand Forks deputies on a pursuit. After 8 p.m. Monday, a deputy tried to pull over 34-year-old Derek Myrvik for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and a felony warrant out of Minnesota. He fled northbound on North 55th Street and hit speeds up…

Contracts finalized for Moorhead City Hall renovation

The 22 contracts with 18 companies were obtained through an open-records request.

October 14, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Contracts have been finalized with the companies involved in the Moorhead City Hall renovation project. The 22 contracts with 18 companies were obtained from the city of Moorhead through an open-records request. Over $3 million will be spent on plumbing, heating, and cooling systems. Another $4 million dollars was approved for electrical upgrades, curtain walls, aluminum…

Cass County teen files lawsuit against popular gaming platform ‘Roblox’

October 14, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Cass County teen has filed a lawsuit against popular gaming platform Roblox. In the lawsuit, the unidentified 19-year-old accuses the company of being a “breeding ground for predators and enabling her sexual exploitation at age 13″. An attorney handling her case with Dolman Law Group says they have received 1,400 calls from families on similar…

Valley City man facing child porn charges to change his plea next week

October 14, 2025

TJ Nelson,

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — A Valley City man arrested this past spring for having child sexual abuse material will avoid a trial by changing his plea. 50-year-old Mitchell Kohler pleaded not guilty in June to five counts of possession of certain materials prohibited. His change of plea hearing is set for Monday, one day before his trial was set…

Electricity rate increase could cost NDSU $1 million annually

October 14, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Alex Nisbet, a regulatory policy specialist for Xcel Energy, speaks during a public input session hosted by the North Dakota Public Service Commission on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A proposed electric rate increase would cost North Dakota State University about $1 million a year, a representative of the college told…

Federal lands need the public’s help, retired National Park ranger says

October 14, 2025

KVRR Staff,

MEDORA, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Public lands advocate Walt Dabney joined a group of North Dakota conservationists in the Badlands on Sunday to see how federal funding cuts are affecting public lands in the state — and how members of the public are stepping up in the government’s place. Dabney, a former National Park Service ranger, is in North…

Police seek driver in shots fired call in Moorhead

October 14, 2025

KVRR Staff,

MOORHEAD (KVRR-KFGO) – Moorhead Police have released surveillance photos of an SUV in connection with a shots-fired call. They’re seeking information about the driver of a 2002-2010 white Ford Explorer. The call, in the 900 block of 17th Street South, was on September 23. Police have not given any additional information on their investigation. Anyone with information is urged to…