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Water search underway at Elmwood Park in West Fargo

UPDATE: Traffic is blocked off as of 8:30 Wednesday night at 13th Avenue and River Street in West Fargo where a water recovery is underway. Fire crews and police continue searching for a possibly suicidal woman in the water. Some of the fire trucks have left the scene, but 13th Avenue West is closed from Sheyenne to Ninth Street. FM…

North Dakota COVID-19 cases drop 220, 16 deaths reported

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health on Wednesday reported 16 additional deaths from COVID-19. There are currently 4,554 active cases in the state, a decrease of 220 since Tuesday.  284 people are hospitalized. Cass County reported the largest number of new cases with 116. Categories: Coronavirus, Local News, Minnesota News, North Dakota News Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19,…

Small earthquake felt in northern South Dakota

BOWDLE, S.D. – The U.S. Geological Survey says it detected a small earthquake in northern South Dakota late Tuesday night. The USGS says the earthquake just before midnight registered at 3.2 on the Richter Scale, which is just above the threshold for feeling a tremor. The agency says three people within 15 miles of the epicenter near Bowdle reported feeling…

KFGO radio personality ‘struggling for his life’ with coronavirus

Bob HarrisFARGO (KVRR) – A longtime Fargo radio personality is hospitalized in critical condition with complications from COVID-19. KFGO radio’s Bob Harris was admitted to the hospital on Thanksgiving Day, according to Harris’s sister, Jeanie Smith. “He is basically in a coma” Smith said. Harris went into cardiac arrest twice and remains unconscious and intubated, although doctors believe his lungs…

Man arrested after standoff in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. – Fargo police arrested a man after an hours-long stand-off. Officers were sent to a disturbance at 2516 8th Street North around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Jeffrey Loraus, 36,  was reportedly using pepper spray and threatening to kill people with a knife. Loraus barricaded himself in his apartment and after more than four hours of refusing to communicate with…

Minnesota can expect phase one of vaccine distributions as early as next week

Even with a vaccine in site, the governor insists precautionary measures still must be taken.

MINNESOTA – Governor Tim Walz discusses Minnesota’s plan for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations in the state. “Exactly how long we’re going to need to be keeping six feet apart and avoiding close crowds and wearing masks – we don’t know any of that yet,” says  Minnesota Health Department Commissioner Jan Malcolm. What we know is the state of Minnesota…

Fargo School Board changes Woodrow Wilson High School to Dakota High School

Board members made the decision at Tuesday's School Board Meeting

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — What has stood in Fargo as Woodrow Wilson High School for years is now Dakota High School. “We know we’re giving the school a new name because we have to, but beyond that, why? What are we really hoping is going to happen as a result of a new name?” asks Fargo School Board President Rebecca…

Heitkamp Passed Over For Ag Secretary

Heidi Heitkamp/Tom VilsackWASHINGTON (KVRR) – Former North Dakota U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp is no long being considered for Agriculture Secretary. President-elect Joe Biden selected former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to return to the spot he held during the Obama administration. Vilsack spent eight years as head of USDA and served two terms as Iowa governor. Biden nominated Ohio Rep. Marcia…

Minnesota face mask makes Time Magazine’s 2020 best invention list

Breathe99 designed a B2 mask they say filters 99% of common contaminants and reduces filter cost and waste by half.

This is the lastest model of the B2 mask.MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota Company is recognized by Time Magazine as having one of the best inventions of 2020. The idea to design a mask came years before the pandemic hit when Max Bock-Aronson was studying abroad in Singapore in 2013. “I started to notice that when I would go on runs…