BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – The North Dakota Senate has rejected a bill that would prohibit abortion clinics from operating within 30 miles of a school. Opponents of the measure say it would supersede the authority of local governments to make zoning decisions. Turtle Lake Republican Senator Howard Anderson says if the bill passed, the state would, in effect, be “banging…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) – East Grand Forks Water and Light received a request from grid operators asking customers to voluntarily reduce their consumption of electricity until Friday, Feb. 19 to help the stability of power system. Some methods of reducing electric consumption: Turn down electric heating 2-3 degrees. Limit amount of hot water usage. Limit use of washers,…
FARGO, ND — The mask mandate in the city of Fargo was extended until Monday, March 22. The Fargo City commission held a special meeting this afternoon to discuss extending the mandate past the planned expiration on Thursday, February 18. Last week the Fargo Cass Public Health Commission sent a letter to Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney requesting the extension. The…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz announces plans to return middle and high school students to the classroom. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News Tags: CLASSROOMS, COVID-19, GOV. TIM WALZ
(Fox News)(FOX NEWS) – Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced. Limbaugh’s wife, Kathryn, made the announcement on his radio show. The radio icon learned he…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz has updated Minnesota’s Safe Learning Plan to allow more middle and high school students to return the classroom. Beginning Monday, Feb. 22, all middle and high school students can return to the classroom for hybrid or in-person learning. Walz expects all schools to offer students some form of in-person learning by March…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – West Fargo city commissioners have approved an extension of the city mask strategy until May 3rd. The city is asking people to wear masks in public places and where social distancing isn’t possible, but there is no enforcement for those who don’t comply. Mayor Bernie Dardis said he had been sent a number of photos…
Minneapolis 3rd Precinct burns. May, 2020 ST. PAUL, Minn. – Owners of Twin Cities businesses that were raided and burned during the violent protests over the death of George Floyd are appealing to lawmakers for help with rebuilding. Several store owners in Minneapolis and St. Paul told members of the House Capital Investment Committee about the need for a proposed…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Senate has killed a bill seeking to ban companies such as Apple and Google from requiring app developers to exclusively use their app store and payment system. Only 11 of the chamber’s 47 senators voted in favor of the bill Wednesday. Republican Sen. Kyle Davison, of Fargo, said his bill sought to “level the…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — More rolling blackouts are possible Tuesday night until 10 o’clock and Wednesday morning in Moorhead. Tina Kooren is one of approximately 9,800 people in Moorhead impacted by Tuesday’s rolling blackouts. She runs a home daycare and when the power went out at 10 a.m., she had eight kids to look after. “My main concern was just the…
