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Legislature sends bill to raise North Dakota speed limit to governor

May 2, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Vehicles travel on Interstate 94 in Fargo on Dec. 23, 2023. (Amy Dalrymple/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — After pumping the brakes on increasing the speed limit to 80 mph on North Dakota interstate highways in the morning, the state House changed its mind Thursday evening. The House voted 54-36 to pass House Bill 1298, which would increase the…

May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S.

Healthcare providers say North Dakota faces a unique set of obstacles when it comes to providing adequate mental health resources.

May 1, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Most people are aware that gloomy weather can put a damper on one’s mood. But, in North Dakota, the compounding effects stretch further than that. Some people have to drive hours upon hours for specialized treatment, which can become impossible depending on road conditions in the wintry months. “We do have patients that travel all over…

Fargo Center For Dermatology Provides Free Skin Consultation For Skin Cancer Awareness Month

May 1, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and all hands are on deck at Fargo Center for Dermatology. For the past 16 years, the dermatology clinic has offered a free skin consultation service on May 1st. Students from NDSU and dermatologists from the clinic worked to provide consults for the dozens of people who signed up. The…

Nationwide May Day Protest Brings Over A Hundred People Together in Fargo

May 1, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Over a hundred people came together in solidarity at the Veterans Memorial Bridge to protest on this May Day. Striking with the thousands of others nationwide to demand for a change. “This May Day, we’re standing together to send a message loud and clear across the country and the globe. We’re united in our resolve to…

32nd Avenue Project Approaches Phase Two

Engineers say they've made good progress thanks to a mild winter allowing them an early start.

May 1, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. – The 32nd Avenue reconstruction project in Fargo is just about ready to move on to its next phase. City officials say that the project is progressing well thanks to a mild winter that allowed for an earlier start date. As such, phase 1 of the four-part total reconstruction is nearly complete. Phase 2 begins Monday, May 5….

Minnesota State Trooper charged with production of child porn

May 1, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — A Minnesota state trooper has been charged in federal court with production of child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Jeremy Plonski was arrested and will remain in custody pending a detention hearing. He was taken to the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, which has a contract to hold federal prisoners. The patrol says…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Lavina

May 1, 2025

Emily Welker,

FARGO — It’s our favorite day of the week again, and this week’s Pet Connection cutie is Lavina the domestic shorthair tabby, who came all the way with foster mom Samantha Becker to our studio from Polk County, Minnesota. Lavina came in to Smiley’s Rescue as a baby, along with all her littermates. She is the last of her brothers…

North Dakota House kills bill to increase speed limit to 80 mph on interstates

May 1, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The North Dakota House kills an amended bill that would’ve increased the speed limit on interstates to 80 miles per hour. It was a close vote of 46 to 45. Forty-eight votes were needed for the bill to move on. The bill would’ve also fined speeders $5 for every mile per hour over the speed limit…

Winning $100,000 Powerball ticket sold in Jamestown

May 1, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — It is the start of a new month and someone is $100,000 richer. The lucky Powerball ticket with Power Play was sold at a Hugo’s in Jamestown. The winning numbers were 1, 2, 3, 57, 59, and the Powerball was 9. That store will get a $2,000 bonus for selling the ticket. Check your purses and wallets….

Fargo Man Arrested After Head-On Crash In South Fargo Injures Two

May 1, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – A 20-year-old Fargo man was arrested after a head-on crash in Fargo Thursday morning. Lt. Shane Aberle says officers responded to a two-vehicle crash at 15 1/2 Avenue S. and University Drive around 3:45 a.m. Witnesses told officers a vehicle moving at a high rate of speed crossed the center line and crashed into an oncoming vehicle….