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West Fargo Mayoral, City Commission Candidates Participate in Forum

They were asked a variety of questions on what's best for the city

WEST FARGO, N.D. — The Chamber hosted a forum for the candidates of West Fargo mayor and City Commission. The candidates were asked questions about special assessments, the F–M diversion, a bond for the school district, and the future of the city. Current Mayor Rich Mattern and Bernie Dardis are facing off for the position of mayor. On the topic of…

Gov. Burgum Holds Second Annual Summit on Innovative Education

It focused on creating personalized lessons for students

HUNTER, N.D. — Governor Burgum’s Second Annual Innovation Education Summit not only celebrates students and educators across the state for what they do every day. It also highlights what needs to change in North Dakota’s education system. Fargo South sophomore Abrar Sharfi didn’t just sit by when she saw something she didn’t like at her school. Instead, she changed it. “Fargo…

DFL Endorsed Candidate for Governor Erin Murphy Visits Moorhead

Murphy was also endorsed by Gov. Mark Dayton

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Minnesota candidate for governor, State Representative Erin Murphy makes a stop in Moorhead to share her views with voters. Murphy just clinched the DFL’s endorsement. Her platform focuses on education, economic security and affordable health care. Murphy says she also recognizes the importance of the F–M Diversion Project and the impact it could have on Minnesotans’ farmland. Minnesota…

Great Plains Food Bank Receives $102,000 Donation from CHS

The food bank has received more than $885,000 from CHS since 2011

FARGO, N.D. — Great Plains Food Bank received a big boost from the Northland Region of CHS Country Operations. They donated over $102,000 to help out several food pantries across North Dakota. Ever since 2011, CHS, the nation’s leading farmer–owned cooperative, has donated over $880,000 to the Great Plains Food Bank. The partnership is fueled by the cooperative’s initiative to eradicate…

North Dakota Couple Gets Really Close To A Brown Bear

Marv Narum's Wife Deb Snapped The Picture

MICHIGAN, N.D. — A Michigan, North Dakota man had a really close encounter with a bear. A neighbor told Marv Narum Thursday morning that a bear was spotted on his property. Narum got into his pickup and as you can see he found that bear. He estimated it was around 6 feet tall and weighed 300 pounds. The brown bear…

New Town Man Indicted For Murder

Donovan Duchaine is charged with second-degree murder and assault with a dangerous weapon

BISMARCK, N.D. — A New Town man has been indicted in the stabbing death of a man on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. 26-year-old Donovan Duchaine is charged with second-degree murder and assault with a dangerous weapon for the death of 29-year-old David Rios, also of New Town. Duchaine is accused of stabbing Rios outside a home in New Town…

Clay County’s Top Prosecutor Is Being Deployed For Second Time Since 2006

Brian Melton is a colonel in the Minnesota National Guard

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Clay County Attorney Brian Melton is being deployed to Kuwait. He says part of the mission involves administering intelligence information. Melton is a colonel in the Minnesota National Guard. He will be away for about a year, beginning in late September or early October. It’ll be the second time he’s been deployed since he was first elected…

No More Stings To Make Low-Level Marijuana Arrests In Minneapolis

46 of 47 people arrested in sting operations from January 24 to May 24 were black

Police Chief Medaria ArradondoMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Police in Minneapolis will stop stings to arrest people on low-level marijuana charges. The police chief announced the new policy at the direction of Mayor Jacob Frey. It follows a report by the Hennepin County public defender’s office that 46 of 47 people arrested in sting operations from January 24 to May 24 were…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Tina

I wish they all could be California girls.

If you saw this pretty girl hanging out hitchhiking on the side of the road somewhere in California, you’d probably give her a ride, too. Tina and 4 Luv of Dog founder Kish Hilmert went on a little road trip of their own from Tina’s foster home to our studios to talk live with the KVRR Morning Show’s Emily Welker….

Richland 44 Hires Britney Gandhi as New High School Principal

Britney Gandhi previously served as Principal of Mountain Vista Community School in Colorado Springs

COLFAX, N.D. — In a special board meeting Thursday morning, the Richland 44 School Board unanimously approved Britney Gandhi as the new Principal of Richland Junior/Senior High School effective August 8. Gandhi comes to the district after serving as the Principal of Mountain Vista Community School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Before her time in Colorado Springs, she was an elementary…