MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Moorhead assisted living facility that was sanctioned by the Minnesota Department of Health earlier this year has been fined again. In March, Farmstead Care was fined $1,000 and given a conditional 90-day license after a resident fell multiple times and suffered severe bruising, including two brain bleeds. The facility was given until June 9 to…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Red River Valley Fair has food, rides, and nightly concerts, but they also have some amazing animals. For animal lovers, there’s great opportunities to check out the goats and turkeys, snag a camel ride, or watch some death-defying dogs. And new to the fairgrounds this year is the Moo-turnity Ward. The calf birthing center…
Annual Doggy DipMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The wading pool at South Park near Ellen Hopkins School won’t be opening for the summer. The City of Moorhead Parks and Recreation Department says the pool is beyond reasonable repair due to persistent leaks and failing concrete and needs to be demolished. The Park Advisory Board will review long-range planning for aquatics in…
Courtesy, Doug ZinkCARRINGTON, N.D. (KVRR) — Cleanup continues on a train derailment that happened Friday near Carrington, North Dakota. More than 20 Canadian Pacific train cars carrying hazardous material went off the tracks. Fire crews have extinguished most of the fire. Crews are working to complete the removal and isolation of the derailed rail cars containing methanol, anhydrous ammonia and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Authorities have identified the people involved in a two-vehicle crash on the Fourth of July. It happened at the intersection of 25th Street South and 13th Avenue South in Fargo shortly after 10:30 Thursday night. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 47-year-old Jason Short of Fargo was driving a motorcycle on 13th Avenue when he went through…
UPDATE: Silver Alert canceled but woman is still missing. ARTHUR, N.D. (KVRR) — The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is still searching for a missing vulnerable person. Around 10 Friday night, deputies were dispatched to Arthur and notified that 48-year-old Leita Golden was missing. She was last seen on July 5th, around 12:45 p.m., walking southbound away from the…
CARRINGTON, N.D. (KVRR) – A Canadian Pacific train carrying hazardous material derailed early Friday near Carrington, North Dakota. Foster County Emergency Manager Andrew Kirking says the derailment involved more than 20 rail cars. The type of hazardous materials involved was not immediately identified. Some of the cars caught fire during the incident. Kirking says the crew is safe and there…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man’s body was found in the Red River in Fargo Thursday shortly before 10 p.m. Police and Fargo and Moorhead firefighters responded after a passerby made a 911 call and reported seeing a person in the river. A police officer found the body near the 1400 block of Elm Street North. The victim’s name is not…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – West Fargo firefighters responded to a fire at a home at 3008 7th Street East at 3:19 a.m. Friday. Fire Chief Dan Fuller says a passerby thought it was a bonfire at first but realized it was a fire burning up against the house and waking up the residents living there. Fuller says there are…
NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago gobbled down 58 hot dogs to win his first men’s title Thursday at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, taking advantage of the absence of the event’s biggest star. Bertoletti won in a tight, 10-minute race where the leader bounced back and forth. The 39-year-old Bertoletti defeated 13 competitors…
