MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Eventide Senior Living Communities has announced a merger with Nebraska-based Tabitha Senior Care. The affiliation is expected to become effective October 1, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the final agreement. Eventide will assume the role of the parent company. “We are excited to welcome Tabitha to the Eventide family. This strategic decision…
FARGO (KVRR) – State health officials in North Dakota and Minnesota are urging people with respiratory conditions, pregnant women, and children and older adults to limit outside activity. The smoke from wildfires in Canada and the western U.S. will move into the Red River Valley Wednesday afternoon and could linger into mid-day Thursday. People may see or smell the smoke…
North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe, center, speaks during a meeting of the State Canvassing Board on June 26, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The person in charge of North Dakota’s elections said he hopes a return to an “all hands on deck” policy by the U.S. Postal Service will prevent the postmarking problem…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Gateway Auto Group has confirmed in a social media post that it has purchased the property along Main Avenue that houses the now former Biltmore Hotel & Suites and O’Kelly’s. The hotel and bar closed at the end of business on August 31 after being in that spot for nearly 40 years. Employees say they were…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo city leaders have adopted an ordinance prohibiting camping on public property, but there was some dispute over a resolution to the ordinance. It includes several new priority enforcement areas and the intention to implement Housing First, a short-term solution that will precede the comprehensive long-term Housing First strategy. The vote was three to two in…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — There has been a measles outbreak in the Twin Cities. The state’s Department of Health says most cases are among unvaccinated kids in the Somali community. With 36 confirmed cases, 35 of them being people within the state and one visiting. About one-third of the patients were hospitalized. It is the biggest measles outbreak since 2017…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — In the last school year cost taxpayers over $446 million for deployment of officials to schools for situations such as bomb threats. Here in North Dakota it cost more than $103,000. “North Dakota for some reason appears to be on the list. You already exceeded last year’s threats. You’ve already exceeded the cost of last year’s…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — An 81-year-old man is dead after getting hit by a car while walking in the 1500 block of Randolph Road in Detroit Lakes. The man and the 19-year-old female driver of the car are both from Detroit Lakes. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened in the noon hour. The man died shortly after…
Geettoe KamaraFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is arrested as an accomplice to the murder of Sampson Bleh on August 23. Police say at the time of his arrest, 30-year-old Geettoe Kamara was already being held in Cass County Jail on drug charges. The shooting suspect, 34-year-old Leo Dartoe of Fargo is still on the run. Dartoe fled the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This might get you in the Christmas music mood. Mark your calendars and get your tickets for Pentatonix: Hallelujah! It’s A Christmas Tour. The Grammy and Emmy award winning a cappella group is coming to Fargodome on Sunday, December 15. They say it will be their biggest Christmas tour yet and includes a stop at New…
