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Fourth Graders Take In A Day At The Symphony at Concordia College

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Area fourth graders get a taste of the symphony at Concordia College. Memorial Auditorium hosting three “Young People’s Concerts” performed by the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra. For many of these kids, it’s their first experience hearing a live symphony orchestra. It’s also the age when kids are choosing which instrument they will play in their school music…

Open House Planned for Input on Noise Issues In City of Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo city leaders are looking into cracking down on loud vehicles and other amplified sound issues. During last week’s city commission meeting, Commissioner Arlette Preston asked the police chief and city attorney to research what would be required to enforce the laws against illegally altered vehicles. Preston says she has heard complaints from a number of people…

Two Men Appear in Court Accused of Selling Fentanyl To An Undercover Officer in Halstad, MN

Charlee Fugleberg and Karl LeclairNORMAN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two men are arrested after one of them sold 75 M30 fentanyl pills to an undercover officer in Halstad, Minnesota. Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force arrested Charlee Fugleberg last Thursday on drug charges. They also arrested his driver, Karl Leclair, who admitted to smoking fentanyl on the way to the…

Future use of A.I. in Cass County

FARGO, N.D. – (KVRR) – Government officials gathered to discuss the future of artificial intelligence in Cass County. These leaders talked about the opportunities, challenges and the need for caution in the use of A.I. According to the Department of Technology for the Cass County Government, the use of A.I. in the county has ramped up rapidly within the last…

American Crystal Sugar fined $350,000 for environmental violations

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says American Crystal Sugar Company violated several air quality conditions, including releasing more hydrogen sulfide and particulate matter than its permit allows. The violations occurred between 2020 and 2022 at its sugar beet processing facility in East Grand Forks, Minn. The MPCA says American Crystal failed to properly operate…

State Senator Releases Statement After Being Charged With Breaking Into Stepmother’s Detroit Lakes House

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — State Senator Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, Minnesota has been charged with burglary for breaking into her stepmother’s house in Detroit Lakes and made her first appearance. She was released without bail on terms of having no contact with her stepmother and obeying a restraining order. Mitchell told police she…