WEST FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The Red River Valley Fair has chosen new racetrack leadership. Kevin Nathe is the Red River Valley Speedway’s new racetrack manager. Duane Peterson will join Nathe as race director. Nathe has decades of experience in racing, including as a race car driver and as the former owner of Buffalo River Race Park. Peterson also has experience…
Scientists with the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center survey prairie potholes in Wells County, North Dakota, in 2023. The center is facing federal staff cuts. (Photo courtesy of Owen McKenna/Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center)JAMESTOWN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A federally funded wildlife research center in North Dakota has been targeted for layoffs, putting its survival in question. The Interior…
eve-jennings-taalakWEST FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Sioux Falls woman is in jail after a police pursuit in West Fargo Wednesday morning. West Fargo Police say an officer tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation in the 200 block of 17th Street E. around 1:45 a.m. The driver tried getting away before an officer used a Pursuit Intervention Technique to…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota has enough money to keep paying Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in November if the federal government remains shut down, but the state is unable to load the funds onto people’s electronic payment cards, state officials said Tuesday. The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services is warning the public that…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Get ready for the holidays with Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome. The 12-piece band is hosting two holiday concerts called, “Have Yourself a Funky Little Christmas.” They are set for Friday December, 19th and Saturday, the 20th, both starting at 8 p.m. at Sanctuary Events Center in Fargo. Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 10 a.m….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are taken into custody at the Ramada Inn in Grand Forks. Jordan Groninger, 35, of Fargo, and 21-year-old Skye Larson, of Grand Forks, barricaded themselves inside of a room. The Grand Forks Regional SWAT team and Grand Forks Regional Crisis Negotiations team were each activated since they believed one of the two had…
FARGO — The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is getting a new tool, but this one helps them fight fires instead of criminals. The device is called a Fire Suppression Tool, or FST. It works by being thrown into a fire, where it creates a mist to suppress the fire. The manufacturer says the mist it deploys is safe the breath….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Firefighters Union and a group that represents several local labor unions is endorsing a petition that would change Fargo’s form of government. The petition created by two former city commissioners is gaining traction, with over halfway to their goal of 6,000 signatures. Fargo Firefighters Union President Ron Guggisberg explained why the union is supporting…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Many scrambled over to the Holiday Inn on Tuesday to get a taste of a freshly baked potato. The 26th annual RDO Caters Taters luncheon returned, with this year’s fundraising going to the Red River Children’s Advocacy Center. The organization works to provide healing and justice for children who have experienced abuse. Money raised will go…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) — The Bemidji Police Department has partnered with Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office to offer a $10,000 reward for information on a missing persons case. Nevaeh Kingbird went missing on October 22, 2021. Police and her family continue to search for her. It is believed Nevaeh was wearing either a black zip up hoody, or…
