WHAPETON, N.D. (KVRR) – The public helps authorities find a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that left a woman with life-threatening injuries. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 7:40 Thursday night in the 400 block of 11th Avenue South in Wahpeton. A pickup hit a 20-year-old woman walking on the south side of the road. The driver…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The center is named after long time professor in the health science department, Dr. Ted Heimarck. Concordia Colleges President Colin Irvine said, “Behind me is a building that exists because he existed and that speaks to the impact he had on people that was so profound and so powerful that they’re willing to give their resources there…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — Law enforcement is looking for driver of a pickup that a female pedestrian near the Wahpeton airport and fled. That woman has life threatening injuries. It happened around 7:40 p.m. Be on the lookout for a dark colored, ¾ – 1 ton pickup with a loud exhaust. The pickup fled eastbound on 11th Ave South and…
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) House Majority LeaderWASHINGTON (AP/CNN) — Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker late Thursday after hardline holdouts refused to back the party’s nominee, throwing the GOP majority into deeper chaos with the chamber unable to function. Scalise told GOP colleagues at a closed-door evening meeting of his decision and pointedly declined to announce…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Essentia Health is looking to fill a number of positions so they’re hosting a hiring event. It will be held on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 pm. in the Grand Garden Ballroom at the Hilton Garden Inn in Fargo. Essentia Health-Fargo is hiring respiratory therapists, radiologic and surgical technologists, nutrition services, EMTs, environmental services, RNs,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The timeline for calling a special session of the North Dakota Legislature has been accelerated. The state Supreme Court ruled in September that the Office of Management and Budget appropriations bill was unconstitutional since it did not solely focus on the department’s budget. It said it would become void effective October 28. But today, the court…
CONCORD, N.D. (KVRR/AP/CNN) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has officially filed his candidacy for the 2024 New Hampshire primary. The Republican thanked the people of New Hampshire for picking presidents as the first in the nation primary. Candidates have until October 27 to sign up, and dozens are expected to do so in part because it’s relatively cheap and…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — An arrest warrant is out for a man identified as a suspect in the slashing of dozens of tires in Grand Forks. Police say 31-year-old Matthew Morris is wanted for felony criminal mischief. They have tied Morris to the damage of more than 50 vehicles earlier this month in an area from the 17 hundred…
GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — The second woman to serve as lieutenant governor of North Dakota has died. Rosemarie Myrdal served with Republican Gov. Ed Schafer from 1993 to 2000. She died Wednesday at the age of 94. Myrdal also represented District 11 in the North Dakota House from 1985 to 1992. Gov. Doug Burgum calls her a “tireless advocate” for…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – According to the U.S. Border Patrol, apprehensions have skyrocketed compared to last year in the Grand Forks sector. In 2021, there were 90, and in 2022 it was at 81, but through August of this year, there were 237 apprehensions involving the northern border, which is nearly a 250% increase. “More people are coming up…
