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‘It was really cool’: High-rise taken down in downtown Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A historical part of the Fargo, city skyline came crumbling down. The Lashkowitz High-Rise was taken down to help development affordable housing for low-income families. This was done through an implosion. “It was quick. It was quicker than I expected. It was really cool and really quick.” said Kim Seidlinger, who witnessed the implosion. Hundreds and…

WATCH: The Lashkowitz High Rise implosion

FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo’s Lashkowitz High Rise Apartment Building, a part of the city’s skyline for five decades, was successfully imploded Saturday morning. It took about 500 pounds of explosives and just a few seconds to turn the building into a large pile of rubble. The shock wave from the blast rattled windows and could be heard for miles. It…

Healthcare companies connecting with NDSU students at job fair

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With a shortage of healthcare workers across the U.S., companies are becoming desperate and are looking to college students to help curb the workload. “We need everything. We have had a shortage of people who help clean up stuff and we’ve had to recruit that. We’ve a shortage of nurses right now, trying to get those…

Menahga school bus crash in Otter Tail County

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Authorities respond to a bus crash in Otter Tail County. The sheriff’s office says a Menahga school bus was on 470th Street at the County Road 19 intersection when it was hit by a truck pulling a livestock trailer shortly after 4 this afternoon. Both the bus and the truck ended up in the…

Why No Vikings vs Eagles Over-The-Air Broadcast Locally?

(KVRR/FOX21) — Many excited Minnesota Vikings fans are making plans to watch Thursday night’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. And, because KVRR and FOX21 broadcasts so many football games all season, we are being asked if we are going to air the Vikings/Eagles game. Unfortunately, the answer is no. But it’s not our choice! We are not allowed to broadcast…

Three Families And a Fargo Pediatrician Sue Over North Dakota’s Youth Trans Health Law

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — Three families and pediatrician Dr. Luis Casas of Fargo are suing North Dakota over the state’s new transgender Health Care Ban law. It was passed by more than two-thirds majority of both houses earlier this year and immediately made it a crime to give gender-affirming care to people younger than 18. The plaintiffs say the ban…