Courtesy: Gov. Doug Burgum’s OfficeBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is taking a break from the presidential campaign trail on Monday to visit North Dakota National Guard soldiers helping secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Burgum is commander-in-chief of the state’s National Guard. He will visit around 100 members of the Wahpeton-based 188th Engineer Company in Texas. The group began a…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Three days and nights of country music and camping comes to an end at Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes. WE Fest’s final headliner, Kane Brown, hit the stage around 11 Saturday night due to a rain delay. Organizers issued a shelter in place around 8:30 due to the threat of weather. But the show…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) – It’s America’s pastime. From the perfectly manicured fields. To the smell of hamburgers and hot dogs. And of course, hearing the crack of the…plastic?! “When we were probably 20 years old, we said you know we need to go settle some of these younger rivalries, and let’s do a little tournament. Get our buddies back…
FARGO – The city of Fargo is suing the state of North Dakota over a new law that bans zoning ordinances related to guns and ammunition, continuing a clash over local gun control. The city has an ordinance that bans people from selling guns and ammunition out of their homes. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a law this year that limits…
He wrote “All the world’s a stage” But this weekend, the stage for his work is in the northern Valley. These are just some of the people bringing William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” to life this year for the North Dakota Shakespeare Festival. They performed a scene for us live on the KVRR morning show this morning. Their final shows…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – A train derailment has roads closed off in Otter Tail County Friday morning. The Sheriff’s Office responded to a derailment just before midnight on the east side of Highway 10 near the intersection of County Highway 60 in Gorman Township. That’s in between Frazee and Perham. The Sheriff’s Office did not say how many…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A fire forced people out of their homes in an apartment building in Grand Forks overnight. Firefighters responded around 10:40 Thursday night to the 3700 block of Berkely Dr. The apartment building has 8 units on two floors. They found a fire in the kitchen of an upstairs apartment. Only that apartment has fire damage,…
GRAND FORKS, ND (KVRR) – Recently, members of congress heard testimony from three men in regards to unidentified aerial phenomena, and if they pose a threat to national security. UND professor Sherry Fieber-Beyer says there’s a chance that these recent encounters don’t come from our world. “Are we alone or are we one of many?” said Dr. Sherry Fieber-Beyer. UAPs…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — MSUM is commemorating one of the first black Civil War veterans in the area with a statue. Felix Battles was a Union soldier born into slavery in Tennessee and moved to Mississippi during his childhood. Sometime before 1860, he gained his freedom by likely escaping and moving north to Iowa. In 1864, he was one of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — As students begin preparing for the start of classes, the need for teachers in our region is still urgent. Earlier this week, North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board sent a letter to Gov. Burgum asking him to declare a teacher crisis. There are nine teacher openings in West Fargo Public schools and eighteen openings at…
