WEST FARGO (KFGO) — This year’s Red River Valley Fair in West Fargo was the second best attended in the fair’s history. The fair says 143,740 people attended. Lauren Daigle and Josiah Queen and Nick Hall, presented by Pulse ND, drew a crowd of 12,800 people to close out the fair on Sunday. Sarah Bunyea, a spokesperson for Pulse North Dakota, called…
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — An active shooter training exercise will take over Northern Cass School in Hunter, North Dakota on Tuesday night. Cass County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting the training and says don’t be alarmed if you see law enforcement in that area between 6 and 10 p.m. They’ll be carrying firearms and there will be loud noises…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A quick programming note: KVRR Local News at 6 will be on a half hour earlier Tuesday night, July 15, so that FOX can bring us the All-Star Pregame at 6 followed by the All-Star game from Atlanta at 7. We’ll see you at 5:30 and after the game Tuesday night. Categories: Local News, North…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man is dead after suffering a medical emergency on Pelican Lake over the weekend. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says it happened Saturday before 4 p.m. in Northwestern Otter Tail County. The 61-year-old man was pulling an anchor from a boat when he went into the water unresponsive. He was pulled from…
FARGO — They say clothes make the man. But your volunteer efforts could help make life a little easier for some of the region’s kids having a tough time. Youthworks is a nonprofit that helps teens struggling with homelessness. Their August fundraiser “We’ve Got You Covered” supplies them with back-to-school clothing. They serve approximately 1,000 middle and high school kids…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sanford Ambulance paramedics can now give whole blood at the scene of serious injuries or on the way to the hospital. They say this move is vital to saving lives. Sanford Ambulance Medical Director Dr. Jason Van Valkenburg says, “By starting a transfusion within minutes of injury, we can stabilize severely bleeding patients long before they…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is working to add as many as 300 additional beds to its overburdened prison system over the next year. “We’re literally trying to lift up about, as far as I’m concerned, four mini prisons across the state all in the same year,” Department of Corrections and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Dr. Tom Strinden, husband of Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden of Fargo, died Sunday after a year-and-a-half battle against brain cancer. He was a partner at Bagan Strinden Vision and had an eye surgical practice in Fargo since 1995. Strinden received his medical degree from the UND School of Medicine and completed his Ophthalmology residency at the…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An abandoned outbuilding burns to the ground east of Ottertail, Minnesota on Friday night. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the owner of the property was burning a brush pile near the building when it caught on fire. Crews from Ottertail and New York Mills arrived to put the fire out. The building is…
UPDATE: As of 12:20 pm, a male is in custody and the shelter in place is cleared. MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A shelter-in-place advisory was issued for a south Moorhead neighborhood after a man fled a traffic stop and ran into a house, where a standoff with law enforcement continues. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says law enforcement attempted…
