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LIVE: Student Designers Show Off Their Skills In Competition At Home & Garden Show

A brand new display at this year's Home and Garden show is letting design students show off their work for the entire metro

February 23, 2024

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FARGO, N.D. A brand new display at this year’s Home and Garden show is letting design students show off their work for the entire metro. The “Inspired Spaces” showcase lets teams of NDSU design students create their own flex spaces. Flex spaces are small areas in a home that you might not know what to do with. Each team…

LIVE: Home & Garden Show Arrives For That Early Spring Home Spruce-Up

Home is where the heart is. Find out ways to give your heart the home it deserves this weekend at the Fargodome

February 23, 2024

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Home is where the heart is. Find out ways to give your heart the home it deserves this weekend at the Fargodome. The Builder’s Industry Association is hosting the 62nd annual Red River Valley Home and Garden Show now through Sunday. You can find pretty much anything and everything to renovate the inside or outside…

FCC may create emergency code for missing indigenous persons

February 23, 2024

KVRR Staff,

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Federal Communications Commission has announced a proposal to create a new emergency alert for missing and endangered people. The agency said the Emergency Alert System, which delivers emergency information over television and radio, would “provide timely alerts to galvanize public attention to missing native and indigenous persons, as well as other groups, and build on efforts…

Fire Engulfs Home In Richland County

Five fire departments battled a house fire about 10 miles south of Kindred, North Dakota, Thursday evening

February 23, 2024

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KINDRED, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – Five fire departments battled a house fire about 10 miles south of Kindred, North Dakota, Thursday evening. The fire was reported around 5:30 p.m. at 5590 Highway 18 Northwest. The first fire units on the scene found the one-story home engulfed in flames. Firefighters were able to rescue a small dog from the home. There were…

Video made by anti-abortion group being used in sex-education classes in Fargo

February 22, 2024

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A video provided by an anti-abortion group known as Live Action, is being shown in schools across North Dakota, and it is being used in Fargo Public Schools for sex education. The video is of fetal development called ‘Baby Olivia’. “We are well aware our video is being played in classrooms in North Dakota,” said Christina…

Public Health offering resources to help those fighting smokeless tobacco addiction

February 22, 2024

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Cass Public Health is encouraging smokeless tobacco users to quit during ‘Through with Chew’ week. Smokeless tobacco and oral nicotine are harmful according to health officials as both contain a number of cancer-causing chemicals. Smokeless tobacco can cause cancer of the mouth, gum disease and tooth loss. Public Health is offering a Break Away…

Fake ID operation busted in Fargo

February 22, 2024

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A large fake ID operation was busted by police in Fargo this month. 19-year-old Blaise Bitz of Fargo, a student at NDSU, was arrested for selling over 500 fake IDs and making over $40,000 in profit. Bitz was charged with felony counterfeiting and felony illegal control of an enterprise. Fargo Police says they were made aware…

Year-Round Higher Blend of Ethanol Approved in 8 Midwestern States

February 22, 2024

KVRR Staff,

DES MOINES, Iowa (KVRR/AP) — Drivers in eight Midwestern states will be able to fuel up with a higher blend of ethanol throughout the year under a rule announced by the E-P-A. It takes effect in April 2025 in Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin. Those states grow the bulk of the corn crop and are…

Sen. Kevin Cramer Is Running for a Second Term

February 22, 2024

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BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — Sen. Kevin Cramer is seeking reelection. In a video released Thursday, the first-term Republican senator announced his plans. He was first elected in 2018 in a closely watched race against then-Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in North Dakota. Cramer, a staunch Donald Trump ally, held North Dakota’s single seat in the U.S. House…

NDSU Student Who Made $40,000 Selling Fake IDs Arrested in Fargo

February 22, 2024

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo teen has been arrested for selling counterfeit identification cards to minors. Police say they began investigating the case in September 2023. They obtained several warrants and determined that 19-year-old Blaise Bitz sold more than 500 fake IDs to minors, profiting more than $40,000 in the scheme. A search of Bitz’s home in the 1200 block…