FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A major road construction project begins Monday in Fargo that will last into 2025. The 32nd Avenue South reconstruction project is divided into two segments. Reconstruction between 32nd Street and 22nd Street will begin on Monday and last through fall. Segment two from 22nd Street through University Drive begins in 2024 and ends in 2025. Sections…
BRECKENRIDGE, M.N. (KVRR) — The rapid melt continues and that is leaving some roads partially or totally covered in flood water. That includes a section of Wilkin County Road 16 northeast of Breckenridge. Crews are working to locate, barricade and flag troubled spots in the county. The scene of flooded fields and impassable roads was the normal in some spots…
CLAY CO., Minn. (KVRR) — This is just one more example of overland flooding that is impacting the region. This video from Clay County Sheriff’s Office is from Country Classic Cabinets, west of Barnesville and south of I-94. In a social media post, they say they switched from saws & sanders on Wednesday to shovels and sand bags. But the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A Montana woman is sentenced in North Dakota for draining her in-laws life savings. Fifty-seven-year-old Carol Feist of Whitehall was given over 5 years in federal prison and will have to repay $134,000 for committing bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors say Feist pretended to be her elderly mother-in-law when she called U.S. Bank in…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A fire that killed two pets and displaced a person Tuesday night in Grand Forks has been classified as accidental. An investigation found that it was caused by the failure of an overloaded extension cord. It overheated and ignited nearby combustible materials. There is major damage to the living room and basement with smoke and…
Rockne Earles (wearing goggles)WASHINGTON (KVRR-KFGO) – A former Oriska, North Dakota man, now living in New Mexico, has been arrested on federal charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Sixty-two-year-old Rockne Earles is charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, and civil disorder, all felonies. He also faces misdemeanor charges. Prosecutors say Earles grabbed and…
“The only thing she will get into is your heart.” That’s what 4 Luv of Dog Rescue Foster Coordinator Amy Gore says about this week’s irresistible Pet Connection pup, Elsie. Their best guess is that she’s a rottweiler mix. Elsie is just two months old, and the runt of the litter, but she’s already got an outsized personality. She’s…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A driver is arrested for DUI after a fatal crash with a motorcycle on Main Avenue in West Fargo. Highway Patrol says 28-year-old Taquoya Saldana of West Fargo crashed into a motorcycle driven by 31-year-old Thomas Fradet of Fargo while he was attempting to turn onto 17th Street East. Fradet was thrown from his motorcycle…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Some nonprofits are disappointed in Governor Doug Burgum for signing two transgender athlete bans into law. Two house bills in the North Dakota legislature prohibit transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in K-12 and college. The Biden administration recently proposed a rule to forbid outright bans on transgender athletes. “It’s interesting that this…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Keep Nurses at the Bedside Act would create committees made up of health care workers and management to set staffing levels on a unit-by-unit basis depending on a hospital. It puts a maximum on the number of patients for a nurse. The C-E-O of the M-H-A says there are already at least five thousand openings for nurses…
