FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — After a long and harsh winter, the arrival of summer was quick to hit the region. Well above average temperatures were seen during the month of June and even some records were shattered. “The average temperature, that is the difference between the highs and the lows, that was 74.8 and that was eight degrees above normal…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Downtown Fargo Street Fair is officially underway and the community is loving it so far! “If you can look around here, just the people next to me and the people around me, there are hundreds of vendors and they all offer these unique things. There’s people from Africa, there’s people from South America, there are…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A late afternoon thunderstorm brings hail to the metro and some minor flash flooding. Large hail is to blame for damage from Mapleton to the F-M area as that severe thunderstorms moved through the region. These snapshots are out of West Fargo where you can see hail stones from pea size to about quarter size. The…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The lieutenant for a Mexican Drug Cartel pleads guilty in Fargo to leading a major drug trafficking enterprise. 45-year-old Juan Sillas-Rocha of Tijuana also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in furtherance of the enterprise. He was indicted by a North Dakota grand jury way back in 2011. In September of last year after 11…
MOORHEAD — The sun is shining, the river is beckoning, and the time is right for a race. River Keepers is holding its annual kayak and canoe race “Race The Red” this coming Monday, July 17th. So far, the group’s had to postpone it twice this season because heavy rains have made the river swell and currents fast. That’s been…
PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR) — A Pelican Rapids woman is accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter. Charging documents say police arrived at 27-year-old Suad Ali’s home Monday night to find the girl lying on the living room floor, unresponsive. Ali was sitting on the couch, and a family member was kneeling over the child, shouting at her. The documents say…
ARTHUR, N.D. (KVRR) — A new grant program will hand out cash to grocery stores across rural North Dakota towns to increase food access. The new grant program is part of a North Dakota Senate bill which passed in April that allocates one million dollars to preserve rural grocery stores. The North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives started a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Overcrowding is still an issue for many animal shelters across the country. In fact, the issue is so bad that dogs are dying because shelters do not have the capacity or resources to help all of these animals. This is also true for our local animal shelters and pounds as they are desperately pleading for help….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — FM Trailbuilders are a group of over fifty volunteers maintaining trails in the F-M region. They manage trails by mowing them, picking up fallen branches, and doing other maintenance work. “We monitor three trail systems, two of them are located in Moorhead, one at MB Johnson Park, another in the central part of the town at…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Private and public services are planned for Mark Knutson. The executive director of the Fargo Marathon died Sunday in Detroit Lakes after he lost control of his bicycle and fell into the path of an oncoming pickup pulling a boat. He was just 53. A private family service will be held on Friday. A public Memorial…
