FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – The North Broadway Bridge that links Fargo with rural Clay County has been closed Indefinitely after routine inspection found a tilt to one of its piers. City Engineer Jeremy Gorden said soil from the river embankment pushed onto the north pier and caused it to lean. “While it’s not tipping to the point where it’s going to…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – The North Dakota House has approved a bill that could mean the state would not have to enforce federal laws it doesn’t agree with. The measure sets up a committee to review the federal laws in question, and then make a recommendation to the full Legislature on whether those laws will be followed or not. Opponents…
HANKINSON, N.D. – There are no injuries after a house fire in Hankinson. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says firefighters responded to the house fire just before 9 p.m. Wednesday on the 200 block of 1st Street NE. One man inside the house when the fire started got out unharmed. The fire remains under investigation. There is no word on how…
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota’s Covid-19 numbers have improved a lot since the state’s surge in November. According to Governor Doug Burgum, North Dakota has 89 percent fewer coronavirus hospitalizations since then with 34 now. White House information shows the state is the lowest in the country in seven day positivity rate and 48th in deaths per capita. The Centers…
FARGO, N.D. — A Moorhead woman has died from her injuries in a crash last month near Kindred. Highway Patrol reports 45-year-old Kandyce Blumhagen died last Friday at Sanford Health in Fargo. Blumhagen’s vehicle and another vehicle crashed head on on Highway 46 in the early evening hours of January 12th. The other driver, 49-year-old Alan Peterson of Forman, was…
FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo man enters not guilty pleas to a number of counts after the death of his girlfriend. 27-year-old Cody Plumlee is charged with the murder of Kirsten Knaus. Court documents say he pushed her down the stairs after she struck him in the head with a frying pan during an argument over car keys. She was…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – An advocacy group wants North Dakota lawmakers to make the legislature’s redistricting process “open and accessible” to everyone. “North Dakota Voters First” is opposing a bill that would exempt draft versions of redistricting maps from state open records laws. Spokesperson Ellen Chaffee says the bill keeps early versions of legislative maps secret. She says that’s unacceptable…
WASHINGTON – Federal authorities are investigating a massive counterfeit N95 mask operation in which fake 3M masks were sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities and government agencies. The foreign-made knockoffs are becoming increasingly difficult to spot and could put health care workers at grave risk for the coronavirus. A federal official says these masks are giving…
FM Diversion FARGO, N.D. – Supporters of the FM Area Diversion say a decision by a Minnesota agency to reject an appeal of a permit it issued in 2018 should remove one of the last hurdles to building the channel. The Metro Flood Diversion Authority says the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announcement opens the door to discussions with affected…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – A bill requiring North Dakota’s Presidential electors to cast their ballots for the candidate who won the state’s popular vote is making its way through the Legislature. Right now, the state does not have such a law. Former GOP State Senator John Olson was an elector in 2016, when Donald Trump won the state. Olson says…
