FARGO — Your weight and fitness might be on your mind with summer activities coming into focus soon. And the connection between weight, the human mind and the new class of weight-loss drugs on the market is on Concordia researchers’ minds, too. Dr. Betsy Cogan is looking for volunteers in their 50s to 70s, both weight-loss users and non-users alike,…
UPDATE: The victim is identified as Judy Rusten. THOMPSON, N.D. – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says an 83-year-old Aneta, North Dakota woman was killed in a wrong-way crash on I-29 about two miles north of Thompson on Monday afternoon. She was driving an SUV that collided head-on with a pickup. The woman was going south in the northbound lanes….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — We’re learning more about North Dakota’s first confirmed measles cases since 2011. All four are in Williams County and involve people who were not vaccinated. State health officials are keeping details about the cases to a minimum to protect the patient’s privacy. They say across the state, toddlers are about eighty percent vaccinated. Incoming kindergarteners are…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota is already on trip number 20 with 100 veterans. KVRR’s Juliana Pelaez and Photographer Eric Bolin are with the veterans in Washington, D.C. on day two. July 4, 1776 the United States of America was officially founded. And today, veterans were able to see those documents first hand. “It’s really…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Interstate speeds are going up across North Dakota on August 1. Gov. Kelly Armstrong has signed a bill raising the speed limit from 75 to 80-miles-per-hour. The legislation also raises fines for speeding. Armstrong says he believes that the speed limit increase strikes a reasonable balance with neighboring states and raising fines should act as a…
FARGO — If you think you’re an introvert and the world is sort of stacked against you… it might not be your imagination. But counselors say you can take on the world and hack your personality traits to help you flourish in a world geared toward extroverts. That’s the focus of a new, in-person workshop coming up at Concordia College….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Two teens facing a laundry list of charges for a shooting near Americas Best Value Inn in Grand Forks have preliminary hearings in court. The hearing for 16-year-old Mason Allery was waved and he’ll be back in court on July 31. The hearing for 18-year-old Walker Poitra was moved to June 20. Both teens are…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Firefighters were called to a fire in a mobile home park Monday morning in north Fargo. The fire started outside a mobile home at 245 Circle Dr. N, near the wastewater treatment plant. When crews arrived on scene, the fire had begun to damage the siding and insulation of the trailer, however it was extinguished…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Veterans and volunteers join together for the latest Honor Flight to the nation’s capitol. Many in the group served in Vietnam. The group took off Sunday morning from Hector International Airport and will be gone for two nights. It was an early rainy start of the first day of the honor flight, but these veterans were ready…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The former executive director of Presentation Partners In Housing in Fargo is accused of embezzling over $200,000 from the non-profit. Court records show Cheri Gerken of Moorhead was fired after a private forensic accountant found she had used her company credit card for unauthorized purchases from 2019 to 2023. Gerken has been charged with felony theft…
