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Fundraiser started for North Dakota Indigenous communities amid pandemic

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The pandemic has taken a toll on everyone, but some are feeling the impact more than others. Broken infrastructure, chronic disease and limited health care are just some of the issues that have long faced Native communities. Adding a pandemic into the mix means those who were already vulnerable become even more so. “Even early on…

NDDOT releases new app to help make its services more easy and accessible

"ND Drive" was released on Tuesday, and it's off to a good start

NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Transportation has launched a new app called ND Drive. It lets you do almost everything you would do at the DMV without going in. For things like license and registration renewals, address changes and paying fees, the app makes it easier. For the times you do have to go into the…

UPDATE: Names released in South Fargo murder-suicide fire

UPDATE: Fargo Police have identified the victim in Tuesday’s murder-suicide as 49-year-old Angela Juven of Fargo. Authorities say she is believed to have been killed by 54-year-old Joel Graf of Fargo who was also found dead. The son of a woman who owns the home started a GoFundMe for living expenses. Click here to donate.   FARGO (KVRR) – Two…

Drekker Brewing plans major Brewhalla expansion in Fargo

FARGO (KVRR) – Drekker Brewing of Fargo is planning a multi-million dollar expansion of its Brewhalla, including a food hall, event center, hotel and apartments. Drekker says the facility will include a 24-room boutique hotel, two large event halls that can each host about 400 guests for weddings, conferences, meetings and festivals. Some of the featured items include pizza, ice…

Video: UND, NWS Launch Weather Balloon Into Blizzard

Some People Embrace The Worst Of Winter Weather In The Name Of Science

  GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – How are you spending this blizzard morning? Hunkering down inside under a blanket?Because in the northern valley, weather scientists are right in the thick of it. Alexandra Kent with the National Weather Service and UND Associate Professor in Atmospheric Sciences Aaron Kennedy launched a weather balloon into this blizzard around 4 a.m. Wednesday. The…

‘You just can’t see’ Blizzard warning continues for Red River Valley

Blizzard 12/23/2020 (NDHP)FARGO (KVRR) – High winds and snow are causing plenty of travel difficulties throughout eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says I-94 is mostly clear in the Mapleton area, but visibility is near zero.  “You just can’t see” according to Capt. Bryan Niewind, who says if you don’t need to travel, stay home….

Sanford Health updates on COVID-19 vaccine distribution

The major health system talked over a Zoom call

FARGO, N.D.- Sanford Health is giving us new details on the COVID-19 vaccine. Sanford says it will continue to see rollouts of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines through the end of the month and into the new year. Healthcare workers are still being vaccinated as the first part of its plan. Out of the health care system’s almost 10,000 employees,…

First week of COVID-19 immunizations has wrapped up in North Dakota

The state has received 21,000 total doses, with 7,800 from Pfizer and 13,200 from Moderna

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — 8,463 of vulnerable North Dakotans, including health care workers and people living in long term care facilities, have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. “So far, things are definitely going as expected. We still have to get to additional priority groups, but so far I think the first week went well,” says North Dakota…

Teachers get pied as a reward for students who donated to Great Plains Food Bank

A group of Eight graders got to participate due to their contributions.

FARGO, N.D. – Students at Carl Ben Eielson Middle School have a sweet day with their teachers as a celebration of their work with charities. Students donated more than three thousand dollars to Great Plains Food Bank in its “Coin War.” Students would put coins in their team’s jar as positive points and bills in other teams’ jars as negative…

Watch: Man uses ax to vandalize Hoeven’s downtown Fargo office

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED

FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo Police say they’ve positively identified a man who used an ax to vandalize Sen. John Hoeven’s downtown office. Police were called to Hoeven’s office in the Skyway at 123 Broadway, Suite 201, shortly after 9:00 a.m. Monday. Video shows the male suspect walk up the stairs towards Hoeven’s office and smash two windows with an ax….