North Dakota News

Helicopters Used To Fight Fires On Turtle Mountain Reservation As Numerous Fires Burn In N.D.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Multiple resources are being deployed across North Dakota to respond to multiple ongoing fires. There are fires burning on Turtle Mountain Reservation and in north-central North Dakota. National Guard helicopters are being credited with saving homes. Only one abandoned trailer home is believed to have been lost. Gov. Armstrong has declared a statewide fire emergency as…

LIVE: Weight On Your Mind? This Study Might Want You

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: Victim ID In Deadly Wrong-Way Crash

The woman driving in the wrong direction died as a result of the collision, while the other driver was taken to the hospital.

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….

North Dakota Measles Cases Reach 4, All in Williams County

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…

Longtime Veteran Talks About Serving In Vietnam As He Tours D.C. on the Honor Flight

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…

Interstate Speed Limit Jumps to 80 MPH Starting In August In North Dakota

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…

LIVE: How to Hack Your World If You’re an Introvert (and it’s Stacked Against You)

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….

Fire damages mobile home in north Fargo

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…