GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — People in Grand Forks are forced from their homes after a fire in the apartments above Sledster’s Food and Brew. It happened Saturday morning around 11. Fire crews arrived to find smoke coming from the top floor of the building and located the fire in one of the apartments on the third floor. The apartment…
FARGO (KVRR) – He’s a bone marrow donor from Grand Forks on his way next week to Washington D.C. to talk to Congress about changing our organ donation laws for the better. But first, he stopped by KVRR-TV to explain why. Cole Reimann is a young dad. He signed up in 2019 to become a bone marrow donor after hearing…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The Dakota Access Pipeline protests would not have mushroomed in size had law enforcement received better support from the federal government, a county sheriff tasked with managing the demonstrations testified. Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said during a federal trial that U.S. agencies ignored multiple requests from North Dakota for assistance during the protests…
Zeferino RangelFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – In April of 2020, Jamestown Police issued a warning to the public about a violent, high-risk sex offender who was living in the community. Not long after that, the offender, 52-year-old Zeferino Carlos Rangel, was hired by the local Subway sandwich shop in Jamestown to work as a supervisor on the closing shift. Two years later,…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Federal Communications Commission has announced a proposal to create a new emergency alert for missing and endangered people. The agency said the Emergency Alert System, which delivers emergency information over television and radio, would “provide timely alerts to galvanize public attention to missing native and indigenous persons, as well as other groups, and build on efforts…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A video provided by an anti-abortion group known as Live Action, is being shown in schools across North Dakota, and it is being used in Fargo Public Schools for sex education. The video is of fetal development called ‘Baby Olivia’. “We are well aware our video is being played in classrooms in North Dakota,” said Christina…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Cass Public Health is encouraging smokeless tobacco users to quit during ‘Through with Chew’ week. Smokeless tobacco and oral nicotine are harmful according to health officials as both contain a number of cancer-causing chemicals. Smokeless tobacco can cause cancer of the mouth, gum disease and tooth loss. Public Health is offering a Break Away…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A large fake ID operation was busted by police in Fargo this month. 19-year-old Blaise Bitz of Fargo, a student at NDSU, was arrested for selling over 500 fake IDs and making over $40,000 in profit. Bitz was charged with felony counterfeiting and felony illegal control of an enterprise. Fargo Police says they were made aware…
DES MOINES, Iowa (KVRR/AP) — Drivers in eight Midwestern states will be able to fuel up with a higher blend of ethanol throughout the year under a rule announced by the E-P-A. It takes effect in April 2025 in Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin. Those states grow the bulk of the corn crop and are…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — Sen. Kevin Cramer is seeking reelection. In a video released Thursday, the first-term Republican senator announced his plans. He was first elected in 2018 in a closely watched race against then-Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in North Dakota. Cramer, a staunch Donald Trump ally, held North Dakota’s single seat in the U.S. House…
