FARGO — It’s one of the best-known love stories of page, stage and screen, and whether you realize it or not, you probably know the music. And its enduring popularity is why the artists of the Fargo-Moorhead Opera are bringing Verdi’s “La Traviata” to the metro stage. It’s the story of a scarlet woman who falls in love with a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Midco announces the next phase of its multi-year Fiber Forward initiative. This $18 million investment in fiber network upgrades will bring faster internet and better security to homes and businesses across the Fargo area. $7.6 million will fund symmetrical, multi-gig fiber internet for over 36,000 homes and businesses in Fargo, West Fargo, and Horace by 2026….
WEST FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The Red River Valley Fair has chosen new racetrack leadership. Kevin Nathe is the Red River Valley Speedway’s new racetrack manager. Duane Peterson will join Nathe as race director. Nathe has decades of experience in racing, including as a race car driver and as the former owner of Buffalo River Race Park. Peterson also has experience…
Scientists with the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center survey prairie potholes in Wells County, North Dakota, in 2023. The center is facing federal staff cuts. (Photo courtesy of Owen McKenna/Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center)JAMESTOWN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A federally funded wildlife research center in North Dakota has been targeted for layoffs, putting its survival in question. The Interior…
eve-jennings-taalakWEST FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Sioux Falls woman is in jail after a police pursuit in West Fargo Wednesday morning. West Fargo Police say an officer tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation in the 200 block of 17th Street E. around 1:45 a.m. The driver tried getting away before an officer used a Pursuit Intervention Technique to…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota has enough money to keep paying Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in November if the federal government remains shut down, but the state is unable to load the funds onto people’s electronic payment cards, state officials said Tuesday. The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services is warning the public that…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Get ready for the holidays with Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome. The 12-piece band is hosting two holiday concerts called, “Have Yourself a Funky Little Christmas.” They are set for Friday December, 19th and Saturday, the 20th, both starting at 8 p.m. at Sanctuary Events Center in Fargo. Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 10 a.m….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are taken into custody at the Ramada Inn in Grand Forks. Jordan Groninger, 35, of Fargo, and 21-year-old Skye Larson, of Grand Forks, barricaded themselves inside of a room. The Grand Forks Regional SWAT team and Grand Forks Regional Crisis Negotiations team were each activated since they believed one of the two had…
FARGO — The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is getting a new tool, but this one helps them fight fires instead of criminals. The device is called a Fire Suppression Tool, or FST. It works by being thrown into a fire, where it creates a mist to suppress the fire. The manufacturer says the mist it deploys is safe the breath….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Firefighters Union and a group that represents several local labor unions is endorsing a petition that would change Fargo’s form of government. The petition created by two former city commissioners is gaining traction, with over halfway to their goal of 6,000 signatures. Fargo Firefighters Union President Ron Guggisberg explained why the union is supporting…
