FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – RDO Caters Taters for Charity takes over a ballroom at Holiday Inn in Fargo for its annual potato luncheon fundraiser. People from around the metro came out for the anticipated baked potato lunch. This year celebrates a special milestone with the event having raised over one million dollars in its 23 years for local organizations. “It’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – People gather at Broadway Square in downtown Fargo for the fourth annual tree lighting ceremony. Fargo Park District lit its 32 foot tall tree for the holiday season. The event had many other attractions like local food vendors, reindeer, and live music. Second Avenue was blocked off this year to make way for campfires where s’mores…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Around twenty people who live near a proposed roundabout at 52nd Avenue and 9th Street West in West Fargo were able to stop it, for now. They appeared at Monday night’s city commission meeting and some called the project less safe for kids walking to school at Legacy Elementary. Most are also concerned about the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A postal service facility review has determined that the Grand Forks Processing Facility will remain open and it will be modernized. But some mail processing operations will be moved to Fargo. A public meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 6 at noon at Alerus Center. USPS will share the results of the study and…
Chanulae Smith and Courtney Collins VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are in custody after a multi-agency investigation into fraudulent credit card purchases in Jamestown made over the internet. 27-year-old Chanulae Smith and 34-year-old Courtney Collins were arrested. The purchases were traced to a home in Valley City where officers seized a stolen firearm, marijuana, cell phones, laptops and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It was a record breaking day at the FARGODOME for the 2023 Fill the Dome food drive. As metro area students raised over $30,000 and more than 100,000 pounds of food for the 17th annual event. “On days like this, I am so hopeful and so optimistic that we can end hunger,” said Melissa Sobolik, the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KNOX) – A jury has found a Grand Forks man guilty of murder and tampering with evidence. Forty-year-old Kindi Jalloh was charged in the May 2022 death of 67-year-old Douglas Elgert. Police classified the death as a homicide one day after Elgert’s body was found in his north Grand Forks residence. Trial began Nov. 13th. The case…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A day after a federal appeals court dealt a significant blow to the Voting Rights Act, North Dakota’s top election official announced Tuesday that he wants the court to review a judge’s recent ruling that protected two Native American tribes’ voting rights. Voting rights groups had hailed U.S. District Chief Judge Peter Welte’s ruling Friday that…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a federal judge’s 2021 decision dismissing a lawsuit filed by protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline, who alleged law enforcement officers used excessive force during a clash in 2016. Nine protesters filed the lawsuit in 2016. They alleged civil and constitutional rights violations…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Triple A is bringing back “Tow to Go”: a way to keep impaired drivers off the roads during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It provides transportation for the would-be impaired driver and their vehicle. The program will be operational from 6 p.m. Wednesday through 6 a.m. Monday in North Dakota, it is not available in Minnesota or South…
