North Dakota News

Jeremiah Program hosts open house for new mothers

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Jeremiah Program is a national organization with locations across the country with a mission to change the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time. The Jeremiah Program assists single mothers by giving them resources such as career track education, early childhood education, a supportive community, safe and affordable housing,…

Civil rights lawsuit in North Dakota accuses a white supremacist group of racial intimidation

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Two nonprofits have sued a white nationalist hate group in North Dakota, alleging that it committed racial intimidation by defacing businesses and public property around the city of Fargo with the group’s logo and other graffiti. The lawsuit filed against Patriot Front in federal court on Friday alleges that the group, two of the group’s leaders…

Fargo man urging more people to sponsor displaced Ukrainians

  FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is calling on locals to help sponsor Ukrainians trying to leave their war-torn country. Michael Southam says, since 2014, there have been around eight million Ukrainians displaced. Southam says he was inspired by his friend in Pelican Rapids who knew of a family that was evacuating the country in the 2014 invasion….

Susan Faus Named Interim Executive Director of Fargo Park District

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Park District Board votes 5-0 to name Susan Faus as interim executive director. Faus joined the district last November. She previously served as the deputy director of Parks and Recreation for Bloomington and assistant Parks and Recreation director in Edina. Faus hold degrees from University of Kentucky and North Dakota State University. She will take…

LIVE: Making Your Mark On Fargo’s Book Scene

The Design-a-Bookmark contest is back for the 14th year.

FARGO — Fargo public librarians are asking for your kid to make their mark. And they want them to do it just in time for the start of the new school year. It’s the fourteenth annual Design-a-Bookmark competition, and it’s open now through Saturday, September 30th. There are only a couple of rules: no 3-D images, and no copyrighted characters….

Fargo-Based Company Ordered To Stop Selling FRT-15 Triggers

This undated photo provided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, shows the FRT-15 made by Rare Breed Triggers, an after-market device for AR-15-style rifles that allows them to shoot seemingly as fast as fully automatic weapons. Evidence shows Rare Breed Triggers fraudulently misled consumers that the devices were legal and continued selling them deceptively even after being…

NDSU Bison will honor Fargo officers during home opener

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Bison host Maine this weekend for their home opener. Typically NDSU wears the name “Bison” on the back of their helmets but Saturday they will read “Fargo.” The Bison announced they will be honoring first responders during Saturday’s game just two days before 9/11. Head Coach Matt Entz said Officers Dotas, Hawes and Robinson, who…

Motorcycle driver injured, arrested for DUI after Sargent County crash

GWINNER, N.D. (KVRR) — A motorcycle driver is injured and arrested for a DUI after rolling his bike early this morning. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it happened shortly after midnight in Sargent County, one mile east of Gwinner Fifty-three-year-old Cameron Qualley was traveling north on State Highway 32 when he ran a stop sign at the intersection with…