BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum has granted a request from the North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board to declare a teacher crisis. It will allow school districts flexibility to temporarily allow expanded use of student teachers to help address the state’s teacher shortage. North Dakota Unite, the teachers union, has opposed the move. Burgum says of 167…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — One man is arrested and another is wanted for an early morning robbery last week in Fargo. Police say 37-year-old Cody Littleghost was arrested August 2nd. They are still looking for 31-year-old Julian Pickett of Moorhead. Littleghost is charged with robbery, theft, and criminal mischief. Police say the victim in the case met the men at…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A fire in the kitchen ceiling does some moderate damage to Mas Tequila in West Fargo. Fire crews were sent to the restaurant around 7 Tuesday morning. They arrived to find light smoke inside the building. The fire was found in the ceiling and crews worked to put it out and prevent it from spreading….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Blood shortages have been at critical levels for a long time, but there is something being done to address that according to the Red Cross. They are using a new inclusive risk-based assessment to determine if someone can donate blood, regardless of sexual orientation. “This is a historic change in blood banking and it is very…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commission votes to approve the mayor’s 2024 preliminary $120 million budget, but the vote was not unanimous. Commissioners say they are hearing a lot of response to the proposals for a two-mill property tax increase and to raise franchise fees for public utilities. In the past, the fees were 2% and that will be…
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (KVRR/CNN) — Gov. Doug Burgum, a Republican presidential candidate, is back in Texas to visit North Dakota National Guard soldiers helping secure the U.S.-Mexico border. The governor appearing on CNN from Texas. “I’m down here sharing my gratitude with the two North Dakota National Guard troops that are down here, one aviation and one engineering…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Members of the U.S. Marshal’s Service Fugitive Task Force made a traffic stop on busy 25th Street and 20th Avenue South in Fargo late this morning. It was a few blocks away from the area where officers were ambushed last month. A reporter on scene says there may have been a brief pursuit prior to today’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Officer Tyler Hawes has been released from the hospital. Fargo Police Department putting out video of the joyful moment Hawes got up out of a wheelchair and made his way out of Sanford Medical Center Monday. His release comes just days after fellow Officer Andrew Dotas was released from Sanford Medical Center. Both men…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — If you’re a Chick-fil-A fan, you better get your fill of sandwiches and nuggets soon. The fast-food restaurant will soon be closing its doors in Fargo for a remodel. According to its Facebook page, the West Acres location will close on August 28th. The closure is expected to last four weeks. The owner Kimberly Flamm responded…
WEST FARGO, ND (KVRR) – It’s time for the North Dakota Renaissance Fair at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds. For these performers, it means the world to get out there and connect with the audience. “So I came quite a ways to perform here and everybody has been so kind and fantastic venue,” said Jessica Willard, a performer at the…
