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LIVE: Sports Betting Grows In ND Ahead Of Super Bowl

Dakota Nation Sportsbook Talks Rise Of Sports Betting, Super Bowl Prop Bets

  The sports betting industry is exploding. The American Gaming Association says more than 50 million Americans are expected to bet $16 billion on the Super Bowl. You can only legally bet on sports at tribal casinos in North Dakota. The Dakota Nation Sportsbook in Dakota Magic Casino in Hankinson is celebrating its one-year anniversary with the Super Bowl. Lead…

Fargo South’s Sara Lichtblau named Fargo Teacher of the Year

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Superintendent Dr. Rupak Gandhi surprised Lichtblau with an announcement at an all-school assembly. Lichtblau started teaching at Fargo South in 2009. She conducts the school’s audition choir Belle Orso Vicci and dedicates time to the ensemble outside of school hours. Seniors from her choir prepared a special performance and she was grateful to see it. “It…

Fargo Mayor Against Bill To Get Rid of Voter-Approved “Approval Voting”

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A West Fargo lawmaker wants to prohibit approval voting in North Dakota. Fargo is the only city with the voting method. A person can vote for as many candidates as they want and the candidate with the most votes wins. Republican State Representative Ben Koppelman, the bill’s sponsor, testified before the House Political Subdivisions Committee. He…

Have warm temperatures led to thinner ice?

NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – Warmer temperatures have caused lots of melting of snow and ice. Lake ice thickness still seems to remain unaffected. “We are about average and that’s just really a mathematical equation of extremes. Where we are at in the mid-part of February in terms of ice thickness and into snowpack, while it may seem that some areas…

Police searching for suspects after attempted Fargo jewelry store heist

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Lockdowns are lifted at five West Fargo schools and police are looking for suspects involved in an attempted armed robbery at a Fargo jewelry store. Officers responded to Gunderson’s Jewelers on the 5600 block of 28th Avenue South at 10:30 Wednesday morning. Police say several people tried to rob the business, one with a gun. Authorities…

Bismarck parents wait to hear from Jamestown High School over racial slurs, taunts

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — Parents of Bismarck High School students say officials from Jamestown Public Schools have yet to reach out to them regarding last week’s basketball game where racial slurs and taunts were targeted at players of color. “I guess I would have never said anything, but it’s different when it happens to your kid. Your child that’s being…