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…
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…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The North Dakota House passed a bill to raise speed limits from 75 to 80 miles per hour on most of Interstates 29 and 94. The bill allows cities like Fargo and Grand Forks to limit speeds on the interstates within city limits. “For a long time, we’ve had a prevailing speed on I-94 and 29…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A vehicle crashes into Eye Consultants of North Dakota in south Fargo, causing some minor damage to the building. Crews arrived around 12:30 Wednesday afternoon and found one part of a wall gone. A manager says the driver mistakenly pushed the gas pedal instead of the brakes when they were in the parking lot. Authorities say…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — A Williston man is sentenced to serve a year in federal prison for threatening employees at the Fargo VA Health Care System. 41-year-old Curtis Moran was arrested last June after he made several threatening phone calls. Moran first called the White House Veteran’s Affairs Call Center and stated that he was going to kill his doctor….
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…
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…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — You’re one step closer to seeing more Girl Scouts at your door or across town as scouts unload thousands of cookie boxes. The Amazon distribution center in West Fargo offers a helping hand so troop leaders can unload 6,000 cookie boxes throughout the day. Online sales start Friday while in-person sales start soon after. Girl…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Park District and McGough Construction employees sign the final support beam for the Fargo Parks Sports Complex. It’s on the 6100 block of 38th Street South near the 52nd Avenue Walmart. Construction is still on track to be completed by spring 2024. The facility will have two sheets of ice, eight basketball and six pickleball…
EDGELEY, N.D. (KFGO) — The cause of a fire that burned a grain elevator in Edgeley in south-central North Dakota is undetermined. An investigator with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives led the investigation with assistance from the State Fire Marshal’s Office. ATF says there was no sign of criminal activity related to the fire at the…
