MEDORA, N.D. (KVRR) — If you’ve taken in the Medora Musical in the last few years, you are familiar with Chet and Candice Wollan. He is the singing co-host of the show and she is part of the Burning Hills Singers. The couple has announced that they are stepping away from the musical this season. According to a social media…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — WBI Energy leaders say they won’t pursue plans to build a natural gas pipeline from western North Dakota’s oil patch to the eastern part of the state. The unit of Bismarck-based MDU Resources Group says the project is not viable due to regulatory uncertainty, limited in-state demand and rising construction, labor and land-acquisition costs. North Dakota’s…
PEMBINA CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Pembina County Emergency Management says water levels in Neche are slightly below the crest of 21.7 feet. The town remains surrounded by water and they are continuing to monitor the levels. Pembina is expecting a crest of 53 feet on Saturday. They are currently sitting at 51.5 feet with some farmsteads south of town now…
CAVALIER CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Work continues in Cavalier County, North Dakota to stabilize erosion on the Bourbanis Dam. Members of the National Guard are continuing to use two Black Hawk helicopters to place one-ton sandbags to help fortify the dam. Emergency managers say erosion stabilized overnight in the area that was sandbagged on Tuesday. They say the remaining Tongue…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Red River Valley Bomb Squad investigates a suspicious package found outside the Islamic Society of Fargo-Moorhead finding it’s just a backpack. Police were called to the mosque on the 600 block of 28th Street South around 12:15 Wednesday afternoon. A 911 caller said a male was showing suspicious behavior, dropped a backpack and left. Fargo…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The state of North Dakota and the federal government have filed a lawsuit over a large oil spill that contaminated the Little Missouri River and a tributary in 2016. The federal lawsuit filed this week against Belle Fourche Pipeline seeks civil penalties and nearly $100,000 in reimbursement for the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality’s efforts in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A draft opinion has been leaked to Politico leaning toward the possibly the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe vs. Wade, the case that legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. People have begun protesting and it’s stirring a potential divide within North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. “I think, unfortunately, it becomes a hot political issue at…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A crowd of abortion rights advocates protested the draft opinion in Downtown Fargo. They met at the Quentin Burdick U.S. Courthouse which is four blocks from the Red River Women’s Clinic. It’s the only place people can get an abortion in North Dakota. Messages from speakers and on signs were very angry with the Supreme Court…
CASSELTON, N.D. (KVRR) – Grand Farm picks a home for its new campus in Casselton. They’re looking to take North Dakota agriculture to the next level with technology they can offer to help modernize farming for farmers. The location will be off the interstate of the Lynchburg exit. Back in February, Grand Farm leaders say they expected this move to…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are now cited after a motorcycle-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Grand Forks. Police say 20-year-old Adam Hanson of Grand Forks was turning from Columbia Road onto 2nd Avenue North in front of an oncoming motorcycle. 20-year-old Blake Krpan of Logansport, Indiana was thrown from his bike in the crash and taken to Altru…
