North Dakota News

Want to perfect your swing? Suite Shots opens in Fargo

Suite shots is officially open and welcoming the community to meet, eat, and hit some golf balls.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Suite Shots is open and welcoming the community to meet, eat and hit some golf balls. Powered by the same technology as Top Golf, the new facility offers hourly rates Monday through Sunday ranging from $19 to $49. Rates can be split between up to six people. They also have a training academy taught by PGA…

Report shows North Dakota economy poised for growth

FARGO – The latest outlook from North Dakota State University researchers finds the state’s economy is poised for growth this year. The quarterly report indicates growth in salaries and wages, as well as a growing labor force, decreasing unemployment rates, strong tax collections and a rising gross state product. NDSU economics professor Jeremy Jackson says the report shows a reduced…

No signs of West Fargo man in weekend search

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A weekend search for a missing West Fargo man in the Bismarck area was suspended with no sign of him. Thirty-eight-year-old Daniel Olson was reported missing Oct. 28. His car was found in a Bismarck parking lot several days later. Bismarck Police Lt. Luke Gardiner says many locations were searched. Police, two search and rescue teams and…

Honor Flight prepares for Veterans ahead of Late April Departure

The Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota has pre flight event in preperatrion of their departure on April 30th, after a two year hiatus.

MOORHEAD, M.N. (KVRR) — Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota has pre-flight event in preparation of their departure on April 30, after a two year hiatus. “Well when a lot of these men and women came home and went right to work, especially after world war II. They came home, went to work, raised a family, they never had the…

Incumbent U.S. Senator John Hoeven claims the GOP Republican bid

Incumbent Senator John Hoeven claims the GOP Republican nomination by a narrow margin over State Representative Rick Becker

  BISMARC K, N.D. (KVRR) — Sen. John Hoeven claims the GOP Republican nomination by a narrow margin over State Representative Rick Becker at the state convention in Bismarck. Hoeven got 1,224 votes to Becker’s 1,037. More than 2,300 delegates were present, making it the largest GOP convention in state history. Prairie Public Broadcasting’s News Director Dave Thompson says Hoeven…

Illegally Inhabited Unit Found During Fire At Storage Complex in West Fargo

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A fire at a storage complex, that was being illegally inhabited, sends people to the hospital and causes significant damage to multiple units. West Fargo Fire was dispatched to West Fargo Storage Units around 2:30 Saturday afternoon. Crews arrived to visible flames. After further investigation, one of the units appeared to be illegally inhabited although…

Republican Sen. Cramer to Vote No On Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota joins a long list of Republican senators announcing their intention to vote “no” on confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. After meeting the judge this week, Cramer said she’s intellectually and academically qualified for the court. But he worries her judicial philosophy is far to the left…

Hoeven Narrowly Wins ND GOP Endorsement Over Becker

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) — North Dakota U.S. Sen. John Hoeven won the endorsement Saturday of Republican convention delegates for a third term, besting a challenge from GOP state Rep. Rick Becker, who leads a growing ultraconservative wing of the party. It took just one ballot for Hoeven to get more than 50% of the votes from GOP convention delegates to…