VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — Emergency temporary levees are being built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Valley City. The corps awarded a $1.6 million contract to Strata Corporation to protect low-lying areas within the city. Gov. Doug Burgum was on hand to get a briefing. Flood protection is being built to 20.5 feet, two feet above the…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This is good news for fans of hair bands and singers of the 1970’s and 1980’s. “Rock the Valley” is coming to this summer’s Red River Valley Fair. The lineup featuring the Dokken Lynch Reunion Tour, Winger, Lita Ford, Sweet, Steelheart and Wig Wam. They will all take the grandstand stage on Sunday, July 17….
Elon Musk (Fox News)Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on social and economic issues to more than 83 million followers. The outspoken Tesla CEO, who is also the world’s wealthiest person, has…
MEDORA, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A high-profile $50 million commitment to the planned Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library has fallen short. Despite the unfulfilled financial pledge, which was made by Walmart heirs to the Foundation board, Governor Burgum and North Dakota Legislators in 2019, the project is still on track.When KFGO News reported Melani Walton’s departure from the Library board last month,…
Ray HolmbergBISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator announced Monday that he would resign following a report that he had traded scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges. Republican Ray Holmberg, 79, rose to become one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers in a career that spanned 46 years. Holmberg’s resignation, effective June 1,…
If you’ve been in sci-fi or fantasy fan withdrawal after two years of pandemic online life, there’s a group in the metro that totally gets you. CoreCon is coming back Memorial Day weekend and this time, they want to see you in person. The nonprofit is preparing for their first in-person convention since the pandemic struck. They’re excited about the…
WILLISTON, N.D. (KVRR) – Federal investigators say a cyber attack on a North Dakota-based company that provides software and billing services for doctors and healthcare professionals affected more than a half-million customers. The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services says Adaptive Health Integrations of Williston was the target of a “Hacking/IT incident.” The data breach was reported to the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KCND) – Bismarck-based Montana Dakota Utilities says it may take days before electricity is restored to several communities in northwestern North Dakota. The utility says some customers in Williston and Watford City are still without power, and crews are working in those areas. But MDU’s Mark Hanson says north of that area, there’s still a lot of work…
MANDAN, N.D. – A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper guarding a road closure gate for Interstate 94 in Mandan avoided injury when his squad car was struck by a drunken driver. The patrol says incident happened early Sunday morning after the interstate was shut down because of a blizzard. The trooper was facing eastbound in the westbound lane with his…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This is Ellis and her dad Brennan. We’re calling her the “Pickle Baby.” She was with her parents at Silver Dollar Bar and Flying Pig Grill in West Fargo on St. Patrick’s Day. She was six months old. That’s when she tried her first pickle and from the looks of it, she loved it. People loved…
