WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Choice Bank’s Wishing Well Program helps a struggling family and their premature baby. “Briella ended up in the NICU born at 28 weeks and one day we spent 82 days there. We got through it I guess by taking it day by day,” Briella’s mother Crystal Heimark said. She was born 12 weeks early. At…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It was the first of its kind in Fargo and now it’s closing. In a post to Facebook, the owner of Rocket Dogs K-9 Aquatics and Wellness Center says they are forced to close their doors. The building is being sold and the owner says reopening is not financially doable. The aquatics center for dogs opened…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – A Fargo man, who describes himself as a community activist, is in the race for mayor. Hukun Dabar, A Somali-American who moved to Fargo in 2014, who is also a small business owner, announced his candidacy for mayor on Tuesday. “What I see in the mayor’s office is a way to bring hope and help to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Police Chief David Zibolski says he has no intention of going anywhere. Zibolski was recently placed under extra scrutiny after city documents revealed that more than 30 police officers and support staff left the department since he was named to the post in August, 2020. Some of them allege a lack of leadership, low morale,…
Terin LuceroFARGO (KVRR/WNAX) – A Williston, North Dakota native and North Dakota State University graduate is the new executive director of the South Dakota Republican party. Terin Lucero was most recently the Director of Data Analytics for newly-elected Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Lucero says one of his main goals is to achieve 100% Republican membership in the South Dakota Legislature….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- Fargo Police is filling some of the open positions on their staff with five new officers. Chief Dave Zibolski welcomed the new officers during a swearing-in ceremony. Their families celebrated with them and placed pins on the new officers. Three new crime analysts and three police support personnel have also been hired. With the new officers, Fargo…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo City Commission makes the decision to put in motion an action plan to improve the police department. The city administration team would work with police human resources to come up with the plan and they would bring to the commission. Mayor Doctor Tim Mahoney says the Fargo Police Department Performance Action plan involves six…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — One person is dead after an early morning fire in Valley City over the weekend. It happened around 3:30 Sunday morning at 925 2nd Street Southeast. The victim was found in the lower level of the home after the blaze was put out. The remains have been sent to the UND Forensic Pathology Department for…
BISMARCK, N.D. – An attempt to gather enough signatures to place a question about legalizing recreational marijuana on the ballot in North Dakota has fallen short. Organizers failed to turn in at least 31,164 valid signatures to the secretary of state by Saturday to put the question to voters. Sponsoring committee member Dustin Peyer, of Driscoll said the group gathered…
PentagonBRUSSELS (AP) — The Pentagon said Monday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has put up to 8,500 troops on heightened alert, so they will be prepared to deploy if needed to reassure NATO allies in the face of ongoing Russian aggression on the border of Ukraine. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said no final decisions have been made on deployments….
