FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — We are learning more about the very large pool of candidates running for Fargo City Commission. The League of Women Voters of the Red River Valley held a forum for the candidates at city hall. It had to be split up into two sessions since there are 15 people running for two seats. The candidates took…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved a petition to place a measure on the ballot to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota. The committee sponsoring the petition, New Approach North Dakota, will have one year to gather signatures and submit the petition to the Secretary of State. The proposed measure would allow any person over…
BARNES CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is increasing outflow from Baldhill Dam north of Valley City in order to lower Lake Ashtabula by as much as six inches in the wake of last week’s winter storm. The Corps said the historic late winter storm produced as much moisture as a typical winter and with melting expected…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A new survey gives insight on how the “return to normal” procedure has been more difficult for some than others. The survey from Future Forum collected over 10 thousand results across the globe where they report stress and anxiety levels in the workplace are at its highest since June of 2020. A clinical psychologist at Essentia…
Gigi Sohn FARGO (KVRR) – A political action committee led by former Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has started a campaign to block the confirmation of President Biden’s nominee for the Federal Communications Commission. Heitkamp, who founded the One Country Project, says FCC nominee Gigi Sohn is “the wrong pick for rural America.” “Given the significant progress that has been…
Spring racing season is getting closer. And now, you can put some spring in your step, and in some deserving kids’, by using the the power of social media. Blue Cross Blue Shield is asking us, and our colleagues, to join the “Tag 5” Corporate Challenge in the BNSF Railway Friday Night 5K at the Essentia Marathon coming up next…
Ray HolmbergBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum says he supports State Sen. Ray Holmberg’s decision to step down from his leadership role, just days after reports that said Holmberg exchanged scores of text messages with Nicholas Derosier, who is jailed and facing federal child pornography charges. Holmberg resigned Wednesday as head of a powerful panel that oversees the Legislature’s…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – April showers arrive but May flowers may need to wait a couple weeks longer as farmers closely observe the effects. Farmers on the western side of North Dakota who have been experiencing drought conditions might get the needed relief from a rain and snow filled month of April. Some are worried they’ll have to start planting…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargodome is getting a brand-new football turf and it will continue to be known as Gate City Bank Field. It’s part of a new $2.5 million, 10-year agreement between the dome and bank, which has had naming rights for the past decade. Fargodome staff say the existing turf is being replaced as it has reached the…
Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg has resigned as head of a panel that oversees the Legislature’s business between sessions. The resignation comes just days after reports surfaced that Holmberg had exchanged scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges. The chairman of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL called on Holmberg to resign….
