NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – The Russia Ukraine conflict has ties to two people from Bismarck. According to NATO, Russia is still sending troops to Ukraine despite President Vladamir Putin’s insistence to negotiate a solution to the crisis. The U.S. and NATO believe an invasion is imminent. Ukrainians raised national flags and sang the country’s anthem to mark Unity Day, created…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Noridian Healthcare Solutions, headquartered in Fargo, provides service for anyone using Medicare, Medicaid and more. You used to only find Noridian in North Dakota but they have expanded across the United States. The company prides itself on being a leader in creating solutions for state and commercial health care programs and they want to make it…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — UPDATE: as of 9:45 p.m., power has been restored to all customers. **Original Story Below** Around 350 customers of Cass County Electric north of I-94 in West Fargo remain without power as of 8:30 p.m. after an equipment failure at the substation. It started around 6 p.m. Wednesday with around 1,000 members impacted. Crews are working…
FARGO (KVRR) – Two people have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law that led to the creation of legislative sub-districts for two North Dakota Indian reservations. Charles Walen and Paul Henderson are challenging the addition of two sub-districts in legislative Districts 4 and 9 on the Fort Berthold and Turtle Mountain Reservations. The complaint says that the creation…
EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) – A vehicle blockade that was assembled last week at the Emerson Port of Entry, just north of Pembina, North Dakota has ended. The Emerson blockade was one of at least three border blockades that were set up to protest Canada’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirements. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived and led the protesters away from…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Improving energy, agriculture and cybersecurity are big topics behind North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum’s State of the State Address at Fargo Theatre. The governor is concerned about 50,000 state sponsored cyberattacks from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea in the last two years. He says the state’s IT department is doing well to combat them. Burgum…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A North Dakota State University fraternity and sorority are partnering up for their annual Freeze-A-Thon. They’re standing outside for 120 hours attempting to raise $30,000 for charity. “We’ll be out here 24/7 Monday through Friday. All of us have to do six hours we’re taking shifts two of us at a time,” Jordan Amerg of Alpha…
UPDATE: Police say Alexis Kline has been found safely. JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) – Jamestown Police ask for your help in finding a missing and endangered 17-year-old girl. Authorities say Alexis Kline was last seen at 8:00 Tuesday morning in Jamestown. The department did not give a specific location in a press release. Kline is 5’5″ tall, weighs 13o pounds…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – City Council members in Grand Forks issue a first draft of hate crime ordinances similar to Fargo’s which passed last June. Grand Forks City Council is reviewing proposed hate crime ordinances related to assault, harassment, criminal mischief and terrorizing. Council Member Katie Dachtler and Grand Forks Police Officer Brian Samson drafted the first four ordinances…
KYIV (KVRR) – A published report says the President of Ukraine is planning to fire Minister of Agrarian Policy Roman Leshchenko, the man Ukrainian authorities claim was the target of an assassination plot involving Ashley, North Dakota farmer Kurt Groszhans. Groszhans was arrested in November. He’s accused of being involved in a conspiracy to kill Leshchenko, a former business partner…
