FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — NDSU is celebrating the largest higher education fundraising campaign in NDSU and state history. Gov. Doug Burgum was on hand as the grand total of over $586 million was revealed by NDSU President Dean Bresciani. The “In Our Hands” campaign started securing gifts in 2016 and publicly launched in 2019. It officially ended at the end…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo police spent several hours at a local residence after serving a search warrant Monday morning. The Red River Valley SWAT Team assisted Fargo Police in conducting a “high-risk search warrant” near 14th St. S. and 25th Ave. S. Police say they spent about five hours at the residence and that no arrests were made. Police say…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Health says it will make more than 1.5 million free at-home COVID-19 test kits available statewide. The kits will supplement the ongoing federal program that is making free tests available. They are being distributed statewide and will be available for pickup beginning Tuesday. Health officials suggest picking up the tests as needed,…
FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota’s only food bank experienced the second-highest demand in its 39-year history in 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic surged. Great Plains Food Bank, based in Fargo, provided 12.6 million meals for those in need in 2021. The non-for-profit organization helped 121,000 people, more than in any year before the pandemic. As the pandemic gathered steam in…
Katrina ChristiansenJAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – An engineering professor at the University of Jamestown has announced her bid for U.S. Senate. Katrina Christiansen is seeking the Democratic nomination for the seat held by Republican Sen. John Hoeven. Christiansen is the first Democrat to announce a bid for statewide elected office. Hoeven, a former governor, won his 2016 reelection bid with 78%…
The past couple years in the pandemic have been tough for a lot of folks on a variety of levels: pandemic deaths and the risk of Covid-19. Civil rights, demonstrations and unrest, and public safety issues. Loneliness and isolation. The increasing severity of the opioid crisis. The list goes on — and on. It’s enough to make you want to…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Another North Dakota Highway Patrol officer has been charged with misdemeanor sexual assault in connection with hot tub parties in 2020. Forty-year-old Travis Skar has been accused of inappropriately touching a woman in a hot tub during a party in the summer of 2020. Former patrol officer Steven Johnson faces a misdemeanor sexual assault charge stemming from…
EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) – A growing number of demonstrators continue to block traffic from passing through the Emerson, Manitoba Port of Entry. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says all four lanes of Highway 75 near the Port of Entry remain blocked. Police are advising motorists to expect substantial delays and to avoid the Emerson area. The RCMP says the number…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — The Senate National Parks subcommittee met earlier this week to review the implementation of the bipartisan Great American Outdoors act which was signed into law almost 18 months ago. This law created a national fund intended to tackle backlogged maintenance requests which has become a major problem for national parks across the country. North Dakota relies…
WINDSOR, Ontario (AP/KVRR) – Police cleared away the remaining protesters near the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing, ending a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions that has hurt the economy of both nations. The bridge in Windsor, Ontario, remains closed late Sunday, as a snowstorm hits the area. Windsor police say more than two dozen people were arrested peacefully near the Ambassador Bridge…
