FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Health officials are testing for the new Omicron variant and urging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine or a booster shot before the variant arrives to North Dakota. The Fargo Cass Public Health Board of Health discusses the potential threat of Omicron variant and several other COVID-19 updates. According to Cass County Public Health, Cass County…
Drew WrigleyFARGO (KVRR) – Former North Dakota U.S. Attorney and former Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley says he is seriously considering seeking the Republican nomination for North Dakota Attorney General. Wrigley made the remarks Friday after longtime Republican Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced he would retire at the end of his current term, which expires in 2022. “I’ve given this a…
Wayne StenehjemBISMARCK (KVRR) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced Friday that he will not run for reelection in 2022. The 68-year-old Stenehjem is North Dakota’s longest-serving attorney general. He was first elected in 2000. Stenehjem also served in the North Dakota Legislature for 24 years, including four years in the House and 20 years in the Senate, where…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal by developers of the Dakota Access oil pipeline who are seeking to reinstate a federal permit for the line’s Missouri River crossing. Early this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed part of a lower court…
FARGO (KVRR) – Extra police are on patrol at Fargo and West Fargo public schools today in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the nation on Friday, Dec. 17. The social media threats had many educators on edge as they circulated in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Michigan which has…
Courtesy: North Dakota Democratic-NPL PartyNEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman announces her retirement at the end of her term after being redistricted out of her New Rockford District. The Democratic-NPL State Senator is the first woman to serve as minority leader in the Legislature. She was first elected to the Senate in 2006. Dem-NPL…
UNITED STATES (KVRR) – States in our region are among the most dangerous to live in during the Covid-19 pandemic according to WalletHub. North Dakota comes in 44th and Minnesota is 40th. The website compared all states and the District of Columbia for rates of transmission, positive testing, hospitalizations and deaths and the amount of eligible people getting vaccinated. WalletHub…
UPDATE – A pedestrian sent to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Fargo Dec. 13 has been identified. The Highway Patrol says 45-year-old Robert Powers of Minot was struck around 6:45 PM at the intersection of 25th Street and 13th Avenue South. Authorities say he was identified by his fingerprints through an FBI database. The Highway Patrol…
Boone is a handsome sweetheart with a shy personality that means he’ll need an extra helping hand to come out of his shell. The good-looking guy really needs it, too. He’s been stuck in the shelter now for more than a year and a half. Specifically, Thursday the 16th is his 629th day with Homeward Animal Shelter. No cat wants…
James VanRadenFARGO (KVRR) – A Moorhead man is facing the possibility of life in prison after agreeing to plead guilty to federal sex crime-related charges. Forty-six-year-old James VanRaden has signed an agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to attempted sex trafficking of children and two counts of distributing child pornography. The case began in 2019, when VanRaden responded to…
