FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s Hunger Action Day and Great Plains Food Bank is celebrating with it’s annual Packathon. Throughout the week the food bank has been welcoming volunteers as they pack bags filled with food for hungry families in need. The bags will be going toward the school backpack program and are set to be shipped through schools in…
WASHINGTON (AP) – An influential federal advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to offer Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans, dealing a heavy blow to the Biden administration’s effort to shore up people’s protection amid the highly contagious delta variant. The vote by the committee of outside experts assembled by the Food and Drug Administration was 16-2,…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Fargo police say a woman and her dog were attacked by a pit bull. It happened outside an apartment complex in the 1300 block 32nd Street South Wednesday around 9:30 p.m. The owner told police the white and gray pit bull came running at her dog unprovoked. The woman attempted to get her dog away but the pit bull…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Some North Dakota tribal leaders want lawmakers to split legislative House districts that include reservations. The leaders told a legislative redistricting committee Wednesday such a move will increase the odds for electing American Indians to the Legislature. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Mike Faith told the Republican-led committee that sub-districts would result in better representation and communication….
Scary thought indeed: your green, gorgeous, and growing garden is probably weeks, if not days, away from the first frost (and maybe freeze) of the season. But this weekend you can scare off the end-of-summer sadness with a bunch of other gardening folks, and a great cause. “Scarecrows in the Garden” launches for its very first year on Saturday morning…
FARGO (KVRR) – A state district court judge has pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge after police say she crashed into two parked cars in downtown Fargo. Judge Cherie Clark of Jamestown pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI in Fargo Municipal Court. Clark did not appear in court. Clark’s attorney, Jesse Lange, entered the plea on her behalf. Clark was…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Human Services announced today that it has been notified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that North Dakota will receive 49 legal and fully vetted Afghan evacuees starting later this month through the Afghan Placement and Assistance (APA) program. The federally funded APA program is a part of…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota regulators say Enbridge Energy violated state environmental laws and must pay more than $3 million for piercing a groundwater aquifer during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline. The state Department of Natural Resources said Enbridge, while working near Clearbrook last January, dug too deeply into the ground and pierced an artesian aquifer which…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –Fargo’s Amazon facility is getting ready to begin fulfilling orders. With the construction of the new facility complete, orders will soon be ready to be boxed up and shipped to their destinations. “We’re receiving our first item on September 19th. So, that’s when the building will open. We’ll have people in the building and start trying to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) All Hornbacher’s locations in Fargo-Moorhead participated in the 14th Annual Hornbacher’s Gobble It Up for United Way of Cass Clay event. It’s an opportunity to grab a meal to go or eat it in the parking lot. For $5 each delicious meal consisted of a hot turkey sandwich, chips, ice cream and a pop or water. “Hornbacher’s…
