FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Firefighters were busy battling two fires within blocks of each other at apartment complexes Thursday morning. The first fire broke out at 1431 Oak Manor Ave. some time after midnight, according to Fargo Fire Battalion Chief Jason Ness. That’s just south of I-94 near University. Firefighters responded to a row of garages burning. They found heavy…
FARGO, N.D. — If you live in the metro, chances are you’ll soon be hearing and seeing the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flying overhead. They will begin practice sessions Thursday for this weekend’s Fargo AirSho. That also means some roads around Hector International Airport will be closed to traffic on Thursday and Friday. Roads that will be closed between 11:45…
FARGO, N.D. — The U.S. Army has awarded a $13 million contract to Gast Construction Company of Fargo. They will build the new Remotely Piloted Aircraft operations center for the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Wing. The concrete building will be nearly 26,000 square feet. It will be used to support new advanced technology and equipment critical to the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A simple trip to the mall can end up helping save a life. Vitalant and Landon’s Light Foundation have once again teamed up for a summer blood drive at West Acres. “The summertime is such a difficult time to get donors in the door and we’re really counting on first-timers to come out and roll up…
FARGO, N.D. & MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Community activists are fighting for a change to labor laws in Minnesota and North Dakota. After receiving support from Minnesota Democratic Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar, community activists are asking North Dakota Republican senators Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven to join forces and stand with the working people. “Speaking about basic working…
FARGO-MOORHEAD (KVRR) — A national nonprofit is helping support local youth through that FM metro. Friends of the Children Fargo-Moorhead chapter is helping bring up children faced with obstacles. The mentoring program helps partner local youth with a mentor friend who will work with the child for a period of 12 or more years. The program is designed to help…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Grand Forks city leaders are asking people to limit their outdoor water usage. People are asked to voluntarily participate, it is not mandatory. Starting Thursday, residential water users in odd numbered homes are asked to limit the watering of their lawns to between 4 am – 11 am on Mondays and Thursdays. Residential water users in even…
BISMARCK N.D. — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum calls it “preposterous”. The Biden administration is extending non-essential travel restrictions at the northern and southern borders until August 21. The administration is under fire for continuing to keep them in place more than a year into the pandemic, and after Canada announced it was reopening to vaccinated Americans on August 9….
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – The president of the State College of Science is retiring, effective December 17. John Richman was named the school’s president in 2007. “After 42 years in higher education, and 35 years of that spent at NDSCS, it feels like the right time to retire. I am very thankful to have spent the majority of my career…
FARGO, ND (KVRR) — Fargo Police Officers are searching for the driver of a vehicle that crashed into an apartment, 1537 48 St. S. today, July 21, 2021 at approximately 11:43 a.m. The driver is described as a Black male last seen wearing a red sweatshirt, blue jeans and red shoes. One adult female and one infant were in the…
