North Dakota News

Judge bans Fargo contractor from working in North Dakota

Wayne StenehjemFARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Following legal action by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, on September 3, A Cass County District Court judge has banned contractor Steve Mitchell, doing business as FM Mechanical, from doing business in North Dakota after finding that Mitchell had violated consumer fraud and licensing laws. The judge found that Mitchell was operating without a contractor’s…

Grand Forks police say powerful opiate making rounds

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The Grand Forks Police Department has issued a warning about a powerful illegal opiate making the rounds locally. Officers say they responded to numerous narcotics-related drug overdoses Saturday evening, including a death. Police say people were using what they believed to be heroin and began overdosing.  Immediate medical intervention was needed to revive them. Police say…

Fireworks explosion injures one in Bismarck

BISMARCK, N.D. – One person was injured in an explosion during a fireworks display in southeast Bismarck.  It created a dense cloud of black smoke that could be seen throughout the city. Bismarck Rural Fire Chief Dustin Theurer says fireworks or an explosive ordnance was the “likely” cause of Saturday’s explosion. Authorities didn’t immediately offer other details on what happened or…

Local VFW’s Commemorate Victims of 9/11

"WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH AND ALWAYS REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET."

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — VETERAN OF FOREIGN WARS THROUGHOUT THE METRO COMMEMORATED THE LIVES LOST 20 YEARS AGO DURING THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER. SEVERAL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY GATHERED TO REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST DURING 9/11. “WE WANT TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH AND ALWAYS REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET,” FARGO POST 7 PAST…

Below Zero Wrestling Hosts Former WWE World Champion

Fargo-based Below Zero Wrestling hosted a wrestling seminar with a special guest who is a former WWE Tag Team World Champion.

FARGO, ND (KVRR) — Below Zero Wrestling invited former WWE World Champion Eugene A.K.A Nick Dinsmore to teach a seminar about professional wrestling and showcase aspiring wrestlers. “I like to be able to give back to the professional wrestling business by training the new and upcoming stars that i think everybody wants to see some day on TV,” said Nick…

Fargo Hosts Out of The Darkness Community Walk

“Our very first walk was exactly a year after my sister died."

FARGO, N.D. — The Fargo-Moorhead area Out of The Darkness community walk is helping raise awareness for those struggling with mental health.   Over 2,000 people were in attendance at the event at Scheels Arena in Fargo. Brenda Weiler, one of the founders of the community walk, started the event over 15 years ago after her sister committed suicide. She says her…