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ND Dept. Of Health Working With Colleges On Monkeypox Vaccine

Monkeypox Has Not Impacted College Students In ND

  BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health says its working with colleges in the state in case monkeypox starts to spread. Brenton Nesemeier  with the North Dakota Department of Health says there have been four confirmed monkeypox cases in the state during the current outbreak. He says the disease is currently only found among men who…

Shelter In Place Request Lifted In North Fargo

Fargo Police asked people in the 700 to 1200 blocks of 35th St. N. to shelter in place around 12:45 Thursday morning

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – An overnight shelter-in-place request is lifted this morning in North Fargo. Fargo Police asked people in the 700 to 1200 blocks of 35th St. N. to shelter in place around 12:45 Thursday morning. Just after 11:00 pm Wednesday, officers responded to a report of a man experiencing a mental health emergency in the 1000 block of…

Fargo Man Arrested For Assaulting Barnes County Deputy

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — A Fargo man is facing several felony charges after allegedly assaulting a Barnes County Sheriff’s deputy. Authorities say 49-year-old Dustin Lende was being pursued in Cass County for a prior incident and it ended when he fled into Barnes County. Deputies later responded to a call of a suspicious man in the lobby of a…

Warren, MN Lawyer Arrested for Assaulting His Ex-Wife, She’s In A Fargo Hospital

Anders Odegaard/ndcourts.govWARREN, Minn. (KFGO) — A lawyer in Warren, Minnesota, northeast of Grand Forks, has been arrested for assaulting his ex-wife, causing serious injuries. 31-year-old Anders Odegaard is in the Marshall County jail. Formal charges are pending. Police and sheriff’s deputies responded to Odegaard’s home in Warren after a report of a domestic argument. 31-year-old Carissa Odegaard of Grand Forks…

Fargo daycare closed indefinitely due to water heater leak from nearby business

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A south Fargo daycare is forced to close temporarily after a water heater leak causes up to 14 inches of flooding. Last weekend Anna Matcha, the owner of Time 2 Play daycare, was informed the center saw a significant water heater leak coming from a nearby business. The F-M community are showing their support by starting…

“Relief for All” Tax Cut Plan Announced for North Dakotans

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum introducing a legislative plan to provide the largest state income tax relief package in North Dakota history. It would replace the individual income tax rates with a single, lower flat tax. That is estimated to save North Dakota taxpayers $250 million annually. “This will allow North Dakotans, hard-working North Dakotans, to keep their…

Man Who Left Broken Down Tow Truck On I-94 Faces Charges

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — A man who left his broken down tow truck in the driving lane of I-94 causing a fatal crash last winter is now charged. Cass County States Attorney filing charges against 43-year-old Mario Butler of Minot. He is accused of negligent homicide, reckless endangerment, driving under suspension and having no liability insurance. A Bismarck man was…

St. Michael Man Sentenced For Crash Left Three People Dead

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A St. Michael, North Dakota man is sentenced to just under five years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of manslaughter. Prosecutors say 19-year-old Winter Bigtrack was driving a vehicle on Spirit Lake Reservation that was involved in a two-vehicle crash last August. Three people in his vehicle died. They say Bigtrack was under…