HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) – A convenience store in Horace was damaged Friday when a vehicle slammed into the building and the driver fled. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says deputies, along with Horace and Kindred firefighters, were called to Casey’s General Store in Horace at around 2:40 p.m. The person responsible for the crash fled the scene. There were no…
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A school bus crash in Rochester has left 10 people injured. The crash occurred just after 9:00 a.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 52 and U.S. Route 14. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a car lost control and slid into the school bus before colliding with another car. The driver and a passenger in the first car…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – A Moorhead man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for distributing child pornography. Federal prosecutors say 36-year-old Joey David Gonzales used email and other online media to advertise, solicit, and trade images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children between 2016 and 2020. In August, 2021, Gonzales…
HANNAFORD, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Two children were flown to Fargo by Sanford Airmed after a collision on a Griggs County highway east of Hannaford, North Dakota. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the three-year-old and five-year-old were passengers in a pickup that ran into back of an abandoned pickup that was parked on the highway. The older child was wearing…
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says most Americans, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new guidelines released Friday. The CDC outlined the new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip, with less of a focus on positive test results and more on what’s happening at…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KNOX) – Sen. Kevin Cramer says he is “skeptical” of a proposed corn processing plant under consideration in Grand Forks. The city council approved a development agreement with the Fufeng Group for a plant on the city’s north side. Several nearby land and business owners have opposed the project. Cramer says the company has connections to the…
Home sales are the hottest they’ve been in years. And this weekend — the hot ticket in town could be the annual Home and Garden Show at the Fargodome. Organizers with the Home Builders Association say this year’s attendance is likely to be big. They say demand for home construction, improvement, and services is through the roof locally. Some vendors…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota says it will be the first among the state’s postsecondary schools to offer a bachelor’s degree in video gaming. The State Board of Higher Education recently approved the Bachelor of Science degree in esports at UND. The university has been developing esports for a couple years, including establishing varsity level competition….
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Titan Machinery is keeping close tabs on the situation in Ukraine, where thousands of people are fleeing the country as Russia continues to pound the capital and other cities with airstrikes. In a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday, the West Fargo-based company said the well-being of its employees in Ukraine is…
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – The Prior Lake High School girls’ basketball team will forfeit its final game and first-round playoff match after a player found a racist note in her gym bag. The team’s coach, Demondi Johnson, has also announced his resignation on Twitter, saying he hopes whoever left the note can “heal their hearts of hatred.” The decision to…
