We’re on a bit of a hot streak on Pet Connection. Each of the last two weeks, our adoptable pet has found a new home within days of us featuring them on the show. We’re putting our luck on the line this week. We don’t have one pet looking for a loving home. We have five! They’re all adult…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – The Russia Ukraine conflict has ties to two people from Bismarck. According to NATO, Russia is still sending troops to Ukraine despite President Vladamir Putin’s insistence to negotiate a solution to the crisis. The U.S. and NATO believe an invasion is imminent. Ukrainians raised national flags and sang the country’s anthem to mark Unity Day, created…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Noridian Healthcare Solutions, headquartered in Fargo, provides service for anyone using Medicare, Medicaid and more. You used to only find Noridian in North Dakota but they have expanded across the United States. The company prides itself on being a leader in creating solutions for state and commercial health care programs and they want to make it…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — UPDATE: as of 9:45 p.m., power has been restored to all customers. **Original Story Below** Around 350 customers of Cass County Electric north of I-94 in West Fargo remain without power as of 8:30 p.m. after an equipment failure at the substation. It started around 6 p.m. Wednesday with around 1,000 members impacted. Crews are working…
HAWLEY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Hawley Mayor Jim Joy has announced that he is running for the Minnesota House District 4B seat currently held by DFL Rep. Paul Marquart. Joy has been the mayor of Hawley for 6 years and is running as a Republican. He is a reserve police officer for the city, and owns and operates a gas and…
FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AP/KVRR) — Authorities say a Minnesota man has died after a skiing accident at the Arizona Snowbowl Ski Resort in Flagstaff. Coconino County Sheriff’s officials say 61-year-old Michael Amiot died Tuesday morning after being injured on one of the more difficult runs. Details weren’t immediately released, but authorities say Amiot wasn’t wearing a helmet and suffered serious head…
FARGO (KVRR) – Two people have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law that led to the creation of legislative sub-districts for two North Dakota Indian reservations. Charles Walen and Paul Henderson are challenging the addition of two sub-districts in legislative Districts 4 and 9 on the Fort Berthold and Turtle Mountain Reservations. The complaint says that the creation…
EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) – A vehicle blockade that was assembled last week at the Emerson Port of Entry, just north of Pembina, North Dakota has ended. The Emerson blockade was one of at least three border blockades that were set up to protest Canada’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirements. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived and led the protesters away from…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Schools and bus companies across Minnesota have been given $3.5 million in grant money to outfit school buses with stop-arm cameras. The Minnesota Legislature has awarded the grants to 32 schools and bus companies to purchase and install the cameras and buy supporting software programs. According to the state Department of Transportation, Minnesota was seeing more…
GRANT CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two women are charged with 3rd degree murder in the overdose death last March of 27-year-old Jonathan Murtland of Elbow Lake, Minnesota. Grant County Sheriff’s Office determined that 24-year-old Rachel MacMillan of Elbow Lake and 30-year-old Montana Hedstrom of Dalton provided Murtland with fentanyl which led to his death. He was found not breathing at…
