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NDSU equipment working hard to ship everything the team needs to Frisco

The Bison hope to leave for Texas tomorrow and everything they require for preparation will be on one trailer.

January 4, 2022

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- Before NDSU plays in the FCS national championship, team managers are prepping all the luggage for the game behind the scenes. The team of nine including the director of operations a grad assistant and seven team managers, have been gathering jerseys, equipment, laptops and projectors for the big game Saturday. The Bison hope to leave for Texas…

Voters reject school bond referendum in Mapleton

Bond referendums need 60 percent to pass in North Dakota.

January 4, 2022

Site Staff,

Update: Mapleton Public Schools posted on Facebook that the referendum failed with 52 percent of voters saying not. Bond referendums need 60 percent to pass in North Dakota. School leaders say the money was needed to fund an expansion that would have included a new middle school. They say the student population has nearly doubled since the school opened in…

Free N95 Masks Offered By Grand Forks Public Health

January 4, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — People in Grand Forks seeking more protection from their face masks can get free N95 masks. They are available at Grand Forks Public Health on 4th Street South, Monday through Friday from 8 to 5. You must live in the county to be eligible to get up to five free N95 masks. They were purchased…

Spirit Lake Reservation Woman Pleads Guilty In Murder of Child

January 4, 2022

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Tokio, North Dakota woman pleads guilty to second-degree murder, three counts of child abuse and child neglect in Indian Country. A five-year-old foster child in the care of Tammy and Erich Longie was found dead in their home on the Spirit Lake Reservation. Authorities say the child died of multiple episodes of inflicted trauma. A…

Fargo Man Enters The Race For City Commission

January 4, 2022

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Branden Krieger made his official announcement on social media that he is running for a seat on the Fargo City Commission. Krieger filed his paperwork and says he is running to change the process and bring back honesty to candidates and civility to public debate. “I want to challenge the city, I want everyone to be…

Milk carton shortage leads to changes at Fargo Public Schools

January 4, 2022

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – A nationwide shortage of half-pint milk and juice containers is forcing Fargo Public School officials to rethink how the beverages are distributed to students. “The supply of milk itself is not of concern; however, there are only a few carton producers in the country who provide the cartons for school milk,” Nutrition Services Director Cindy Hogenson said…

Semi driver cited after rollover near Mapleton

January 4, 2022

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the driver of a semi was cited after the vehicle he was driving rolled over on I-94 west of Fargo. Capt. Bryan Niewind says it happened around 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, about two miles west of Mapleton. Niewind says 53-year-old Darshan Singh of Edmonton, Alberta lost control of the semi, crossed the…

Four injured in Beltrami County fish house explosion

January 4, 2022

Jim Monk,

WASKISH TOWNSHIP, Minn. (KVRR) – Four people were injured when a propane tank exploded in a fish house on Upper Red Lake. The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office says the explosion happened Saturday “Upon arrival of Sheriff’s Deputies, a male and female had already been transported by ambulance to the Waskish Airport to meet the air ambulances. A second male and…

Walz expects COVID-19 spike as Minnesota schools reopen

January 4, 2022

Jim Monk,

MINNEAPOLIS – Gov. Tim Walz says coronavirus cases due to the fast-spreading omicron variant will most likely race through Minnesota’s public schools in the next few weeks now that students are back in class. Walz said that school administrators across the state are right to be concerned. He noted that modeling by the Mayo Clinic predicts a spike peaking around…

Judge blocks Biden vaccine mandate for Head Start in 24 states

January 4, 2022

KVRR Staff,

MONROE, La. – President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the Head Start early education program to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a Louisiana federal judge ruled, handing a victory to 24 states including North Dakota that had sued the federal government. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty wrote that the Biden administration unlawfully bypassed Congress when ordering that workers in Head…