FARGO-MOORHEAD — Valentine’s Day will be here soon and local businesses are getting ready for consumers to spend big. According to a survey from the National Retail Federation, Americans are spending just under $24 billion on Valentine’s Day. That’s slightly more than last year’s $21.8 billion and less than 2020’s $27.4 dollars. The average is expected to be around $175…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is being remembered not just for the work he did, but the family man and friend he was to many. “Wayne Stenehjem will go down in the history books as the longest serving attorney general in North Dakota’s history and certainly one of the most impactful. And yet none of…
Gov. Kristi NoemPIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill that will ban transgender girls and college-age women from playing in school sports leagues that match their gender identity. South Dakota is the 10th state to enact such a law. The bill is set to take effect July 1 but could face legal challenges….
CASSELTON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — It’s likely Casselton, North Dakota will lose its only grocery store. The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a required conditional use permit that allows the sale of the Wangler Foods building on Front Street. The buyer plans to move a computer, internet and IT sales business into the building. Whether the sale of the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Belcourt, North Dakota man is sentenced to seven years in prison for a carjacking in Fargo. 32-year-old John Poitra approached someone who had just parked their pickup near 6th Avenue and 8th Street North last March. He demanded the keys and threatened to stab the owner. Poitra was found by police driving the pickup the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Department of Health is encouraging people to pursue careers in skilled nursing facilities. They are offering an Emergency Recruitment Program to become a Temporary Nurse Aide and Certified Nurse Aide. The program will run through May 30 or the approval of 100 applicants, whichever comes first. A $2,000 sign-on bonus is being offered for…
RANSOM CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A man accused of drunk driving is found lying in a ditch for three hours in -22 weather before someone spotted him. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Jesse Schultz of Enderlin crashed and was thrown from his vehicle around 2 Thursday morning, one mile north of Sheldon in Ransom County. Schultz was taken to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — FirstLink wants to bring the topics of mental health and suicide to the forefront for young people. A film festival will be held on April 28th at Fargo Theatre. College and high school students are encouraged to submit their own films. Cash prizes up to one thousand dollars are being offered. FirstLink answers the National Suicide…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – It’s official! The newest MnDOT plow names are in. So who will be joining F. Salt Fitzgerald and Snowbi Wan Kenobi in clearing the state’s roads during our next storm? The top 8 are Betty Whiteout with more than 40,000 votes followed by Ctrl Salt Delete, The Big Leplowski, Plowasaurus Rex, Scoop Dog, Blizzard of…
Wayne Stenehjem funeral 2/3/2022BISMARCK, N.D. – Hundreds of people gathered at the Bismarck Event Center to pay tribute to North Dakota’s longest-serving attorney general who died last week. Sixty-eight-year-old Wayne Stenehjem was found unresponsive at his home and died unexpectedly last Friday following his hospitalization. A cause of death has not been made public. Stenehjem’s body was brought to the…
