DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Threats made against schools in Detroit Lakes have been resolved according to Superintendent Mark Jenson and Detroit Lakes Police Chief Steve Todd. The first threat was phoned in to a Fargo news outlet’s tip line. The second was noticed by a student at another school in the district that a student had posted on social…
Young hockey players in the region are struggling through tryouts right about now, and they’ve taken a lot of time and effort to get to this point. And so have their parents. That’s why one of the region’s long-running fundraisers is getting going again this year at just the right time. Stick it to Cancer got started in 2010 by…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – On a 3-2 vote, the Fargo City Commission agreed to receive a proposed ordinance to create the first-ever Fargo Police Advisory and Oversight Board made up of seven citizen members. The final decision, which could include some changes, will be before commissioners in two weeks. Police Chief Dave Zibolski says the proposal is the culmination of months…
Police Chief Medaria ArradondoMINNEAPOLIS – Voters in Minneapolis are deciding whether to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The election comes more than a year after George Floyd’s death launched a movement to defund or abolish police across the country. Mayor Jacob Frey is also in a tough fight for a second term. He’s…
MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Minnesota will offer free or reduced tuition to many Native American students attending its five campuses starting next fall. The cost waiver program had previously been offered only at the Morris campus, but now will be expanded to all five campuses, to also include Duluth, Rochester, Crookston and the Twin Cities. Incoming freshmen and tribal…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- We are here on the city’s request as to whether or not Mayor Dr. Mahoney is eligible to run for another four year term,” said Cass County Judge Stephannie Stiel. Opening arguments were presented at Cass County Courthouse. Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney and his attorney stated their case and Fargo’s City Attorney Eric Johnson argued why he…
SARGENT CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A 36-year-old woman from Milnor, North Dakota is dead after crashing into a semi near Gwinner. The crash happened around 4:30 Monday afternoon on Highway 13. Highway patrol says the semi driver had slowed to turn when the woman crashed into the rear of the rig. She was first taken by Milnor ambulance then transferred…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sanford Health holds a flag raising ceremony to kick off Eye Donation Month. Dakota Lions Sight and Health says cornea transplant surgery has the highest success rate of any other transplant surgeries. The demand also continues to grow across the country. Sanford has used these flag dedications to honor the sacrifice donor’s and their families have…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An MSUM graduate and bodybuilder fulfills a lifelong dream of owning a business. Brady Hand is the new owner of Kone’s Kreamery which is on the 1600 block of 45th Street South in Fargo. He sent the business a message on Facebook after seeing a closed sign on the door and eventually got an offer to…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A driver is arrested after leading authorities on a high-speed chase on I-94. Shortly before 1:00 p.m., a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper pulled over a man driving a Dodge Journey around mile marker 338. That driver fled the scene and went west bound. Once in Casselton, the driver switched directions to head east. When…
