BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum and doctors from several of the state’s largest hospitals today warned that hospital capacity in North Dakota is reaching critical levels and urged the public to help reduce the need for hospitalization. “The pressure on hospitals and clinics in both our urban and rural areas is reaching critical levels, and we all need…
We’re kicking off Halloween season and our Ghoul Morning coverage this month with a story about a kind of witches’ brew you don’t want any parts of. Environmental toxins are out there, and toxins specialist Tonya Harris has some tips on finding the hidden ones to keep them away from your kids. Harris is a childhood cancer survivor who just…
St. Cloud State PrisonST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Department of Corrections has been more successful getting inmates immunized against the coronavirus than it has for its own employees. As of this week, about 80% of prisoners in Minnesota have been fully vaccinated, while the immunization rate for corrections employees is just over 65% and at some prisons, it’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A Minot man was arrested in Fargo early Friday after police say he fled from an officer and fled the scene of a traffic crash. Police say at approximately 12:13 a.m., an officer attempted to make a traffic stop in the 200 block of 8 St. S. when the driver, 34-year-old James Dubois, took off and…
UNITED STATES (KVRR) – The new iPhone 13 officially dropped last Friday and it’s no secret access to devices have been limited due to the chip shortage. Even those who preordered were impacted. “I waited a week and I ended up getting the phones,” Carlos Quintero of RED Digital Cinema said. Quintero of RED Digital Cinema is noticing the improved…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Roughly 8,000 North Dakotans have received three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the state’s Department of Health. That includes people who are immunocompromised and were recommended to get a third Moderna dose, as well as those who got the Pfizer booster dose beginning late last week. “COVID vaccines do continue to be highly effective…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – As Afghanistan continues to experience chaos and turmoil people are still fleeing from the Taliban’s reign. North Dakota in partnership with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service have partnered together in an effort to admit a group of Afghan refugees to the Peace Garden State. One has already been admitted in an effort to reunite a wife…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Joe Biden on Thursday night signed Congress’ stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown and extend government funding through December 3, according to the White House. The bill passed the House and Senate earlier in the day with a bipartisan vote. Government funding had been set to expire at midnight, but Democratic congressional leaders, who control both chambers…
UPDATE (10/01/21 at 917 p.m.): Fargo Police say Freeman has been found safe. FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Police Department is asking the public for help in locating 17-year-old Patricia Freeman. They say she ran away on Wednesday night and was last seen in the 1300 block of 18th Avenue South. Freeman was last seen wearing a navy blue pull over…
FARGO (KVRR) – Police are asking for help in identifying a male involved in a fight during a football game at Fargo South High School. The Sept. 24 fight broke out in the parking lot. Police say it was was not related to the football game. Witnesses said a group of juveniles attacked another juvenile in the parking lot by…
