WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – Wahpeton and Breckenridge fire departments are working to put out a large, burning straw pile outside the Masonite International plant north of Wahpeton. The fire was reported around 2:15 this (Wed) morning The straw pile is located in the northeast corner of the storage area. Fire breaks have been put up to keep the fire from…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce hosts its first regional event with the Midwest Energy Summit. Back in February a freeze in the southern part of the country left nearly three million households in Texas without power, forcing parts of North Dakota to run rolling blackouts to help save the power grid. “Texas is…
MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) — The FDA has given the go-ahead for a new Alzheimer’s drug. “We’re slowing down the progression of the disease or this drug will do that. That’s exciting because it will give people more time and a better quality of time while they’re with their families,” Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota-North Dakota CEO & Director Susan Parriott…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – If you’re on the hunt for a new bike to get you out and about this summer, get in line. Bike shop employees in Fargo say the demand currently far exceeds the supply on hand. “We saw a tremendous spike in the demand for bikes last summer, and that has really continued through the winter and…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A person calls West Fargo Fire after smelling and seeing smoke coming from a crawl space. Firefighters arrived around 1 p.m. to find insulation wrapped around a live electrical wire was burning underneath the house. Extra crews were called on scene to help due to heat exhaustion prevention. Down the road from the fire on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Board of Education votes 6-2 to censure Member Jennifer Benson for refusing to wear a mask during meetings. She claims the mask policy is illegal. Benson argues she isn’t an employee of the district and the board cannot ask her about her medical history to provide an exemption to the rule. “You have said…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Sources confirm with KVRR News that 14-year-old Daisy “Jupiter” Paulsen has died after being brutally attacked last week in Fargo. Her father, Robert Paulsen, says his daughter was riding her skateboard to her moms home before she had work on Friday morning. She was randomly attacked by 23-year-old Arthur Kollie who is accused of stabbing the…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Fargo-based maker of SunButter is suing FedEx, claiming the company ruined hundreds of cases of the sunflower spread. In a federal lawsuit, SunButter says it hired FedEx to ship 420 cases of SunButter pouches from Fargo to a school district in Sacramento, Calif. SunButter says all but 60 cases of the product were damaged and that…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Officials with the USL W League, a women’s pre-professional soccer league starting in May 2022, will have Minnesota as one of eight inaugural franchises. The league will serve as the nation’s top pre-professional league, developing top women’s soccer talent across the country. Minnesota’s franchise was created over the last year, and will include a community ownership…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead Police are asking for help in identifying the person who placed several stickers at Minnesota State University Moorhead in March. Decals promoting a white supremacist group were found on campus March 22. Earlier, stickers linked to a hate group were found on the NDSU campus in Fargo. “The items distributed have been identified as hate…
