FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A big donation is set to help many children with disabilities compete in athletics. The LaHaise family owns 11 Buffalo Wild Wings locations in North and South Dakota and Minnesota, and every October they focus on fundraising efforts for local organizations. That allowed them to present the ABLE Games with a check for 11,500 dollars. They…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — For the first time ever, Vitalant is offering blood donors a free A1C test for diabetes through the month of September. More than one in three adults has prediabetes and doesn’t know it. Vitalant is testing to see how people react and be able to provide an easily accessible option for their donors. Blood donors will…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — “Artificial intelligence is one of the big new waves in the economy. Right now they say that artificial intelligence is worth about $750 billion in our economy right now. But they expect it to quadruple within about eight or nine years,” said Paul Meyers, President and Financial Advisor at Legacy Wealth Management in Fargo. According to…
Avian flu has recently been confirmed at commercial turkey farms in North Dakota and South Dakota. (Scott Bauer/Agriculture Research Service, USDA)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — Avian flu has hit turkey farms in North Dakota and South Dakota, the first cases in commercial flocks in the United States since early July. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A legal victory for the City of Horace in a dispute over special assessments. East Central Judicial District Judge Constance Cleveland has dismissed all twelve actions in a lawsuit filed by a group of homeowners in April. They claimed their special assessments rapidly grew since buying their homes. In the ruling, the judge says the plaintiffs…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Acres Mall operators are disputing comments made last night by Commissioner Dave Piepkorn. He said the mall doesn’t want the MATBUS hub saying, quote, “this is West Acres telling us to get out so I just want people to be aware of that.” West Acres Mall COO Alissa Adams in a statement said “we were…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A third Chick-fil-A location is coming to the FM metro. A permit has been filed with the City of Fargo for a new building at 2301 55th Street South, just south of Sanford Medical Center. The permit says the building will include a drive-thru with free-standing, non-combustible order and meal delivery canopies. It will be built…
David George (Sherburne County Jail)FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Attorneys for a former West Fargo Elementary School principal who pleaded guilty to federal child sex abuse charges will ask the judge to place him in a prison in North Carolina. In May, David George pleaded guilty to taking a 10-year-old boy to South Dakota, molesting him, taking images of the abuse, and…
HARWOOD, N.D. (KVRR) — Protesters against the proposed AI Data Center stood outside the Harwood Community Center with signs that read, No power to AI and to Water for farms not for AI in light of the City Council meeting. The group was allowed to come inside and attend the meeting. “Bridge of rezoning to hide from answering questions. This…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The City Commission approved the removal of a dangerous apartment building in south Fargo. Inspections Director Shawn Ouradnik says the designation was made after a July 7 fire that did significant damage to a basement apartment unit and smoke damage throughout the two story apartment. He says there are a number of other issues with the 5-unit…
