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A Team From The CDC Meets With The NDHD For COVID-19 Vaccine Planning

According to the Health Department there are three candidate vaccines, with one in phase three.

August 12, 2020

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BISMARCK, N.D.- North Dakota was selected primarily because of the state’s immunization program, the CDC’s interest in coming to a rural state, and also to engage with the tribal nation. The teams have spent time discussing the ins and outs of the program as well as the assumptions. According to the Health Department there are three candidate vaccines, with one…

Fire Found Crawling Up The Outside Of House In Grand Forks

The fire is under investigation

August 12, 2020

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Crews in Grand Forks respond to a fire crawling up the side of a house. It was reported around 4:15 Wednesday afternoon in the 1600 block of 38th street south. They arrived to see flames burning up the side of the house to the roof. There is significant damage to the house but an estimate is…

Woman Dies After Head-On Crash Involving Fargo Driver

The crash happened on Highway 22, north of Dickinson, North Dakota

August 12, 2020

Alison Voorhees,

DICKINSON, N.D. — A woman dies days after a crash involving a Fargo man north of Dickinson. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened last Thursday. Thirty-nine-year-old Ryan Nicklay, of Fargo, was driving south on Highway 22 when his truck crossed the center line and hit a vehicle driven by a 66-year-old woman from Florida. The woman was…

Walz Extends Peacetime Emergency And It’s Upheld By Democrat-Controlled House

Senate Denies Confirming His Pick For Commissioner of Labor and Industry

August 12, 2020

TJ Nelson,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (8:15pm Update) — Gov. Tim Walz is dealt a blow by the Republican-led Minnesota Senate during today’s special session. They voted to deny the confirmation of Nancy Leppink as Commissioner of Labor and Industry. Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka said she wasn’t working out and that he asked Walz to find her another role. The Senate also…

North Dakota reports 87 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths Wednesday

Cass County accounts for 3,067 of the total positive cases and 76 of the total deaths.

August 12, 2020

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CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 87 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths on Wednesday. Nineteen counties report new cases. Cass County reports the most new cases with 15 and Williams County the second most with 12. An 80-year-old woman from Grand Forks County and a 60-year-old man from Morton County died. Both individuals had underlying…

All Potato Bowl USA activities canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

The activities were scheduled for September 29 through October 3.

August 12, 2020

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GRAND FORKS, N.D.–The Potato Bowl USA Committee has announced that all Potato Bowl activities have been canceled, including the 55th Annual Potato Bowl between the UND Fight Hawks and the SDSU Jackrabbits. The activities were scheduled for September 29 through October 3, and included events such as the Simplot French Fry Feed, Thomsen Homes Kid’s Zone and the KEM Shrine…

Minnesota’s Omar holds off well-funded primary challenger

August 12, 2020

KVRR Staff,

Rep. Ilhan OmarMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has survived a stiff primary challenge from a well-funded opponent who tried to make an issue of her national celebrity. Omar defeated Antone Melton-Meaux, an attorney and mediator who raised millions in anti-Omar money. The victory means Omar is nearly certain to easily win a second term in November in…

Man crashes into Moorhead garage after suffering medical episode

Police say no criminal charges will be filed.

August 12, 2020

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MOORHEAD, Minn.–A man was taken to a local hospital after crashing into a garage at an apartment complex on Tuesday. Moorhead Police say a 61-year-old man was moving his vehicle when he appeared to have a medical episode that caused him to lose control of his vehicle. He drove into the side of a garage and damaged another vehicle. First…

Man tased after resisting arrest in Moorhead on Tuesday

August 12, 2020

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MOORHEAD, Minn.–The Moorhead Police Department used a taser on a man who refused to comply with officers’ demands during a traffic stop Tuesday evening. At approximately 7:37 p.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop in the 1600 block of 1st Ave N. Police say 50-year-old Michael Coleman Brown was immediately confrontational and resisted the officer’s attempts to remove him from…

El Zagal Shrine Circus partners with KVRR, local police departments for bike giveaway

The Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead police departments each received 12 bikes to give to deserving kids in their communities.

August 12, 2020

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WEST FARGO, N.D. — Every year, the El Zagal Shrine Circus gives away hundreds of bikes to kids for free with the help from sponsors. The Circus was cancelled this year due to COVID-19, but El Zagal Shrine made sure deserving kids still got their new ride. “The sponsors came back and said ‘We sponsor these bikes and we really…