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White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator coming to ND tomorrow

August 28, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. – National Coronvirus Task Force Coordinator Doctor Deborah Birx will be in Fargo on Saturday according to The White House. Birx will be meeting with Governor Doug Burgum and participating in a roundtable with community and state health officials. We will bring you the latest from the meeting on KVRR Local News at 9 Saturday evening. Categories: Health…

Workers Caravan In Florida Calls On Us Senate To Extend Unemployment Benefits

Minnesota applies for $300 per week additional unemployment benefit

August 28, 2020

KVRR Staff,

MIAMI SPRINGS, FLORIDA – JULY 16: Carlos Ponce joins other demonstrators participating in a protest asking Senators to support the continuation of unemployment benefits on July 16, 2020 in Miami Springs, Florida. The protesters were asking Senators to support the new Schumer/Wyden legislation that extends unemployment benefits for all laid-off Americans as the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the economy….

WATCH: Vice President Mike Pence speaks in Duluth

August 28, 2020

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Categories: Minnesota News, Politics / Elections

West Fargo and Fargo Police arrest man on several charges

August 28, 2020

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FARGO, N.D.–The West Fargo and Fargo Police Departments worked to arrest a man after he fled and crashed a vehicle Thursday evening. West Fargo Police officers were called to the 1000 block of Brookwood Lane at approximately 11:45 p.m. to remove a man from a property. When officers arrived, the man, identified as 35-year-old Jeremiah Fluegge, was seen backing off…

North Dakota reports 314 new COVID-19 cases Friday

Cass County accounts for 3,409 of the total positive cases and 76 of the total deaths.

August 28, 2020

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CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 314 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths Friday. Thirty-three counties report new cases. Burleigh County reports the most new cases with 62 and Cass County the second most with 50. The NDDoH says one case from Morton County and one from McKenzie County were determined to be from out of…

Man charged with threatening to kill Gov. Walz

August 28, 2020

KVRR Staff,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of threatening to kill Gov. Tim Walz over his endorsement of Rep. Ilhan Omar for Congress has been charged in Ramsey County District Court. A criminal complaint filed Thursday says 51-year-old Shawn Simonson, of Blaine, left a message on the governor’s public State Capitol line Aug. 2 that threatened to leave Walz’s…

Routine wellness visit at Sanford Health helps West Fargo girl with eating habits

Aria Traylor refused to eat most foods before being referred to the Sanford Pediatric Feeding Disorder Program at an annual wellness check. She is now eating on her own and consumes a full, healthy diet.

August 27, 2020

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WEST FARGO, N.D. — Micha Traylor is a mother of four, so she knows what a healthy child’s appetite is suppose to look like. When her youngest daughter, Aria, turned a year old, she could tell something about her eating habits were off. “All the other foods that we tried to give her she had been rejecting,” said Micha Traylor….

A Local Red Cross Volunteer Heads To Texas To Help After Hurricane Damage

Alvarez will be staying in Texas for two weeks.

August 27, 2020

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FARGO, N.D.- Marcella Alvarez, a former Marine from Fargo, is heading to Houston. She will be help with sheltering. Alvarez has been volunteering with the Red Cross since January. As of Thursday, the organization has deployed eighteen volunteers from the region for Hurricane Laura relief. Two are from North Dakota, three are from South Dakota and 13 are from Minnesota….

Local Organizations React To Kenosha Shooting And Share Racial Profiling Story

OneFargo is marching Saturday morning at ten at Island Park to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake.

August 27, 2020

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FARGO-MOORHEAD.- Sadness, frustration, anger. “Not only are we in a pandemic, but we are in a fight against our lives as black people in this community,” one of the organizers of Black Lives Matter Faith Shields-Dixon said. Emotions that keep replaying like a broken record every time a black life is lost or hurt after an encounter with police. “Very…

Vector Control addresses Monarch Butterfly deaths after mosquito spraying

August 27, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. – Cass County Vector Control’s director calls the demise of thousands of monarch butterflies across the Fargo-Moorhead area an unfortunate consequence of aerial spraying. About 100 square miles were covered when crews sprayed for mosquitoes Wednesday night. Director Ben Prather says he was overwhelmed by complaints about mosquito numbers ahead of the application and now he’s hearing from…