WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – In the weeks leading up to the fourth of July fireworks become a feature of many summer celebrations. But as Dr. Mentor Ahmeti notes, fireworks can be dangerous if not used properly. Ahmeti sees many firework related injuries every year, and he says they are often caused by people not taking the proper safety precautions….
KINDRED, N.D. (KVRR) – CHS Dakota Plains Ag made a donation of over $57,000 to the Great Plains Food Bank on Wednesday. The donation is part of their Harvest for Hunger campaign, which they have been doing for 14 years, raising over $1 million for the food bank in the process. CHS energy division manager Dale Beck has been a…
BARNESVILLE, Minn. (KVRR) – Approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills and 13 grams of cocaine was seized during a traffic stop Tuesday on I-94 near Barnesville. The drugs were to be delivered to the Fargo-Moorhead area. Moorhead police say the estimated street value is about $10,000. Thirty-three year-old Antonio Johnson of Rochester, Minnesota was arrested and taken to the Clay County Jail….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Around 40 members of 10 different unions rallied outside Edgewood Healthcare headquarters in downtown Grand Forks in solidarity with union workers in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They included members of United Steelworkers, allied unions, labor councils and community members. North Dakota AFL-CIO supplied video of the rally and say workers represented by the United Steelworkers at Edgewood…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Police are urging drivers to take it easy following a number of motorcycle crashes involving fatalities and serious injuries. Dashcam video shows a motorcyclist running a red light at Center and Eighth Ave. South in Moorhead on June 12. The officer briefly pursues him, but calls off the chase when they arrive in a construction zone….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO UPDATE 8PM) — Court documents are revealing details from a Fargo shooting that left one man dead. Fargo Police were called to the Arbors apartment complex in the 2200 block of 6th Ave S around 10:15 p.m. on June 24. Officers found Zion Brooks, 20, with a serious wound to his face in the parking lot. Court documents…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The group behind the latest effort to legalize marijuana in North Dakota is ready to turn in its petitions. New Economic Frontier says the group will drop off the signatures at the state capitol on Monday, which is the deadline to get the issue on the November ballot. They will need around 15,582 valid signatures to…
Leonard PeltierWASHINGTON – Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole. The U.S. Parole Commission said in a statement Tuesday announcing the decision that he won’t be eligible for another parole hearing until June 2026. His attorney, Kevin Sharp,…
FARGO (KFGO) – A man in a wheelchair suffered serious injuries when he was hit during a traffic crash in south Fargo Tuesday morning. Fargo Police say officers responded to 32nd Ave S. and 36th Street where a pickup failed to yield while turning left in the intersection. The pickup hit a car which hit the man. The man was…
(CNN) — Some Democratic governors want to meet with the White House to voice concerns about President Joe Biden after his poor debate performance. Those concerns were aired on a governors-only call Monday, organized by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. On the call, the governors said they were surprised none of them had heard from Biden himself. The consensus seemed to…
