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City of Finley residents once again able to use water

FINLEY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Residents of Finley can finally use water from the tap again. Last Friday, the city’s water system lost pressure due to a main line leak. Residents were asked to not use water for anything, including flushing the toilet. While Finley was without water, the city distributed water, the Spirit Lake tribe donated thousands of bottles of…

Moorhead Highway 75 project begins next week

MOORHEAD (KVRR-KFGO) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation says a Highway 75 resurfacing project in Moorhead will begin Monday. Fargo-based Border States Paving is the primary contractor for the $1.4 million project between 46th Avenue and the 60th Avenue S. roundabout. The work includes resurfacing, replacing culverts, ditch cleaning, and sidewalk upgrades. The road will remain open, but there will…

West Fargo Hosts Town Hall for City Commission Candidates

Four individuals are vying to fill two spots.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The run-up to local elections continues, as candidates seek to engage with the public in hopes of winning coveted city commission seats. The city of West Fargo held a town hall meeting on April 23 at the West Fargo Fire Department for candidates for their city commission vacancies. Four people are vying for two open…

New scam message targets people in the metro, Cass County Sheriff explains what to do

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This letter, sent to a recipient, shows that they received a final notice with a court enforcement action for an outstanding traffic violation. But, while it may look like an official notice, Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says otherwise. “The way that this thing presents is that it says that it comes from the state of…

Coalition Forms to Promote Renewal of Sales Tax

The Fargo Forward Coalition says their main goal is to educate voters regarding how exactly their lives would change for the worse if they were to let this tax lapse.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Forward Coalition may technically be a new organization, but the enthusiasm its co-chairs have for the penny infrastructure sales tax in the city is not. “In 2006, I was one of the almost 70% of Fargo voters who voted ‘yes’ on the infrastructure sales tax idea,” said co-chair Deborah Frederickson. The group, comprised of…

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law….

Fire department quickly extinguishes blaze, next to Sheldon, ND fire hall

photo credit – Enderlin Sheldon Fire Dept.SHELDON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The response was quick to a fire Monday night in Sheldon in southeastern North Dakota. Within minutes of the call, 18 firefighters the Enderlin-Sheldon Fire Dept. and eight EMS personnel were enroute. They had just completed a scheduled training session. The fire started on the outside of a building next…

Drinking water restored in Finley, North Dakota

FINLEY, N.D. (KVRR) — Great news for people living in Finley, North Dakota:  people can now resume using water without restrictions. The city received the all-clear from Department of Environmental Quality in Bismarck. Testing found that bacteriological samples collected have all come back satisfactory and indicated the disinfection barrier is intact. They believe sediment got into the line while Dakota…

Top North Dakota environmental regulator plans to retire this summer

Dave Glatt, director of the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, speaks during an event at the Capitol on Nov. 5, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Dave Glatt, director of the Department of Environmental Quality, has announced his plan to retire effective July 31. Glatt has served in state government for 43 years,…

After a long process, Fargo’s Convention Center Committee is about to pick the site

Fargo Convention Center Committee meeting. 10/24/25.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo’s Convention Center Committee will meet Friday to narrow down its list of four possible sites to one. That site recommendation will be presented to the full City Commission during it’s Monday meeting. The four sites include an expansion to Fargodome, Scheels Arena, Fargo Civic Center, or land besides Brewhalla. In…