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Pet Connection: Meet Walter

Walter is a big bird for Pet Connection this week from C.A.A.R.E.

  Walter is a big bird. He is a Greenwing Macaw, which is the 2nd-largest Macaw species. He may be big, but he seems to know his strength. Gwen Sailer with C.A.A.R.E. says it doesn’t leave much of a mark when he bites, despite the face he could break your arm bone if he really tried. Despite his careful bites,…

Rural ND Customers Continue To Lose Power Days After Ice Storm

The Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative in southeast North Dakota says more power lines are getting damaged even though the storm is over

SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – The Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative in southeast North Dakota says more power lines are getting damaged even though the ice storm is over. They started Wednesday with a little more than 1,700 people without power. Currently, their outage map shows more than 2,000 without power. They say as long as ice remains on power lines…

‘We might not see again for 50 to 75 years’: Christmas rain considered a Black Swan event; good for farmers

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – We saw record rain here in the month of December, especially for the southern Red River Valley. For the past couple of days there has been freezing rain in the area. But according to the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, this won’t be a bad thing for farmers because the conditions were perfect for it. They…

Christmas rain has people using their sump pumps

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – With all of the rain we’ve been getting, people are using their sump pumps to prevent water backing up into their homes. And the city is doing that as well with their axillary pumps to relieve pressure on the sewer system. According to a city official, they have received calls regarding the water issue because we…

LEGO Mania in Fargo!

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The top, young minds in Fargo made LEGO creations as part of the annual LEGO Mania design contest at Fargo Public Library. Kids in the area put together intricate displays for the judges to look at and judge. The contest has been going on since 2009, and each year more and more kids get involved according…

North Dakota lawmaker who used homophobic slurs during DUI arrest has no immediate plans to resign

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Republican lawmaker has no plans to immediately resign, despite party leaders’ calls for him to step down after he railed against police with profane, homophobic and anti-migrant language during a recent traffic stop that ended in his arrest on a charge of drunken driving. In a statement Wednesday, Republican state Rep. Nico Rios, of Williston, said he…