THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Concerns about budget cuts at Thief River Falls Public Schools has resulted in a crowdfunding campaign for Challenger Elementary School. A GoFundMe was set up with permission from the school district as long as it was set up by a non-district employee. It was started by the wife of a technology teacher who says…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — April is Distracted Driving awareness month and Minnesota Department of Public Safety is taking the opportunity to remind drivers that distraction-free driving is safe driving. Throughout the month, law enforcement agencies will be dedicating extra time aiming to eliminate distracted driving in Minnesota. Over the last 5 years distracted driving has contributed to over 30,000 crashes…
When it’s frozen outside and you just want to tell winter to “let it go”, we’ve got the girl to warm your heart in this week’s Pet Connection. Meet Elsa from our friends at the Uffda Animal Rescue in Cando, North Dakota. Elsa is a 5-month old mix breed. She’s super sweet and loving. She absolutely loves other dogs….
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – Fargo Police using a search warrant arrested a man at a residence in the 500 block of 31st Avenue North Wednesday night. During a search of the residence, officers found child sexual abuse materials. Joel John Schumacher, 55, of Fargo, was arrested on suspicion of possessing certain prohibited materials and booked into the Cass County Jail….
A gold pin in the shape of Minnesota – with the words “Interstate 35W ‘Bridge’ Remembering August 1, 2007” – is photographed on Linda Paul in St. Paul, Minn., on March 27, 2024. She survived the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis on Aug. 1, 2007, and was reminded of it after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/FOX9) — A woman pleads guilty in a drug trafficking case in Fargo that had connections to a Mexican cartel. Deanna Gerads appeared in federal court to enter her plea in the case on Tuesday. She was arrested in Mexico last August after she’d been on the run for a year. Authorities say Gerads was part of a…
\MOORHEAD, Minn., (KVRR)– In Moorhead, the 11th Street Underpass project has started with road closures and open Houses. First Avenue between 10th and 12th streets as well as 11th street between 2nd Avenue North and Main Avenue are now closed. The closures are expected to last for awhile since the entire project will take about two and a half years…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A planned end-of-the-year bash by Sigma Chi and Sigma Nu at UND has been given a preliminary thumbs down by the Grand Forks City Council. The Greek organizations want to fence off their front yards for a music-filled event on May 3. The number of students attending the event would be capped at 1,000. Several…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s emails that were first thought to be lost forever have been released by the Attorney General’s office through an open records request from KFGO News after they were recovered. The 2,700-page document, released Wednesday, contains about 2,000 thousand emails from Stenehjem’s personal phone, but reveals little new information related to his…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Hector International Airport has some new artwork thanks to the sixth year of the ArtWORKS program. The exhibit by local artist Hope Thier features whimsical characters, with dinosaurs in bowties, playing hockey, and drinking wine. The paintings are installed above the baggage area, with reprints being displayed at the departure gate. The Arts Partnership chose to…
