Sakari is stronger than she looks, in more ways than one. She came in to the 4 Luv of Dog shelter scared, withdrawn, and not interested in being touched at all. But within a short time frame, Sakari figured out the rescue workers were her friends, and her personality blossomed into a dog who loves to be cuddled, played with,…
FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – The Cass County Drug Task Force made an arrest with assistance from the Metro Area Street Crimes unit Wednesday shortly before 1 p.m. in the 2200 block of 59th Avenue South in Fargo. Robby Welcher, 26, of Fargo had outstanding arrest warrants for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, fleeing in a motor vehicle,…
Joel PaulsenMOORHEAD (KFGO/KVRR) – The executive director of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority has resigned. Joel Paulsen notified a sub-committee that he would step down on Tuesday. During a meeting Thursday morning, it was clear that over half the Diversion Authority Board was unaware of the circumstances that led to Paulsen’s resignation. Board member and Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Turning Point USA brought speaker Riley Gaines to campus. Gaines is an activist seeking to “reclaim feminism.” Gaines has spoken across the country about barring transgender women from women’s sports, on the basis of safety and fairness. Gaines was a college swimmer at the University of Kentucky, who came to prominence for criticizing Lia Thomas’s participation…
Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth. Their lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles county court names Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms; Snapchat’s Snap Inc.; TikTok parent company ByteDance; and Alphabet, which owns YouTube and Google, as defendants. Virtually all U.S. teenagers use social media,…
MINNETONKA, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9/CNN: 8pm UPDATE) — Two Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies were shot while serving a warrant and a suspect was killed during an exchange of gunfire in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka. The shootout happened just before 11:20 a.m. One deputy was taken to a hospital with injuries that were “very serious” but not life-threatening according to Sheriff Dawanna…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – April is National Donate Life Month, as a flag was raised at the Sanford Medical Center to commemorate those that are organ donors of the past and present. According to Sanford, there were over 1,900 children under the age of 18 in the U.S. that received a transplant in 2023. Some of these transplants help with…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Tourism wrapped up their annual Travel Industry Conference with the Governor’s Photo Contest and Travel and Tourism Awards in Fargo. Governor Burgum and Lt. Governor Tammy Miller presented the awards, which recognize efforts by North Dakotans to drive travel and tourism to the state by The Photo Contest highlighted the best photos showcasing North…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Red Lake Nation’s Red Lake, Inc. will be participating in a trade mission to New Delhi, India at the end of the month. Red Lake is one of nearly four dozen businesses and organizations that will join USDA Under Secretary Alexis Taylor on the mission. They will be the only representative from a Native or Tribal…
NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — A Jamestown woman is sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with the death of a baby and injury of another boy that authorities tied to her unlicensed home child care center. Patricia Wick pleaded guilty in January to felony charges of murder and child abuse and a misdemeanor of operating an unlicensed day…
