FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo Public Library is making major adjustments to its services starting in January of 2026. “Basically, we had to come up for our 2026 budget of a little over $240,000, which required us to really reduce electronic resources, in terms of electronic databases. Well over $110,000 out of the book budget and various portions of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Tuesday is election day and Minnesota School Boards Association says 70 school districts have referendums on the ballot, amounting to $1.6 billion in potential tax levies. The association points to a number of factors behind the rise in school referendums including inflation, state Paid Family Leave requirements and uncertainty over federal funding. Among the school districts…
BECKER, Minn. (KVRR) — Xcel Energy has announced plans to build the Midwest’s largest battery energy storage site. It’ll be at the Sherco Energy Hub in Becker in central Minnesota. The proposal, filed with Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last Friday, would double the amount of battery storage adjacent to the Sherco coal plant which is scheduled to retire by the…
FORT TOTTEN, N.D. (KVRR) — The search continues for a missing Native American woman who was lost spotted near Fort Totten, North Dakota early Saturday. A Feather Alert was issued for 20-year-old Danica “Tynee” White of Fort Totten. She called 9-1-1 around 6 a.m. saying she needed help and that set off a response from local authorities. Extensive searches covering…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Fargo woman had to be freed from her vehicle after colliding with a BNSF train. A slow-moving vehicle crashed into a rail car at 15th Avenue North and Highway 75 North in Moorhead. The crash was located just west of the Centennial Softball Complex. Police say it happened shortly before 1:30 p.m. The driver, an…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Fergus Falls woman killed in a head-on crash on Saturday has been identified as 55-year-old Sandra Olson. State Patrol says Olson was driving on State Highway 210 near Underwood around 11 a.m. Saturday when her SUV drifted across the centerline while going around a curve and crashed into a semi. Olson died at…
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after a pair of judges’ rulings required it to keep the food aid program running. The U.S. Department of Agriculture had planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program starting Nov. 1 because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown. The program…
The Great Plains Food Bank, which works with food pantries across North Dakota, is getting money from the state of North Dakota to buy food in light of uncertainty over federal nutrition programs. Some of that food is expected to benefit tribal nations. (Photo courtesy of Great Plains Food Bank)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe,…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Fargo man who ran from officers and sparked a police search in the Bennett Elementary School of south Fargo Sunday night is in the Cass County jail. Around 11:30 p.m., officers were called to the 5900 block of 24th Street S. for a report of a domestic dispute. Fargo Police say investigators learned that Alvin Logan,…
Wade Kadrmas, a career and technical education teacher at Horizon Middle School in Bismarck, sits with a student during a class project on Oct. 8, 2025. Students were using computer-aided design (CADD) technology to build a virtual cabin. Although the school’s CADD program does not currently use artificial intelligence, Kadrmas says it likely will be implemented in the future. (Photo…
