WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) – A Richland County Sheriff’s deputy was injured during a traffic stop Tuesday when her squad car was struck by a vehicle along Interstate 29. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the deputy was conducting a traffic stop in the southbound lanes of I-29 when the driver of a pickup failed to move over and struck the…
PIERRE, S.D. – More than a year after President Biden revoked the federal permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, lawyers for the project are asking South Dakota regulators to consider nearly all activities in the state officially ended. Parent company TC Energy has filed a motion with the state’s Public Utilities Commission asking the three-member panel to release a…
Minneapolis teachers on strike (Fox 9)MINNEAPOLIS – Teachers have hit the picket lines at public schools across Minneapolis, calling their strike a fight to ensure “safe and stable schools” for students and for better wages for the lowest-paid support staff. Many families of the 29,000 students in the district are worried. They fear an extended walkout by the nearly 3,300 teachers…
Minneapolis 3rd Precinct burns. May, 2020 MINNEAPOLIS – A report on how Minneapolis police, fire and other agencies responded to the riots that erupted following the killing of George Floyd paints a picture of miscommunication and a lack of planning. The report by the risk management firm Hillard Heintze describes a breakdown of critical communication among government agencies that left…
FARGO-MOORHEAD (KVRR)- Prices at the pump continue to spike and there are no signs of them dropping anytime soon. “We get very little of our fossil fuels from Russia so in terms of a national supply of fossil fuels this is going to have a minimal impact and so doing a minimal impact on Russia as well,” said Dr. David…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer says America shouldn’t help fund Russia’s war with Ukraine by buying their oil, especially because he believes America can produce enough of its own. “How would you tell a single parent in North Dakota they could soon see gas prices go up above $4 a gallon, that would you tell a single…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Country Music Hall of Fame member Hank Williams Jr. has Alerus Center in Grand Forks on his limited 2022 tour schedule. Hank will take the stage on Sunday, May 29 along with ACM New Female Artist of the Year Lainey Wilson. The tour includes just 16 stops and in addition to Grand Forks, they’ll also play…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Hector International Airport passenger numbers are trending upwards since January. According to the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission, more than 73,000 passengers used all eight airports in North Dakota in January. That’s 73 percent more than January 2021, but below 100,000 passengers in January 2020. Lack of commercial flights during COVID-19 hurt the state’s largest airport and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Metro Flood Diversion Authority has put out a new video to explain the massive engineering work being done to create the FM Area Flood Diversion. It will provide permanent flood protection to around 235,000 people when it’s finished in 2027. Greg Thompson with Houston Engineering narrates the video and explains how the different components will work…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Things got a little heated again at Monday night’s Grand Forks City Council meeting. Some people turned up to speak out one more time against the plan to bring a corn milling plant to the north side of Grand Forks. It’ll be Fufeng Groups first U.S. facility. Those who spoke out are critical of Fufeng’s…
