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Africa Liquor License
Business, Local News, North Dakota News

Africa Restaurant & Nightclub will lose liquor license

The months-long fight for Africa International Restaurant and Nightclub to regain its liquor license ends.
KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – In a special Fargo City Commission meeting, commissioners voted four to one for Africa International Restaurant and Nightclub to sell its liquor license or have it revoked. Last week the Liquor Control Board voted 4-1 to recommend the further suspension of the liquor license in order for the club to make improvements. “My understanding was to…

Great Plains Mobile 092021
Local News, Minnesota News

Mobile Food Pantry Stops Planned For September 28

Hawley, Ulen, Felton, Glyndon, Moorhead and Dilworth
TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — More mobile food pantry stops are scheduled next Tuesday in Hawley, Ulen, Felton, Glyndon, Moorhead and Dilworth. Great Plains Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry will be carrying fresh vegetables, bakery items and boxed goods when it makes stops in each community on Tuesday, September 28. Anyone in need of food assistance is welcome to attend and receive…

Dunn Co Victims
Local News, Minnesota News

Wisconsin quadruple homicide victims were killed in St. Paul, investigators say

KVRR Staff,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – The St. Paul Police Department announced Monday it is taking the lead in the investigation into the four people found dead in an abandoned vehicle in western Wisconsin after investigators determined the murders occurred in St. Paul. All four victims were found left in a corn field in rural Dunn County, Wisconsin. Thirty-five-year-old Loyace…
Local News, Minnesota News

Video shows woman on motorized scooter on Minnesota highway

Jim Monk,

  New video: @MnDPS_MSP state troopers save a life after woman drives shopping cart onto freeway 👇 pic.twitter.com/ihXO5kKezP — 🚔 MN Safety 🚔 (@SafetyAlertsMN) September 19, 2021 ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – A Minnesota Dept. of Transportation traffic camera captured a woman who was driving an electric shopping cart on a freeway in the Twin Cities. Video shows the woman…

Campbell Storm Damage Sept 20 2021
Local News, Minnesota News

Wind damages roof on building in Wilkin County

Jim Monk,

Storm damage (Eric Klindt/KFGO)CAMPBELL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – Strong winds from an early morning thunderstorm damaged the roof of a metal storage building in Campbell, southeast of Breckenridge. Wilkin County Sheriff Rick Fiedler says he has not heard of any other weather-related damage in the county. The storm is believed to have struck between midnight and 3:00 a.m. Monday. Categories: Local…
Local News, North Dakota News

North Dakota petitions FCC to keep single area code

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D.  – North Dakotans are accustomed to seven digit phone dialing because the entire state is under the 701 area code. State officials want to keep it that way. North Dakota is projected to run out of numbers under the 701 area code by 2026. So the Public Service Commission is seeking permission from federal regulators to free up…

Local News, Minnesota News

Police investigating teen’s death in Crookston

Jim Monk,

CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) – Police in Crookston are investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl. Shortly after 6:00 a.m. Monday, police responded to the 400-block of Summit Ave. on a report of an unconscious female possibly deceased. Police say the teen’s death appears to be an isolated incident.  They say no other people were involved and there is no risk…

River
Community, Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead, North Dakota News

Folkway’s 4th Annual Red River Water Pageant Brings Creativity to the Red River

Community members gather by the water to show off their decorated vessels.
Site Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Fargo’s Folkways Organization hosted its 4th Annual Red River Water Pageant. Participants gathered by the Hjemkomst Center to decorate their watercrafts and set sail onto the Red River. Lesley Anne Buegel, Folkways Project Coordinator, helped bring this event to fruition. She says that the canoe parade grows every year and that she is excited to see…

Silver Alert 091921
Local News, North Dakota News

North Dakota Silver Alert Canceled

TJ Nelson,

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — A Silver Alert issued Sunday for a missing 88-year-old Wishek woman has been cancelled. Authorities say Marjorie Burton was found safe in Jamestown. They had considered her vulnerable due to recent surgery and dementia. Categories: Local News, North Dakota News Tags: CANCELED, DEMENTIA, jamestown, MARJORIE BURTON, SILVER ALERT, WISHEK