FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A simple trip to the mall can end up helping save a life. Vitalant and Landon’s Light Foundation have once again teamed up for a summer blood drive at West Acres. “The summertime is such a difficult time to get donors in the door and we’re really counting on first-timers to come out and roll up…
FARGO-MOORHEAD (KVRR) — A national nonprofit is helping support local youth through that FM metro. Friends of the Children Fargo-Moorhead chapter is helping bring up children faced with obstacles. The mentoring program helps partner local youth with a mentor friend who will work with the child for a period of 12 or more years. The program is designed to help…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Grand Forks city leaders are asking people to limit their outdoor water usage. People are asked to voluntarily participate, it is not mandatory. Starting Thursday, residential water users in odd numbered homes are asked to limit the watering of their lawns to between 4 am – 11 am on Mondays and Thursdays. Residential water users in even…
BISMARCK N.D. — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum calls it “preposterous”. The Biden administration is extending non-essential travel restrictions at the northern and southern borders until August 21. The administration is under fire for continuing to keep them in place more than a year into the pandemic, and after Canada announced it was reopening to vaccinated Americans on August 9….
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – The president of the State College of Science is retiring, effective December 17. John Richman was named the school’s president in 2007. “After 42 years in higher education, and 35 years of that spent at NDSCS, it feels like the right time to retire. I am very thankful to have spent the majority of my career…
FARGO, ND (KVRR) — Fargo Police Officers are searching for the driver of a vehicle that crashed into an apartment, 1537 48 St. S. today, July 21, 2021 at approximately 11:43 a.m. The driver is described as a Black male last seen wearing a red sweatshirt, blue jeans and red shoes. One adult female and one infant were in the…
BARNESVILLE, MN (KVRR) — Effective immediately the City of Barnesville implemented Stage 3 water restrictions. Restrictions include: • No lawn watering; except for yards sodded or seeded this year • Trees, shrubs and gardens may be watered using handheld devices only from 6:00-9:00 am and 7:00-10:00 pm; following Odd-Even Rule, on even numbered days, even numbered homes and on odd…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Oil production is flat in North Dakota due to a workforce shortage as the industry recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. Companies say they are in need of workers to inject water, sand and chemicals down wells to crack open rock and release oil, a process known as hydraulic fracking. State Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms says…
FARGO, ND (KVRR) — Monday night’s storm is ruining Cinderella’s fairy tale ending this morning. Fargo public schools officials say the storm damaged a portion of the set for Trollwood’s production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. That means Wednesday night’s performance has been cancelled. There will be an additional showtime on Sunday, August 1 at 8:30 p.m. If you’ve already…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It may look like an ordinary dance class, but the motivation for the eighth annual Dance United fundraiser goes far beyond burning calories. “A lot of kids can’t get school supplies and so, this is a really fun way we can help them together as a community just to help the kids in need,” explained Courts Plus…
