WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorized emergency procedures and issued new flexibilities for crop insurance providers to help ensure quick and fair adjustments and payments to producers. It comes as they weather severe drought conditions. USDA is allowing insurance companies to accept delayed notices of loss in certain situations. They are also simplifying paperwork requirements for filing…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — A man injured in a Devils Lake apartment fire last month has died. 65-year-old Dennis Holler died earlier this month. Holler lived across the hall from the unit where the fire started early in the morning of June 18. He had been flown to a Minneapolis area hospital for treatment and later died. Categories: Local News,…
Willow River/Honor the EarthBRAINERD, Minn. – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says it’s investigating a spill of drilling fluid into the Willow River in Aitkin County last week during construction on the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline. The agency says about 80 to 100 gallons of drilling fluid, or mud, were inadvertently released on July 6 at a construction site….
Time to start checking your mailboxes, moms and dads: Your new child care tax credits should start rolling in this week. Local tax specialists say they’ve gotten a lot of questions from parents about how the new credit works. The Biden administration is raising the credit from the old $2,000 per child, to $3,600 for little kids up to six…
It’s a return to one of the region’s biggest gatherings of the summer festival season: the Downtown Fargo Street Fair is kicking off with a bang and a big concert this Thursday. It’s billed as the region’s largest free event, with 150 thousand visitors expected over the course of the three-day event. It spans eight city blocks and features food,…
BURNSVILLE, Minn. – Officials in a Twin Cities suburb say they’re finding more giant goldfish, prompting a plea to stop dumping unwanted fish into ponds and lakes, which is illegal in Minnesota. The goldfish, which grow to the size of a football, compete with native species for food and increase algae in lakes. Burnsville officials found 10 fish in Keller…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney is continuing his legal battle against the city as he seeks to run for another term. The city charter says a person can serve three successive terms on the Fargo City Commission as a commissioner and a fourth term if any of the terms are also served as mayor. Mahoney was a city…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — City commissioners vote for the Fargo Police department to provide them with reports of hate crimes the department has identified. “I’m going to be reporting on the hate crimes in terms of whether or not the city ordinance was issued or reports where the city ordinance was applied or federal law was applied. Our current hate…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Lamoureux twins are finally getting their North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Awards this week. Gov. Doug Burgum will present the award to Monique and Jocelyne Lamoureux on Wednesday in Grand Forks. That is the where the twins grew up, played for the University of North Dakota women’s hockey team and live now. They went…
FARGO, N.D. — A woman is accused of stealing a man’s vehicle and crashing it into a fence in south Fargo. 31-year-old Jamie Singer was arrested for robbery, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, and contact with bodily fluids. Police responded around 1 this afternoon to the 2700 block of 18th Street South for a stolen vehicle report. The 89-year-old victim told…
