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First public open house regarding Mid-America Steel building site takes place

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The first of two open houses regarding downtown Fargo’s Mid America Steel building took place at the Sky Commons Conference Center Thursday evening. Following two arson cases in March and April, and a variety of contamination issues, the Mid America Steel building is expected to be torn down within the next few months. “Part of what…

Driver who died in pursuit in Traill County identified

UPDATE: The North Dakota Highway Patrol identified the driver who died as 31-year-old Randy Cole and the passenger who was taken to the hospital as 24-year-old Elena Fladeland. Both have no permanent address and weren’t wearing seat belts.   TRAILL CO., N.D. — A man is dead and a woman has unknown injuries after crashing into a semi head-on near…

Tech4Kids Donates Laptops to Youthworks

They donated laptops to the program.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A local non profit is making it possible for kids in Grand Forks to have access to technology. Tech4Kids in Fargo made a generous donation to Youthworks. They donated 10 laptops to the program. Tech4Kids is a nonprofit organization that provides technology to children that do not have access or the financial means to technology. “Tech4kids…

North Dakota won’t stop its case against horse betting business

COURTESY: KFGOBISMARCK – North Dakota’s attorney general is continuing to pursue a 17-year-old bankruptcy court battle with the owner of a Fargo-based horse betting business despite a federal judge’s blistering rebuke of the state’s actions, one of which might have been illegal. Iowa-based federal bankruptcy judge Thad Collins last month ruled against state claims in the complicated legal odyssey that…

Cramer opposes Jan. 6 Special Commission bill, Hoeven says committees already working on issue

Sens. Kevin Cramer & John HoevenWASHINGTON (KVRR) – Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) says he will not support a bill that would create a special commission to study the Jan. 6 insurrection incident at the U.S. Capitol. “I oppose the House’s Jan. 6 Commission bill” Cramer wrote on social media. “We have committees studying what happened, & there have been hundreds…

Teens rescued from abandoned Ford plant in St. Paul

Ford Plant rescue (FOX9)ST. PAUL, Minn. – Police say three teenagers were rescued after being trapped in an abandoned building at a former automotive plant in St. Paul. One of the teens was hospitalized with injuries from a fall. Officers responded to a 911 call about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday from the former Ford Motor Co. plant.  The teens were trapped…

Carson Wentz to headline Landon’s Night event in West Fargo

Landon’s Night at The Lights will take place at Essentia Health Plaza at The Lights on Sunday, June 27th beginning at 5:30pm.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Landon’s Light Foundation announced that Carson Wentz will return to North Dakota for Landon’s Night. It’s billed as an evening filled with uplifting messages and conversation from guest speakers Carson Wentz, NDSU head basketball coach David Richman, NDSU head football coach Matt Entz and others. This inspirational night at The Lights will honor Landon and…

McKenzie County pipeline project approved

BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota regulators have approved a pipeline project that will send more Bakken crude to a Wyoming oil hub. Bridger Pipeline plans to convert 27 miles of an oil gathering pipeline into a larger transmission line in McKenzie County. It also will add another 2.4 miles to the pipeline located east of Watford City. Other pipelines will transport…