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Motorcycle crash under investigation on 42nd Street and 9th Avenue South in Fargo

June 24, 2025

TJ Nelson, Alison Voorhees,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police are investigating yet another motorcycle crash in the city. They responded just after 7:32 p.m. at the intersection of 42nd Street and 9th Avenue South, just a few blocks north of West Acres Mall. The rider of the motorcycles was taken to a local healthcare facility with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle,…

Ukrainians in Fargo Face Uncertain Future

Many are in the U.S. under private sponsorship via humanitarian parole, but their program is set to expire with no replacement in sight.

June 24, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

Vlad discusses his love for his adopted home.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – 23-year-old Vlad is from Kyiv, so he experienced firsthand the terror of the Russian invasion. Two weeks ago, he looked at the news – and learned that his old dwelling had been hit with a missile attack. Luckily for him, he had been able to get to America and…

Governor Walz travels to Beltrami County to tour storm damage

June 24, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

Courtesy: KAREBELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Gov. Tim Walz travels to Beltrami County to see the recent storm damage. Along with emergency managers, he got a tour of the strongest hit areas to see the damage up close. The Bemidji area was carved through with a 10-mile path caused by straight-line winds. Bemidji State University and North Technical College were…

Sen. Cramer Helps Introduce GOLDEN DOME Act

The defense spending legislation is modeled after Israel's "Iron Dome" missile intercept network.

June 24, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer is one of the main creators of a defense spending bill that he helped present to the media today. The proposed legislation is called the GOLDEN DOME Act. It’s modeled after Israel’s “Iron Dome,” and is a defense strategy that President Trump asked to be implemented at the beginning of his term….

Multi-Grammy nominee, Shemekia Copeland, announced as Fargo Blues Festival headliner

June 24, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Blues Festival has found this year’s headliner. She is award-winning vocalist Shemekia Copeland. The multi-Grammy nominee has been called the greatest female blues vocalist working today. You can catch her on Saturday, August 2 at Newman Outdoor Field. Ticket prices range from $40 to $165 and kids 8 and under get in free with a…

Special Cass County Commission meeting planned to approve emergency declaration

June 24, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County Commissioners are planning a special meeting in the wake of the deadly storms last Friday. They will meet on Thursday morning at 11 at Cass County Courthouse for the approval of an emergency declaration. This meeting is open to the public and will also be streamed live on the Cass County Government social media…

Former Hornbacher’s president Dean Hornbacher dead at age 79

June 24, 2025

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – The former president of Hornbacher’s in Fargo-Moorhead has died. Dean Hornbacher died on Saturday at Sanford Fargo Hospice House at age 79. His father, Ted Hornbacher opened the first store in 1951 under the name Ted’s Supervalu in Moorhead. Dean Hornbacher went to work for the family business full-time in 1967. The name was changed to…

Man fatally shot last Friday near Red Lake, MN, suspect caught in wooded area

June 24, 2025

TJ Nelson,

RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — The FBI is helping investigate a fatal shooting and arrest near Red Lake, Minnesota last Friday. Red Lake Department of Public Safety arrived around 7:15 p.m. and found a man on the ground outside of a home with a fatal gunshot wound. It happened in the Heart Lake area, just east of Red Lake. After…

Lawmaker drops plan to pursue property tax ballot measure

June 24, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Rep. Scott Louser, R-Minot, talks to a colleague in the House chamber on May 1, 2025. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota lawmaker says he’ll no longer petition for a ballot measure to make the state fund 100% of the public school system after polling showed homeowners have mixed feelings about his…

Bobby Sherman, teen idol in the 1960s and ’70s, and later a CPR teacher, dies at 81

June 24, 2025

kvrr-apiuser,

FILE – Singer Bobby Sherman appears in Los Angeles on Dec. 21, 1972. (AP Photo/George Brich, File)Bobby Sherman, whose winsome smile and fashionable shaggy mop top helped make him into a teen idol in the 1960s and ’70s with bubblegum pop hits like “Little Woman” and “Julie, Do Ya Love Me,” has died. He was 81. His wife, Brigitte Poublon, announced the…