JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — Jamestown Regional Medical Center hosts a contest to name its second germ-zapping robot and the winner is… R.U.D.I.! It was purchased for $100,000 with the help of the North Dakota Department of Commerce Economic Resiliency Grant. Their first robot R.O.S.I.E. was bought in 2018. The robots are 99.9 percent effective in destroying hard-to-kill superbugs in hard-to-clean…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Get your TV set to record. Another Fargo business will be featured on Food Network. Nichole’s Fine Pastry & Café in downtown Fargo posted on Facebook that it will be featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on January 29th at 8 p.m. The post says, “This was such an incredible experience and we can’t wait for…
FARGO (KVRR) – Sanford Medical Center will be joined by Essentia Health and Cass County Public Health in launching a centralized COVID-19 vaccination center. Sanford Vice-President, Dr. Doug Griffin, says beginning Wednesday, the vaccination center will be open in the former Gordman’s Department Store building. “We really think this will, particularly as we anticipate and ramp up getting more vaccine,…
FARGO (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a Lisbon, N.D. man who’s accused of using an ax to vandalize Sen. John Hoeven’s downtown Fargo office in December. U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley says Thomas Alexander Starks is charged with felony destruction of government property. Police identified Starks from the security video, where they say he is seen walking up…
CHASKA, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) – Some retailers are dropping Minnesota-based MyPillow products from their stores, according to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. This comes following the CEO’s repeated claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Lindell told FOX 9 Bed Bath and Beyond, Kohl’s, Wayfair and HEB have all dropped MyPillow because of public pressure on social media he claims…
RICHLAND COUNTY, N.D. – Fire crews are working on knocking down a blaze at the Richland County Shop. Eight crews were called around 8:00 Monday night. Richland County Emergency Manager Brett Lambrecht says no one was at the building because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. He adds the fire started in the main building. A cause is not…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — People in West Fargo are closer to getting a $25 gift card in their mailboxes. The City Commission on Monday approving the first reading to establish a COVID-19 relief enterprise fund. They’ll hold a special meeting next Monday for the second reading and final vote. If it passes, households will get a $25 gift card by…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — In concurrence with Martin Luther King Junior Day, Concordia College displays a moving art piece to bring awareness of police brutality towards minority groups. The Tunnel of Oppression is located in the Knutson Campus Center atrium. The display calls for the attention to the unarmed black and brown lives lost due to heavy police violence from research…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The coronavirus pandemic cut the number of passengers using North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports in half last year. The airports in Bismarck, Minot, Williston, Dickinson, Grand Forks, Fargo, Devils Lake and Jamestown finished 2020 with a total of about 572,000 airline passenger boardings. The state Aeronautics Commission says that’s a 52% drop from the previous year…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – A legislative committee is looking at a bill to eliminate bails and arrest warrants for “low level” offenders, those who commit Class C felonies or misdemeanors. Supporters of the bill say some of the people who are accused of those lower-level crimes often can’t come up with the money to post bail and therefore have to…
