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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins To Visit Fargo, Wheatland & Moorhead On Tuesday

April 21, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is coming to North Dakota to hear directly from producers. Rollins will participate in a roundtable discussion at NDSU on Tuesday morning. She was invited by Sen. John Hoeven who serves as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee. Hoeven says they will talk with local agriculture producers, commodity groups, ag researchers…

Man Caught Inside Horace Business Overnight, Faces Burglary And Other Charges

April 21, 2025

TJ Nelson,

HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) — A security camera at a business in Horace catches a burglar in the act overnight and the owner calls authorities. Cass County Sheriff’s deputies arrived around 3 a.m. along with a K9 unit from West Fargo and they located and arrested 38-year-old Timothy Lowseth of West Fargo. Following an initial investigation at the business in the…

Endangered Missing Person Alert Issued For 14-Year-Old Moorhead Girl

April 21, 2025

TJ Nelson,

UPDATE FROM MN BCA: **CANCEL Endangered Missing Alert – Arissa has been located and is safe** MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota BCA has issued an endangered missing person alert for 14-year-old Arissa Mohamad of Moorhead. They say there is concern for her immediate health and safety. Arissa left home on Sunday or the night prior. She is 5’7″, 140…

North Dakota Senate adds funding for local wastewater projects to replace federal cut

April 21, 2025

KVRR Staff,

About $1.9 million in federal funding was approved for the Fessenden wastewater lagoon but rescinded with the cancellation of FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. (Photo provided by Wells County Emergency Management)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Senate this week added funding to a budget bill to help communities that lost federal grants for infrastructure projects….

Fargo’s Catholic bishop says immigration was a ‘hallmark’ of Pope Francis

Pope Francis died Monday following a lengthy battle with health issues. He was 88.

April 21, 2025

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – Diocese of Fargo Bishop John Folda says the plight of immigrants is among the most prominent issues Pope Francis will be remembered for. Pope Francis died Monday following a lengthy battle with health issues. He was 88. “”There’s no question that he has certainly given a lot of attention to the plight of immigrants and the homeless…

Comment period opens on proposed 25,000-cow dairy’s environmental permit

April 21, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Neal Pulskamp, right, and Cindy Pulkskamp, listen to a presentation on Riverview Dairy in Hillsboro, N.D., on April 3, 2025. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)HERBERG, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor)— Anyone with concerns about handling the manure from 25,000 cows or other issues associated with what could become North Dakota’s largest dairy are now able to submit comments to the state. The…

UPDATE: Ottertail, MN Man Killed In Crash Sunday Afternoon Identified

April 20, 2025

TJ Nelson,

(UPDATE) Minnesota State Patrol has released the name of the Ottertail man who died in a crash near Otter Tail Lake Sunday afternoon. They say 69-year-old Gordon Rud’s vehicle left Highway 78 and rolled. It came to a rest on its roof and Rud died at the scene. He was wearing a seatbelt. OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota…

With Three Weeks To Go, ND Legislature Takes Action on Mandate Resolution And Interstate Speeds

April 20, 2025

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota lawmakers are heading into the final three weeks of the 80-day session which is scheduled to end on May 9. Among the latest action by lawmakers, the senate has voted down a resolution that related to mandated reporting requirements for public officials. It was a proposal prompted by the sex crime conviction of former…

Norman County Deputy And Dog Both Hit By Vehicles Near Twin Valley, MN

April 20, 2025

KVRR Staff,

NORMAN CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO)– An off-duty Norman County Sheriff’s deputy was seriously hurt after being hit by a vehicle while checking on his dog that had just been hit by a different vehicle. It happened just before 11 p.m. Thursday along County Highway 29, about 9 miles east of Twin Valley. 41-year-old Christopher Lee was crossing the highway to tend…

Masonic Craft Fair Attracts All Kinds of Vendors

The fair is held on the third Saturday of each month.

April 20, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

Shoppers peruse the goods of the vendors gathered for the fair.FARGO, N.D. – April 19 was the third Saturday of the month, which meant it was time for the Masonic Craft Fair to set up shop. A collection of vendors gathers at the Fargo Masonic Center on 3rd Street North every month. There are a ton of items for sale,…