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Two MSUM student-athletes test positive for COVID-19

July 21, 2020

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MOORHEAD, MN — Two student-athletes at Minnesota State University – Moorhead have tested positive for COVID-19. MSUM Athletic Director Doug Peters confirms that exposure took place off campus. The student-athletes were tested because someone they worked with tested positive. Both student-athletes work in different places. Procedures are in place to screen athletes daily prior to them being allowed into a…

UPDATE: Restriction on Red River in Grand Forks lifted

Non-motorized watercrafts are still asked to remain cautious.

July 21, 2020

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UPDATE: The Grand Forks Sheriff’s Office has lifted its restriction on a section of the Red River. The Sheriff’s Office initially closed a quarter-mile section after seven kayakers got caught in the current, but now say the current has slowed enough to lift the restriction. Non-motorized watercrafts are still asked to remain cautious north of the Kennedy Bridge to the…

North Dakota reports 82 new COVID-19 cases and one new death Tuesday

July 21, 2020

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CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 82 new COVID-19 cases and one new death on Tuesday. Twenty counties report new cases. Burleigh County and Grand Forks County report the most new cases with 15 each. A woman in her 90s with underlying health conditions from Cass County died. The NDDoH says a previously reported case from Cass…

El Zagal Shrine Circus, West Fargo Police Department to award bikes to kids in the FM area

West Fargo Police will randomly select 12 completed pictures and announce the winners on August 5.

July 21, 2020

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WEST FARGO, N.D.–The El Zagal Shrine Circus isn’t letting the COVID-19 pandemic stop them from giving deserving kids in the FM area something to remember. Organizers at the Circus along with KVRR have donated 12 children’s bikes to the West Fargo Police Department to give away. The bikes would normally have been awarded at the Circus. In order to fairly…

Previewing Fargo Brewing Company’s Remodel

The remodel is a massive overhaul that fully utilizes all of the space in the building. It includes a new taproom, an outdoor patio space, a concert hall, and a food truck.

July 20, 2020

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FARGO, ND – Fargo Brewing Company is undergoing a facelift, with a few surprises in store for customers when it’s finished. “There really was no, like, ‘In ten years this is what this will look like.’ With this thing it was just like ‘Let’s just get it up and running and see where it goes’ and we’ve discovered that this…

OneFargo honors life of Congressman John Lewis

July 20, 2020

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FARGO, ND – The country lost another freedom fighter from the Civil Rights Movement late last week, Congressman John Lewis. Community members and OneFargo gathered on the Blue Bridge over I-94 to honor the life of the late congressman. The group participated in a moment of silence in his honor, as well as a march across the bridge for justice…

Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office Corporal Returns To Work

Corporal Ron Nord was wounded while officers were serving eviction papers

July 20, 2020

TJ Nelson,

Corporal Ron NordGRAND FORKS, N.D. — A Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office Corporal who was shot in the line of duty is tonight back at work. Corporal Ron Nord was wounded while officers were serving eviction papers at the apartment of 42-year-old Salamah Pendleton in May. He opened fire on them wounding Nord and killing Grand Forks Police Officer Cody…

“Donate Life” rocks placed across town help promote organ donation

July 20, 2020

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HORACE, N.D. — Two women multiple states apart are brought together by a common goal: spreading awareness of the importance of organ donation. Terri Reed of Colorado Springs and Sarah Fisher of Horace both lost their sons at just 22 years old. Both Travis Wagner and Cameron Bolton’s organs have helped save lives. To promote conversations surrounding organ donation, Reed…

Mapleton community pulls together for young girl recovering from heart surgery

Brooklyn Gjevre was born with a heart defect that was discovered when she was 18 months old

July 20, 2020

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MAPLETON, N.D. — After undergoing open heart surgery at the Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, it was a special welcome home for a girl with a special heart. “It’s ironic. Her heart is so big, and that’s what needed to be repaired,” said Brooklyn Gjevre’s former teacher Kayla Dornfeld. Nine-year-old Brooklyn was born with a rare congenital heart defect. Three years…

Car port fire damages mobile homes

July 20, 2020

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FARGO, ND – A fire at a mobile home in Fargo has destroyed a car port and severely damaged one home. It started around 8:21 this morning in the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park. Witnesses tell us that one person got out of the house safely and firefighters told us there were no injuries. The next door neighbor’s mobile home…