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Israeli Consulate General Visits Fargo From Chicago To Bring New Connections

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Israeli Consulate General to the Midwest is visiting Fargo from Chicago to help foster connections with North Dakotans and Israel. They have been trading partners since 1993 with over ninety million dollars in trades. In the past few years, antisemitism has risen around the world. In the United States, 72% of Americans in a study…

Sanford Health Fargo Becomes First In North Dakota To Offer Hospital At Home Program

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Hospital at Home program will serve patients in who live within 25 miles of the Fargo-Moorhead area. “There’s only a limited number of in-patient beds in the hospital. So if you can take care of some of these patients at their homes safely, we can open up beds in the hospital for more sicker patients….

Wife of Murdered Detroit Lakes Missionary Charged for Alleged Role in Husband’s Death

LUBANGO, ANGOLA (KFGO) — The wife of a Detroit Lakes missionary who was killed in Angola, Africa in October has been charged as a co-author in her husband’s murder. Jackie Shroyer was arrested October 29, 2024, four days after her husband, Beau Shroyer, was killed. The Angolan Criminal Investigation Service says it’s believed Jackie was having an affair with a security…

Free school meals bill fails in the North Dakota House

FARGO, ND – JAN. 22, 2025: Students eating lunch at Carl Ben Eielson Middle School in Fargo on January 22, 2025. Free school meal advocates in North Dakota are calling on the state legislature to prioritize permanent funding to pay for meals.BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A bill to provide free meals to North Dakota K-12 students failed in…

Bill to protect 911 dispatchers, 211 and 988 operators discussed in committee

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a bill that would grant 911 dispatchers, operators working 211 information, and 988 suicide hotlines from lawsuits. Currently, North Dakota has no protections for 911 and other hotline operators. SB 2145 would not protect operators from lawsuits made due to gross negligence or misconduct. Similar efforts have been made…

North Dakota native Clint Hill, Secret Service agent who leaped onto car during JFK assassination, dies at 93

BELVEDERE, Calif. (AP) — Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who leaped onto the back of President John F. Kennedy’s limousine after the president was shot, then was forced to retire early because he remained haunted by memories of the assassination, has died. He was 93. Hill died Friday at his home in Belvedere, California, according to his publisher, Gallery…

Funeral Set For Rep. Josh Christy, Flags To Be Lowered In North Dakota on Friday

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Funeral services will be held Friday for Fargo Republican Rep. Josh Christy who died last Tuesday in Bismarck at 43. The services will start at 11 a.m. at Living Waters Lutheran Church in south Fargo. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery in Fargo. Gov. Kelly Armstrong has directed all U.S. and North Dakota flags to be…

JOANN Fabrics To Close All 800 Locations After More Than 80 Years in Business

JOANN Fabrics announces it will close all 800 locations and go out-of-business after more than 80 years. Earlier this month, the retailer announced that it would close 500 stores across the country after filing bankruptcy. JOANN Fabrics locations in Fargo, Grand Forks, Bemidji, Hibbing and Brookings in our region will be closing. The company says that subject to court approval,…

Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Marshall Tucker Band, and Jefferson Starship to play SCHEELS Arena

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Marshall Tucker Band, and Jefferson Starship will play in Fargo this summer. The Roll On Down The Highway 2025 Tour will come to SCHEELS Arena July 20. The tour, which kicks off July 18 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, follows Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s Back In Overdrive Tour 2025 in Canada. Randy Bachman revived the group last…