FARGO (KVRR) – Senator John Hoeven (U.S. – R) stopped by in Fargo on Tuesday to be a part of a roundtable to discuss topics around the 2023 Farm Bill. Senator Hoeven spoke about maintaining crop insurance, ensuring support for U.S. sugar policy and making programs voluntary and farmer-friendly. However, the senator does not think the farm bill will go…
FARGO, ND (KVRR) – Hours after a fatal shooting in S. Fargo on Monday night, residents are trying to wrap their heads around what has happened in their neighborhood. The Fargo Police Dept. was called to the 4400 Block off of 9th Ave. Circle S. after gun shots were heard. Soon after they found the body of a 16-year-old boy….
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Dollar General is hit with $3.4 million in new fines after U.S. Department of Labor inspections at nine locations in North Dakota, Maine, Ohio and Wisconsin. Six stores in North Dakota account for $2.5 million in fines alone for 32 violations. The inspections in late 2022 in Casselton, Garrison, Hillsboro, Killdeer, Minot and Tioga found aisles,…
Are you hungry for a taste of Asian culture and cuisine? May is National Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, and you can help wrap it up in style with a night market that’s worth skipping lunch for. This Friday, the Plains Art Museum is hosting its second annual Asian Night Market. It’s based on the popular night markets for…
FARGO (KVRR) – Police say a boy is dead after being shot during an altercation involving several people in south Fargo. At 11:19 p.m. Monday, police responded to a report of gunshots in the 4400-block of 9th Ave. South. “We got a lot of kids in the neighborhood, dog park right over there, my girlfriend walks over there all the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Firefighters battled a garage fire overnight in Grand Forks. Firefighters responded to a detached garage on the 300 block of Cottonwood Street around 1:30 Tuesday morning. The found smoke coming from the two-stall garage. They quickly put out a fire inside the garage. The building itself only has light damage, but most of the things…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis released a new report, saying that inflation is going down in the Midwest but families are still feeling financial tension from the high prices over the past two years. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis recently released data on a report that suggests households are still feeling financial stress despite…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature put the final touches on a $72 billion state budget Monday as Democrats celebrated enacting an ambitious agenda that ranged from protecting abortion rights, to providing more resources for education, to legalizing marijuana. The big tax bill of the session, which cleared its final test Sunday evening, included $3 billion in tax cuts, including…
Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson and MSUM President Dr. Anne BlackhurstMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead City Council is honoring the retiring president of MSUM. Mayor Shelly Carlson has proclaimed Tuesday as “Dr. Anne Blackhurst Day”. Blackhurst is retiring at the end of June after leading the university since 2014. During her tenure she led the expansion of graduate programs and enrollments….
Pembina Gorge west of Walhalla on the Rendezvous Region Scenic BackwayCAVALIER CO., N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota is getting its first state park since 1989. Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area will be developed into the state’s 14th state park, just west of Walhalla near the border with Canada. The 2023 legislative session approved $6 million in funding with another $2…
