FARGO (KVRR) – The city of Fargo has declared a snow emergency in the wake of a winter storm that dumped several inches of snow on the region. All non-emergency offices including Fargo City Hall, the Fargodome, public libraries and Fargo Cass Public Health are closed Wednesday. MATBUS will be starting all services late at 12 p.m. The Ground Transportation…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – George Floyd’s aunt Angela Harrelson holds a discussion at Minnesota State University Moorhead on how her nephew’s murder changed the world. Angela Harrelson spoke of her nephew her family calls Perry. She described Floyd as a “ghetto superstar” who was born in North Carolina, grew up in Houston and moved to Minneapolis to change his life…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An American Crystal Sugar worker is burned after a pulp dryer started on fire at the plant in East Grand Forks. The worker was taken to Altru Hospital’s emergency room. There’s no report on the extent of their injuries. Firefighters respond to the fire shortly after 5 p.m. Monday. Crews poured water on the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Felton, Minnesota semi driver Steven Piechowski is sentenced to 60 days in jail for the July 2021 crash on Highway 2 west of Grand Forks that left one person dead and eleven injured. He will also be placed on electronic home monitoring for another 60 days. The 56-year-old Piechowski hit the back of the victim’s…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Jamestown School Board has accepted the resignation of Amy Tarno. The high school business education teacher and assistant volleyball coach is charged with a felony, eight misdemeanors, and a criminal infraction following a police search of her home. According to the complaint, Tarno admitted she had meth and marijuana in her basement, and she and her…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead is following Fargo’s lead and banning glass from its recycling program. Minnkota Recycling, which handles the cities’ collections, says glass has become too expensive to recycle, creates safety issues and contaminates the recycling stream. Effective immediately, people should stop putting glass into Moorhead’s blue recycling bins. There are two options: take glass to glass-only dumpsters…
ST. PAUL (AP/KVRR) — Leaders of the Republican minority at the Minnesota Legislature roll out a $13 billion “Give It Back” plan in response to the states latest budget surplus forecast. Republicans announced their plan a day after state budget officials released an updated forecast showing that the surplus has remained stable at $17.5 billion. Higher-than expected revenues helped offset…
FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – The FBI is investigating the owner of a number of Fargo-area businesses who court documents allege has been engaged in a years-long conspiracy to defraud the federal government. KFGO News reported a raid by federal agents last March on two West Fargo businesses – Pro-Mark Services and MDM Construction. The search warrant for that raid was unsealed…
FARGO (KVRR) – Country music superstar Willie Nelson is coming to the Bluestem Amphitheater in Moorhead. Willie Nelson & Family will perform Monday, May 22 at 7:00 pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 3, at 10:00 a.m. A special online only presale will take place Thursday, March 2, from 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. General admission lawn, $49.50; general admission bench, $69.50;…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Workers at Fargo’s three public libraries put together displays to show which books could no longer be offered if two bills in the North Dakota Legislature become law. “We do not have adult porn available in our public schools, so why are we finding persuasive, obscene pornographic images and materials in our schools? In testimony we…
